The meeting lasted almost two and a half hours, and the most fierce was the decisive third party. Fernandez won the first, Svitolina was better in the second. The Canadian won was decided by the tie-break in the third set. The teenager was already leading in it 4: 1, the Ukrainian managed to equalize for 4: 4 and 5: 5, but the next two balls belonged to Fernandez, who celebrated its 19th birthday on Monday.
This is another surprise that she caused on the courts of the Flushing Meadows complex – earlier she dismissed the defending Japanese Naomi Osaka (3rd), and in the 1/8 finals seeded with “16” the winner of 2016 German of Polish origin Angelique Kerber.
Fernandez was in the main ladder of the Grand Slam for the seventh time. So far, she has not been able to pass the third round, and she has managed to reach her once. She takes part in the US Open for the second time – in the previous season she was eliminated in the second phase of the competition.
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