Osaka progresses by walkover and Halep succeeds at downpour hit US Open

Reigning champ Naomi Osaka progressed to the third round of the US Open by walkover on Wednesday as downpour showers interfered with play on the New York hardcourts.

The 23-year-old Japanese third seed, looking for her fifth Grand Slam title and third US Open crown in four years, continued on when Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic pulled out because of ailment.

“I have been feeling unwell these previous few days managing a non-Coronavirus related viral ilness,” 20-year-old left-hander Danilovic posted via web-based media.

Osaka, who next faces either Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi or Canadian Leylah Fernandez, is attempting to turn into the first consecutive US Open champ since Serena Williams, missing with a torn hamstring, caught her third in succession in 2014.

Osaka’s Grand Slam win streak stays at 16 matches, the walkover not including toward the run similarly as her pulling out from the French Open after the first round didn’t stop it.

The leftovers of Hurricane Ida, which hammered into the US Gulf Coast at the end of the week, doused the grounds to hinder outside court matches.

However, the show went on the Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong Stadium courts, which are both secured by retractable rooftops.

Romanian twelfth seed Simona Halep, the 2018 French Open and 2019 Wimbledon champion, supplanted Osaka on Ashe and dispatched Slovakian Kristina Kucova 6-3, 6-1.

“I was somewhat fortunate to play here with the rooftop,” Halep said.

In spite of a gauzed right thigh and an extended period of annoying wounds, Halep progressed on a help victor following 68 minutes for her most profound US Open run since 2016.

“I feel much improved. I’m more sure,” Halep said. “Prior to the competition, I was somewhat stressed with wounds.”

Spanish 10th seed Garbine Muguruza, a double cross Grand Slam champion, crushed Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-2. It was her first success in quite a while against the German.

“It was dificult on the grounds that we are extraordinary companions,” Muguruza said. “I took as much time as necessary and played well. That had an effect.”

Advncing betwee raindrops was Tunisian twentieth seed Ons Jabeur, who beat Colombian Maria Camila Osorio 6-0, 6-1.

Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev, the current year’s Australian Open next in line, was to meet Germany’s Dominik Koepfer later on Ashe.

Medvedev, a victor last month in Toronto, won his just earlier match against the left-hander while heading to the 2019 US Open last, which he lost to Rafael Nadal.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Greek third seed whose drawn out washroom breaks have turned into the subject of scorn at the Open, triumphs when it’s all said and done the last Ashe night match against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, who is 0-17 in Grand Slams against top-10 rivals.

Tsitsipas was criticized by three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray and Olympic top dog Alexander Zverev for taking long latrine breaks and different stops to upset rivals.

Murray says he “lost regard” for the French Open next in line and Zverev kidded the Greek star goes to the moon to utilize the washroom.

Tsitsipas, who might coordinate with his best US Open run by arriving at the third round, says he’s just utilizing rules accessible to all ATP Tour players.

“I’m carrying on reasonably and adhering to what the ATP says is reasonable,” Tsitsipas said.

Other indoor ladies’ matches incorporate 2020 US Open next in line and double cross Australian Open hero Victoria Azarenka against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and the Ashe night highlight between Americans Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champ.