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Muguruza crashes out of US Open
- Updated: September 1, 2016
Garbine Muguruza crashed out of the US Open as she was stunned in the second round by Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova.
The world No 3 won three games in a row to threaten a comeback in the second set but Sevastova finally converted her fourth match point to win 7-5 6-4 in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Sevastova temporarily gave up tennis in 2013 due to illness and injury but she has now reached her first grand slam third round, where she will meet Kateryna Bondarenko.
“I was shaking a little bit at the end,” Sevastova said. “It’s amazing. On Ashe, in a night match, what’s going to be bigger?
“I had to solve my head, my thoughts, what could be, what could not – everything. But I am so happy it went well.”
The world No 48’s only other match against a top-10 player this year came against Simona Halep in July, when she lost 6-0 6-0.
The Latvian stuttered when leading Muguruza 5-1 in the second set, before breaking the Spaniard to finally get over the line.
“I didn’t feel calm inside,” Sevastova said. “Then I stopped thinking. I was thinking too much at 5-2, at 5-3, then I thought I had one more …
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