Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, 2nd player in the world, dismissed the last French in the women’s table Clara Burel 6-1, 6-1 to qualify for the round of 16 of the US Open on Saturday.
The step was too high for Burel, 62nd player in the world, like the first point of the meeting, won on a devastating forehand by Belarus, semi-finalist of the last two editions of the US Open and winner in January of the Australian Open.
“I am very happy with my performance”, commented the 2nd player in the world after the match, saying she was comfortable in New York, where she liked the “atmosphere” and the “public”.
On the Louis Armstrong court, the 22-year-old Frenchwoman fought but lost too many precious points on her serve, notably committing five double faults. In the second set, she found the resources to win the first game on her serve and gave Sabalenka a hard time on her serve at 4-1, even giving herself her only break point, which she didn’t have. not transformed.
With this course, Burel is doing as well as last year at the US Open, where Sabalenka had already beaten her in the third round 6-0, 6-2. In 8th, the Belarusian, who is aiming for the title, will face the Russian Daria Kasatkina (14th player in the world) or the Belgian Greet Minnen.
