Sonay Kartal promised to come back stronger after her 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 defeat by the 18th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first round of the US Open after wrestling with unbearable cramps in the whole body in warm conditions on Tuesday afternoon in New York.
For a large part of her main debut on the US Open, fought Kartal admirable and showed her problem -solving skills by recovering from a heavy opening to force a decision -maker. But towards the end of the second set, Kartal started to struggle physically and in the beginning of the last set she cramped all over her body.
The match took a turn deep in the last set when Haddad Maia also started to struggle, culminating in the Brazilian beats served in court and a forearm threw in a dramatic last match.
“It’s frustrating,” said Kartal. “You can see her on the other side and she had a calf thing or a hamstring or something. So it made it even harder. But I think you just have so much pain at that moment, you are going to the dark spots to continue. I didn’t think about her or something. I just thought:” I’m not going to finish the game. “
Asked exactly where she was a cramp, Kartal said: “Where did I not feel it? We had calves, we had quads, we had hamstrings and we had the fingers [clamped down] On the tennis racket. You feel helpless on the field. My body didn’t let me finish how I wanted to feel it. “
In the meantime, Katie Boulter emphasized that the need came to the bottom of its control problems after its difficult form of form continued with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat against the 27th Seed Marta Kostyuk.
“I have reached a point now that something has to change,” Boulter said. “It is not that I have done nothing to change it, but something else has to be done to go to the line mentally and be ready. I feel that I am doing a decent job on Ball three, given the services I put in court.”
Boulter has lost six of her last seven games, dating from a scorching defeat of the second round with Wimbledon against Solana Sierra, a happy loser. Boulter, who made eight double mistakes with many who took place on important points, said that considerable efforts have already been discussed in her service.
“As far as the rhythm is concerned, how long I have struggled with it, I have had several shoulder injuries. I have had several arm injuries. I am not a clean slate that goes into my career. I have had several things that have changed over time, my service lotion, my service promotion, that is why I have to be better adapted, so that is one of the greatest things in tennis, so I have to be one of the greatest things in tennis.”
The heavy losses took place for British players when Fran Jones, a qualification, with 6-0, 7-5 was defeated by Eva Lys and despite a strong fight, Billy Harris became 6-4, 7-6 (8), 6-4 by the 25th Seed, Felix Auger Aliassime.
On a day when Iga Swiatek continued her enormous recent form with a ruthless victory in the first round, the favorite of the tournament was most satisfied with developments away from the field.
Just after she had left the Arthur Ashe Stadium with her 6-1, 6-2 victory against Emiliana Arango, before they could discuss her performance in detail, members of the Swiatek team told her that Taylor Swift, her favorite artist, had announced her engagement at Travis Kelce. “She placed when I was ready,” Swiatek said smiling. “Maybe that’s no coincidence. I don’t know.”
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The subject of Swift took almost half of Swiatek’s press conference after the game and when a journalist tried to change the subject in tennis, Swiatek joked to get up and leave.
Those scenes are relevant to her success on the field. Swiatek not only plays quality tennis, she also seems to be relaxed and away in a positive state of mind. Her victories in Wimbledon and Cincinnati soaked her with confidence in the last Grand Slam tournament of the season.
“Every year is a bit difficult, because New York is just so loud, you know, and it’s hard to find that balance of the field,” said Swiateek. “But I have to say that I am probably good at compared to other players, so I really try to be in my bubble.
“The comfort level, it’s hard to describe, because the tournament is so long. You are actually three weeks here. So it will clearly not be the same every day. I feel pretty happy with my performance in Cincinnati and trying to get, you know, what confidence of it.
Swiatek was accompanied in the second round by another favorite of tournament at Flushing Meadows when Jannik Sinner, the top seeds of men, beat Vit Kopriva 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 to easily move forward. Sinner’s last competitive appearance changed into a painful afternoon when he was forced to retire in the first set of the Cincinnati Open final against his large rival Carlos Alcaraz due to illness. After a week of rest, the world no. 1 looked in a good form at the start of his deficiency defense.
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