The defeat of second seed Caroline Wozniacki in the second round was the biggest story out of Day Four, US Open 2018.
Lesia Tsurenko, from the Ukraine, who made the Cincinnati quarter finals within the past fortnight, and in 2016 progressed to the US Open round of sixteen, was slow to start, trailing Wozniacki 1-3 in the opening set.
However, once Tsurenko settled, she attacked a number of balls left short by Wozniacki, and the effective use of angled shots enabled the 36th ranked player to win four successive games.
After Wozniacki broke the sequence, Tsurenko was still able to serve the set out 6-4
The momentum was ridden for all it was worth in set two, Tsurenko achieving the only two service breaks.
The upset victory came 6-4 6-2, Tsurenko hitting 20 winners to Wozniacki’s 6 for the match. The live ranking is up by eight spots, from the start of the tournament, to 28 - if it were to stay there, it would be a career high.
The third round opponent for Lesia will be Katerina Siniakova who defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(4)
Other second round results:
Women:
Angie Kerber (4) defeated Johanna Larsson 6-2 5-7 6-4
Maria Sharapova (22) defeated Sorana Cîrstea 6-2 7-5
Madison Keys (14) defeated Bernarda Pera 6-4 6-1
Petra Kvitová (5) defeated Yafan Wang 7-5 6-3
Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Daria Kasatkina (11) 6-2 7-6(3)
Caroline Garcia (6) defeated Monica Puig 6-2 1-6 6-4
Carla Suarez Navarro (30) defeated Kiki Mladenovic 6-1 4-6 6-4
Jelena Ostapenko (10) defeated Taylor Townsend 4-6 6-3 6-4
Kiki Bertens (13) defeated qualifier Francesca Di Lorenzo 6-2 6-1
Dominika Cibulková (29) defeated Su-Wei Hsieh 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4
Aleksandra Krunic defeated Kirsten Flipkens 6-1 6-3
Aryna Sabalenka (26) defeated qualifier Vera Zvonareva 6-3 7-6(7)
Marketa Vondrousova defeated qualifier Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 6-3
Naomi Osaka (20) defeated qualifier Julia Glushko 6-2 6-0
Men:
Roger Federer (2) defeated Benoit Paire 7-5 6-4 6-4
Novak Djokovic (6) defeated Tennys Sandgren 6-1 6-3 6-7(2) 6-2
Sascha Zverev (4) defeated qualifier Nicolas Mahut 6-4 6-4 6-2
Kei Nishikori (21) defeated Gael Monfils 6-2 5-4 (retired)
Marin Cilic (7) defeated qualifier Hubert Hurkacz 6-2 6-0 6-0
Lucas Pouille (17) defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-3
John Millman defeated Fabio Fognini (14) 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-1
Richard Gasquet (26) defeated Laslo Djere 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3
Joao Sousa defeated Pablo Carreno Busta (12) 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-2 2-0 (retired)
David Goffin (10) defeated Robin Haase 6-2 6-7(1) 6-3 6-2
Mikhail Kukushkin defeated Hyeon Chung (23) 7-6(5) 6-2 6-3
Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Julien Benneteau 6-2 4-6 6-1 3-6 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Matthew Ebden 6-7(1) 6-3 6-2 6-0
Diego Schwartzman (13) defeated Jaume Munar 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-2
Nick Kyrgios (30) defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6 7-6(6) 6-3 6-0
Alex de Minaur defeated Frances Tiafoe 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-2
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