Swiatek Leads the Way at US Open; Pegula, Shnaider, and Muchova Progress

despite an almost perfect performance against pav jenova swek feels there's still room to improve my tennis isn't perfect said the five-time Grand Slam Champion it's strange because I've been number one and winning tournaments but I still think there are areas to work on pav aenova who had been defeated 6 to Zer 6 to0 by swch in their last encounter fought hard in the first set but couldn't recover after losing her serve in the opening game the 25th season struggled to keep up as swch the world number one elevated her game in the second set making just one unforced error and breaking serve twice before securing the win swek will face lud Milla samsonova in the fourth round after the 16 seated russan easily defeated American Ashlin Krueger in just 62 minutes winning 6 to1 6 to1 earlier American Jessica Pula strengthened her title bid with a commanding 6 to3 6 to3 victory over Spain's Jessica bu's Monero Pula the sixth seed has yet to lose a set in New York and has demonstrated the power of her serve winning 89% of her first serve points she advances to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time this year and will next play against Rising Star Diana schneer the 20-year-old Russian seated 18th easily defeated Italy Sarah aani 6-2 6-2 hitting 31 winners schneer has rapidly climbed the world rankings in 2024 after winning her first three WTA tour titles and reaching the third round at Wimbledon earlier on Saturday Italian fifth seed Jasmine palini overcame kazak Stan's Yulia putina 6 to3 6 to4 palini the French Open and Wimbledon runnerup has now reached the second week in all four grand slam events in 2024 she will face kolina machova next after the Czech player who recently knocked out two-time Champion Naomi Osaka earned a comfortable 6 to4 6-2 win over Russia's Anastasia podova machova reached the semi-finals at the US Open last year before a wrist injury required surgery sidelining her for 10 months Caroline wasaki secured her place in the last 16 for the second consecutive year by defeating Fran's Jessica Ponch at 6 to3 6-2 the Dane will need to overcome either beatric Hadad Maya or Anna k SK who play later to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal since her 2018 Australian Open title