Sloane Stephens continues to defend her title

The American Sloane Stephens continues to defend her title at the US Open Tennis Championship after a 6:3, 6:3 over Belgian Elise Mertens in a tournament meeting in the fourth round of the tournament. The match lasted only an hour and 28 minutes, and the third in the Stevens circuit showed a very solid game throughout the game. A very important role for the success of the American played and its excellent kick-off, recording the impressive 83 percent of the first serve. At the other end was Mertens`s game, which scored only 56 percent of his first kicks and recorded a total of 35 unforced errors.

In the quarter-finals of the tournament, Stephens will play with Anastasija Sevastova. The Latvian, placed under number 19 in the main scheme, took over the seventh Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) with 6:3, 1:6, 6:0. The game lasted only 83 minutes and went through a series of dramatic twists. In the first set, the advantage was entirely on the side of Sevstova, who ma de probes in the first and ninth game and was flawless when filing. Then there was a fall in her game and Svitolina won the second set after three breaks and only 27 minutes. Even shorter was the third set, which ended in 22 minutes. Svitolina`s resistances suddenly ended and she did not even get the game to her rival.

The tournament via records of tennis picks program of the Ladies Tournament lasts later tonight with the Madison Keys - Dominika Cibulkova, Aryna Sabalenka - Naomi Osaka, Marketa Vondrousova - Lesia Tsurenko and Carla Suarez Navarro - Maria Sharapova.