Jasmine Paolini clinches Bianca Andreescu hat trick with US Open comeback

Jasmine paulini clinches Bianca andresa hat trick with us open comeback the number five seed has now beaten andresa at the last three major tournaments backing up wins in Paris and London with a three set Victory on Louie Armstrong Stadium New York Jasmine palini maintained her Mastery over Bianca andresa at the 2024 US Open clinching a third straight victory over the 2019 Champion 6-7 5 6-2 6 to 4 and what is thus far one of the best matches of the tournament the number five seed rallied from a set down and shook off a late surge to survive andresco under the Louis Armstrong Stadium lights advancing after 2 hours and 47 minutes on Tuesday evening palini and andresa kicked off day two's night session in what was set to be their third consecutive meeting at a major tournament the Italian got the better of the Canadian at both Roland garos in three and Wimbledon in two going on to reach the final of both events and secure a career best ranking of number five a former world number four andresco has been in search of her best tennis since winning the US Open as a teenager in 2019 defeating Serena Williams in the final beset by physical and mental struggles in The Last 5 Years the now 24-year-old impressed on grass earlier this season surviving Naomi Osaka on route to a runner-up finish at the liima open in s herig and BOS looking to avenge her her previous two defeats to palini andrescu emerged from an early exchange of breaks to take a 5 to3 lead in the opening set paulini responded in inimitable fashion saving four set points over the next two games to level at 5 to five setting the stage for a sudden death tied after the first 10 points andresco brought the crowd to its feet when drew a forehand error from Pini to take the opening set looking for her first top 10 win andresco was nearly Swept Away in the second set falling behind 0 to five a revitalized Pini broke serve three times and shook off losing one to ultimately force a decider the early games of the final set saw both play highquality tennis andresa threatened to take the lead with a pair of break points but failed to convert and showed worrying signs of physical distress when she fell behind an early break herself requiring a visit from the trainer during the ensuing changeover the Wild Card navigated hindered movement as palini Consolidated playing Brave tennis from behind andrescu avoided a double deficit but palini out foxed her when it mattered most landing a DEA lob to extend her lead and closed in on the second round as the match tick past the 2hour 30 minute Mark Pini saved break point with remarkable defense but threw in a double fault to hand andresco another look andresco made no mistake the second time sticking a stellar backhand volley to even the contest at four games all just when Pini looked out of answers the Italian 28-year-old pulled out an audacious mix of offense and defense engineering two break points behind a Fearless 4 a to net andresa saved one with her own aggressive play but paulini would not be denied breaking straight back to find herself serving for the match with the match on her racket paulini got to double match point when andresa neted a forehand converting with one last well struck forehand to force an andresa error a waiting palini who is in the same section as two-time Champion Naomi Osaka in the next round is another former world number one karolina plova who othered a 0 to6 second set to solve Meer Sharif 6-3 0-6 7-5 the 28-year-old 186th ranked Australian who plays his tennis on the ADP Challenger tour and had to qualify for the US Open stun third seed Carlos alcarez by taking the second set of their open round match on Tuesday he also did something arguably more difficult he upstaged the Spaniard for roughly a set with his grit and his shock making and his smile two in a backwards cap and sleeveless shirt started the way a lot of night session rookie start slowly and nervously but he kept fist pumping kept his energy High kept the crowd engaged and kept tracking down whatever alcaras missiles he could then he waited and hoped like all of the overmatch spaniard's opponents do for him to lose some concentration and start missing dot two got his wish with alcarez serving at 4 to three in the second set up a set and a break alcaras perhaps unconsciously let his guard down the errors started to fly and two started to show off his own speed and shots you can stay with him two's coach assured him and it looked he believed it from 3 to four down in the second two gave as good as he got from Al as for the next 10 games he ran him back and forth with his forehand passed him with his dipping one-handed backhand and beat him in cat and mouse games a net he tried an underhand serve that ended up in the bottom of the net but he shook it off with a smile to reach set point in the second set four times on the last of them he fired a backhand that caught the outside of the sideline and which even alcaras couldn't get back in the court two had a set and we against All Odds had a match two the fans in the upper deck hummed as if they were at a Bruce Springsteen concert the good part of the match lasted for six more games as two kept his level up and alcaraz struggled to find the court finally at 3 to3 two reached his Peak he won a long rapid fire rally with a series of massive forehands and went up 30 to Zer on his serve when the last of those forehand went past alcaras for a winner to raised his hand to his ear and soaked in the Applause this time his coach told him to back himself was that one piece of advice too many for him in that moment on the next point two tried for the spectacular again with a drop shot but it didn't work then he put a volley into the net to go down break point then alcaras pounded a ball into two's weaker one-handed backhand to break alcarez reacted with a scream of relief it felt like he knew he had control again and he was right he would win the next eight games to go up 5 to zero in the fourth and close out a fun but never quite nerve-wracking 6-2 4-6 6-3 6 to one win