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Sixth seed and 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu outplayed the valiant Viktorija Golubic in their first-round match on Tuesday. The Canadian wrapped up a 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 win, coming from a break down in the deciding set, in two hours and 48 minutes.
Andreescu was able to eke out a lead in the match after taking a tight opening set. The Swiss went on to retaliate by taking the second set and push the match into the decider. In the third set, despite serving first, it was Andreescu whose serve came under pressure in its first three games.
The world no. 7 saved multiple break points in the first two games but was unable to save yet another in the third game. A quick consolidation for Golubic helped her go up 4-2 in the set. However, from the seventh game onward, Andreescu scripted a comeback.
First, she held her serve to keep the deficit reduced to just one break and then in the eighth game, broke back Golubic to level the set at four-all. Four games later, trying to serve in the match, Golubic’s serve came under pressure again and she conceded the match on the first match point on an unforced error.
Andreescu hit 40 winners to Golubic’s 15. She also had nine more unforced errors than her opponent’s 27.
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In the second round, Andreescu will play Lauren Davis. The American defeated Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
Earlier, in the second match of the day session on Arthur Ashe Stadium, world no. 1 Ashleigh Barty opened her US Open campaign on a successful note. The Australian overcame a comeback challenge from Zvonareva in the second set to finish the match 6-1, 7-6(7) in an hour and 28 minutes.
In the second round, Barty will play Clara Tauson. The Dane defeated France’s Clara Burel 7-5, 6-0 in the opening round. Tuesday also had a couple of upsets at the US Open. Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo upset the 22nd-seeded Karolina Muchova 6-2, 7-6(3).
Sorana Cirstea upset the 29th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-0. Sorribes Tormo will play Su-Wei Hsieh while the Romanian will take on Shelby Rogers in the second round. 
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