TENNIS – MEXICO’S Renata Zarazua pulled off a stunning upset by beating sixth seed Madison Keys while twice major winner Barbora Krejcikova knocked out promising Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, as the US Open first round continued yesterday.
Keys finally claimed her maiden major at the Australian Open this year but produced an astonishing 89 unforced errors in the opening match of the day on Arthur Ashe Stadium as she fell to a 6-7(10) 7-6(3) 7-5 defeat.
Zarazua, the only Mexican player in the US Open main draw, saved seven break points across the match on Arthur Ashe Stadium for her first win over a top-10 player in a gruelling, three-hour and 10-minute affair.
She will hope to recreate the magic in the second round, where she faces Frenchwoman Diane Parry, who had no problems eliminating the twice Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova 6-1 6-0 in her final professional match.
The Czech Krejcikova opened the action on Louis Armstrong Stadium in fine form after missing several months this year due to injury and easily navigated around Mboko 6-3 6-2, weeks after the 18-year-old’s career breakthrough in Montreal. She next plays Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima.
Cameron Norrie advanced after American Sebastian Korda retired when trailing 7-5 6-4 and the Briton will next play the winner of a match between 28th seed Alex Michelsen and Argentinian Francisco Comesana.
Britain’s Jack Draper overcame a third-set wobble to get his campaign off to a winning start, beating Argentine qualifier Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4 7-5 6-7(7) 6-2.
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