Quadrifinalist last year, in your best US Open campaign so far, it’s two wins to repeat this feat. This Saturday, Brazil’s number 1 and 22 in the world enters the court for the third round. Her rival is an ‘old’ known, Greek Maria Sakkari (64th and former top 3), who eliminated Hungarian Anna Bondar (97th), 6/3 and 6/1.
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Those who beat the duel of the dawn on Sunday faces, in the round of 16, host Amanda Annisimova, eighth favorite, a tormentor of Romanian Jaqueline Cristian.
Brazil’s number 1 has won the four games it has made to this day against the Greek. The most recent was in the clay of Madrid last year. Bia also defeated Sakkari in Nottingham and Miami (both in 2022) and Merida (in 2014).
With Thursday’s victory over Switzerland Viktorija Golubic (72nd), 2-0, with 6/1 and 6/4 partials, Paulistana already equals her best Grand Slams campaign of the season. In January, at the Australian Open, Brazil’s number 1 reached the third round. Already in Roland Garros the paulistana fell in the debut and, in Wimbledon, in the second round.
About the triumph against Golubic, Bia said:
– It was a hard game, I had played with her a few times and knew it would be a big challenge. I am happy with the way I competed and faced, with a very aggressive volume. Happy in how I was positive all the time and the internal struggle, always forgiving me in times of error and being able to react at the next point – celebrated the Brazilian.
Bia Haddad has 10 wins in New York
The 29 -year -old Paulistana tennis player won this Thursday The tenth victory in New York. She debuted at the American Grand Slam in 2016, when she was just 345th in the world. At that time, he stopped at the debut of Qualifying. The following year, as the 71st best in the world, Bia Haddad fell at the opening of the main key against Serbia Donna Vekic.
So as the 130th of the ranking, Bia Haddad won for the first time at US Open in 2018 when she surpassed Australian Olivia Rogowska in Qualifying. Three years later, another triumph of Paulistana (174th), this time over Spanish Irene Burillo, again in the qualifying. The following season, the Brazilian (15th) surpassed Serbia Ana Konjuh, her first in the main key. Already in 2023, who was in the way, in the debut, was host Sloane Stephens.
Last yearBia Haddad only stopped in the quarterfinals, overcoming Armena Elina Avanenesyan, Sara Sorrribes Tormo, Russian Anna Kalinskaya and Danish Caroline Wozniacki (video below).
