Beatriz Haddad Maia advanced on Thursday (28) to the third round of US Open. The Brazilian, 22nd in the world ranking, defeated Switzerland Viktorija Golubic, 72, by 2 sets to 0. The partials were 6/1 and 6/4, in 1h33 starting.
In the next round, the Brazilian will face the Greek Maria Sakkari (64th of the Ranking, semifinalist of US Open in 2021), who beat Hungarian Anna Bónda (97th) in direct sets, 6/3 and 6/1.
Bia has three wins in three clashes with Sakkari, the last of them in the round of 16 of the WTA 1000 in Madrid in April 2024.
The 29 -year -old Paulista reached her best campaign at US Open last year, walking to the quarterfinals and falling in front of Czech Karolina Muchová.
She has 430 points to defend for her performance in New York in 2024. Because she reached the third round this year, she has secured 130.
At the premiere, the Brazilian had defeated British Sonay Kartal (51st), ending sequence of four losses in the circuit.
In the retrospective against Golubic (72nd), there are now six clashes. Golubic won the first four, and Bia Haddad triumphed in the last two – the previous confrontation had been at Cleveland’s WTA 250 in August 2024.
The Brazilian arrived in her 12th victory in the year, with 23 losses.
His best campaign so far in 2025 was at the WTA 500 of Strasbourg, France: he advanced to the semifinals, stopping at Elena Rybakina.
In the men’s key, João Fonseca (45th of the ranking) lost on Wednesday (27) to Czech Tomás Machác (22nd) by 3 sets to 0 and was eliminated in the second round of the last Grand Slam of the year.
