if number five C Jasmine Pini thought she could breathe easily after she came from a set down to escape former US Open Champion Bianca andrescu in round one she would have been wrong on Thursday she'll face 2016 Queen finalist former Wimbledon finalist and ex-or number one karolina plova in the second day session match inside Louis Armstrong stradium Pini now firmly entrenched in the wta's top five after a season that should already all but guarantee her the tour's year and most improved player honor and plova a former world number one are at two opposite ends of their tennis careers the 28-year-old Italian has reached both the Roland garos and Wimbledon singles finals this year finishing runner up to ig swch and Barbara ketova respectively after never even reaching the second week of a Grand Slam Tournament before 2024 a dual discipline threat she and Sarah Aron also won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics were Runners up at Roland garos and figure to be title contenders here two as the number six seeds