{"id":290810,"date":"2023-08-29T21:23:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=290810"},"modified":"2023-08-29T21:23:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T21:23:32","slug":"jessica-pegula-and-madison-keys-breeze-through-to-round-two-of-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/jessica-pegula-and-madison-keys-breeze-through-to-round-two-of-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys breeze through to round two of US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>US Open: Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys breeze through to round two, while John Isner begins his final hurrah with Venus William in action later on Arthur Ashe<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys both won their opening rounds in straight sets\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>American John Isner announced he will retire from tennis following the US Open\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Americans enjoyed success on Day Two of the US Open as both Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys breezed into the second round at Flushing Meadows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s No. 3 seed, Pegula, moved on quickly with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Camila Giorgi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pegula dispatched of the Italian in one hour and 22 minutes, breaking her serve twice in both the first and second sets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giorgi\u00a0was expected to be a formidable challenger, but made 31 unforced errors and suffered her ninth defeat to the American in 11 meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pegula\u00a0will face winner of 700th-ranked Patricia Maria Tig of Romania or 104th-ranked Rebecca Marino of Canada in Round 2.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/21\/74848625-0-image-a-62_1693341259640.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s No. 3 seed, Pegula, moved on quickly with a 6-2, 6-2 on Day Two of the US Open<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/21\/74848641-0-image-a-63_1693341262838.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pegula dispatched of her opponent, Italian\u00a0Camila Giorgi, in one hour and 22 minutes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/21\/74848655-0-image-m-65_1693341276560.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>American 17th seed and 2017 finalist Madison Keys beat Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 6-2 6-4<\/p>\n<p>American 17th seed and 2017 finalist Keys beat Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 6-2 6-4 to reach the second round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchwoman was coming off a five-match win streak at the tour level after winning her first WTA title on clay in Hamburg, and recently earning a career-high ranking of No. 41.<\/p>\n<p>However, Keys halted her winning streak, fending off three break points in the first set and holding her off in a challenging second.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keys will face either\u00a0Yanina Wickmayer or qualifier Vera Zvonereva in the second round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unseeded American Michael Mmoh stunned\u00a0World No. 11 Karen Khachanov in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Khachanov&#8217;s loss comes after a semifinal run in New York last year &#8211; the best Grand Slam performance of his career to that point.<\/p>\n<p>He began this Slam season with another trip to the semis in the Australian Open before reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open and missing Wimbledon through injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John Isner was in action at Louis Armstrong Tuesday afternoon as he begun his final Grand Slam against Facundo Diaz Acosta after announcing his plan to retire following the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Venus Williams, 43, who won two of her seven Grand Slam singles titles at Flushing Meadows, is scheduled to play before reigning men&#8217;s champion Carlos Alcaraz on Arthur Ashe Stadium against qualifier Greet Minnen of Belgium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12458663\/US-Open-Jessica-Pegula-Madison-Keys-breeze-round-two-John-Isner-begins-final-hurrah-Venus-William-action-later-Arthur-Ashe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Open: Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys breeze through to round two, while John Isner begins his final hurrah with <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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