At Arthur Ashe Stadium, Maria Sharapova encountered a difficult problem named Sofia Kenin - a young Russian-American tennis player with great potential. The match was dramatic as the two sides continuously won each other's breaks.
The balanced game was maintained until game 12, but due to terrible pressure from Masha and due to unstable competition mentality, Kenin could not resist and let his senior team win set 1 with a score of 7-5.
The development of set 2 was no less dramatic than set 1. "Russian Doll" easily won consecutively in the first 3 games to take a 3-0 lead. However, Kenin later made necessary adjustments to win back 2 games. However, that was all Kenin could do before giving up the racket with a score of 2-6 in this set
Winning the match 2-0 after 1 hour and 43 minutes of play, Masha qualified for round 4. The opponent she will have to face this time is Korean tennis player Anastasija Sevastova.
Before that, Garbine Muguruza easily defeated Magdalena Rybarikova with a completely overwhelming score of 6-1, 6-1 to qualify for round 4.
Meanwhile, the men's singles event witnessed a surprise. Marin Cilic - the 2009 US Open champion and this year's Wimbledon runner-up took a break after failing to overcome Diego Schwatzman in 4 sets with a score of 6-4, 5-7, 5-7, 4-6. In contrast to Cilic's defeat, Lucas Pouille had an excellent comeback against Mikhail Kukushkin after 4 sets with a score of 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
