WASHINGTON – Emma Radukanu misplaced sixth-seeded Marta Kostuk on Tuesday to beat DC 7-6 (4), 6-4, extending the slide that has now lasted greater than two months.
This was the fifth match that Kostuk left within the first spherical. She additionally misplaced within the fourth spherical in Rome and commenced her present rut. She has not received a match in Rome since Might eleventh.
Radukanu, forty sixth within the 2021 US Open, will subsequent face four-time main champions Naomi Osaka or Yulia Putinzeva.
In males’s motion within the laborious court docket match, Cameron Nolly eradicated No. 2 seed Lorenzomsetti 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
The Italian was injured on the French Open final month and has not received a match as he must cease taking part in within the semi-finals. Musetti misplaced in his first spherical at Wimbledon a 12 months after reaching the semi-finals.
Holga Rune, who got here in third in Washington, retreated earlier than the sport on Tuesday attributable to a again harm.
Venus Williams was scheduled to play her first singles match in over a 12 months towards Payton Stearns on Tuesday evening. Williams, 45, received the doubles on the DC Open on Monday.
