there's no denying that iotic is the best women's tennis player on the planet and the world number one proved it with a moment of magic at Arthur Ash Stadium on Saturday during the first set of her third round Victory against number 25 seed Anastasia pinova 64 62 she hit a return so good it was impossible for her opponent to respond in reality it was a stroke of luck as vitic sliced pav uch and kova serve high into the air the return was hit with so much spin that as the ball came down and bounced just over the net it spun back into stic side of the Court rendering it impossible for pav uchen kova to reach spatk instantly apologized to pav uchen kova who was stunned and cameras then pent to the Umpire who attempted to remain professional but couldn't stop smiling the US Open crowd Rose to their feet and shortly after zot clenched the first set 64 the world number one is chasing her sixth Grand Slam and second success at the US Open stic already has five major career titles to her name but four of those have come at the French Open as she continues to dominate on Clay her only US Open crown came back in 20122 when she beat ton Jaber ending a tough year for the Tunisian International as she lost consecutive Grand Slam finals subotic went into the 2024 US Open not feeling 100% % but is now looking like an Unstoppable Force siatic competed at the Paris Olympics but had to settle for a bronze medal as Zang kinan claimed an unlikely gold for the People's Republic of China svatek is now proud of her bronze medal but at the time she felt disappointed not to go for gold for sure it was more joyful than after a couple of days of like still thinking about the match that I lost stic said so I think I kind of needed to digest that and after a while I got much more I was much more proud of myself I also realized how much baggage I had on my shoulders I'm still happy that I could finish with a medal and kind of prove to myself that I could win a medal yeah stic then lost in the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters and claimed she lacked focus in her first round win at the US Open the world number one said during a press conference that she's been working on herself and it appears to be paying off in New York it's not like a need to do that much work because I kind of have the tools but sometimes it's just hard to use them subotic added I couldn't really focus well on my first round match and I wanted to improve that I gave myself time and acceptance that it may not be perfect but stepbystep pick hand yeah as you said have better focus and have better mindset today it was for sure a little bit better