Halep said Sharapova was "very strong" and had "hit everything".
2019_Ashleigh Barty def. Halep has three times been on the brink of the number one ranking this year, and was match-tight after playing 12 times on North American hard courts over the last month, but in the end she was overpowered by Sharapova. But this is the draw. 2017 Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) beat Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 2016 Garbine Muguruza (Spain) beat Serena Williams (U.S.) 7-5 6-4 2015 Serena Williams beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-7 6-2 It’s been a while since we’ve seen Shazza fire on all cylinders like this, but it’s still a close one, if not in momentum than in scoreline. Analysis and opinion from the BBC's tennis correspondent. Neither Maria Sharapova nor Simona Halep picked up any kind of draw luck at the 2017 Us Open.With the release of the draw on Friday, their match stands out as the blockbuster match of the first round in women's singles. Second set: Sharapova 6-4, 4-4 Halep* (*denotes server): Halep holds in a nervy game that featured more ruthless Sharapova winners, but a few inexcusable errors, too. "It's prime-time, baby - I love it," she joked afterwards. In the meantime, here’s Jacob Steinberg on the favourites for the women’s title in the absence of Serena Williams: Karolina Pliskova: Last year’s beaten finalist probably had different visions of how she would become the new world No1. Both players look focused and unfazed as they give pre-match interviews and begin warm-ups. The Halep quarter certainly looks as though it could produce an unlikely semifinalist. Maria Sharapova looked right at home Monday night in her first Grand Slam tournament since the 2016 Australian Open.. Sharapova's break of Halep's serve in the second game of the third set proved to be the difference, as the two held serve for the remainder of the set. Meanwhile, Halep is tracking nearly everything down.

Second set: Sharapova* 6-4, 4-5 Halep (*denotes server): This match has turned on a dime.

Sharapova is noticeably more relaxed than she was at the end of the second. NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome back to Grand Slam tennis, Maria Sharapova. First set: Sharapova 1-1* Halep (*denotes server): Halep levels it at 1-1 with a tough hold, drawing errors from Sharapova, who’s being aggressive off the return. When her name was drawn alongside Halep's in the first round it set up a contest that felt more like a Grand Slam decider than opener. Their last match was almost two years ago, when Sharapova beat Halep in straight sets at the 2015 WTA year-end championships. She closes it with another forehand winner down the line and the finish line is in sight. beating #2 Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. However keeping up the wins is a different matter. First set: Sharapova* 1-0 Halep (*denotes server): Already it seems like Maria has found the zone on her groundstrokes. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Johanna Konta and Sloane Stephens are also in this quarter, but they are in the upper half of the quarter. NEW YORK, NY, USA - 2006 champion Maria Sharapova knocked out the No.2 seed Simona Halep in a three-set thriller to close out a blockbuster Day 1 at the US Open.. Only a handful of points separated the pair as Sharapova, into the year’s final Grand Slam on a wildcard, weathered a second-set letdown to outhit the World No.2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 after a marathon two hours and 44 minutes. She should be match rusty heading into the first round of the US Open and that's a bad spot to be against the World No. In the second set alone, Halep staved off five break points before clinching the 10th game and forcing a third set. Halep, after a Sharapova double fault, breaks for 5-4 and will serve for the second set. Third set: Sharapova* 6-4, 4-6, 3-0 Halep (*denotes server): After a brilliant point - a Sharapova dropshot followed by a Halep dropshot followed by an off-balance Sharapova volley winner - the wildcard and ‘06 Open champ takes a 3-0 lead in the third set. According to ESPN Stats & Info, Sharapova was the first women's wild card to beat the No.

Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent at Flushing Meadows. Neither Maria Sharapova nor Simona Halep picked up any kind of draw luck at the 2017 Us Open. But this is also a famously fickle audience. Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 6-3.
At a tournament badly lacking star-power (no Serena, Djoker, Murray, or Wawrinka), New Yorkers will be glad to see a familiar name, and former Open champ, back on Arthur Ashe. 2020_Iga Swiatek def.

It’s early days for Caroline Wozniacki in her first match of the tournament but she’s won the first game (only another 11 to go ... if she’s VERY good tonight). First set: Sharapova* 5-4 Halep (*denotes server): Sharapova holds and she’s one break away from the first set. Kicking off the the 2017 US Open’s inaugural night session is a blockbuster first-round match between world number 2 Simona Halep and five-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova.

Both ladies have risen to the occasion, but this is a vintage Shazza performance through and through. Federer and Nadal to begin US Open campaigns. There’s still a ways to go in this one. Sharapova had a point for 5-1 in the second set but was unable to convert a slew of break points. Rarely do you see such clear-cut examples of how quickly momentum can swing in a tennis match.

Third set: Sharapova 6-4, 4-6, 2-0 Halep* (*denotes server): Maria converts her first break point in over an hour to take the lead in the third set. But she’s been something of a perpetual bridesmaid, having been on the brink of becoming world number 1 several times this year. Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1. To the 25-year-old’s credit she has responded well to her French Open final defeat and has been consistent since that disappointment.

The third set begins with a wonderful rally, topped off by a Sharapova winner down the line. And, true to form, the Romanian is holding steady with rock-solid defense and a few big cuts of her own. However, if the Romanian is to challenge for the Flushing Meadows title then she will have to dodge the early-round bullet. Mon 28 Aug 2017 22.56 EDT She finishes off the game with a sharply angled forehand, tracked down by Halep, followed by another FH winner down the line. Sharapova did a great job of making Halep work from the baseline. She’ll have to change course soon if Sharapova remains this dialed in. She pulled out of Stanford after the first round several weeks ago and then would miss both Toronto and Cincinnati. Sharapova is coupling a blistering offensive with surprisingly solid defense. Maria Sharapova wins one of most compelling matches of 2017 (and best Slam R1 ever?) MARIA Sharapova’s emotional first-round epic at the US Open ended in tears as some fans accused the Russian of unsporting play. It feels like a semifinal, at least. Available for everyone, funded by readers. Felt like final. 2-seeded Simona Halep at Flushing Meadows. Sharapova showed some rust, committing seven double-faults and 64 unforced errors against Halep, but Halep had problems of her own. Yes, she sprayed a bunch of errors.

Second set: Sharapova 6-4, 3-1 Halep* (*denotes server): We’re about 80 minutes into this one and Sharapova is starting to break away. All totaled, their head-to-head series is very one sided and that's bad news for Halep. She was better. All rights reserved. Sharapova had, count ‘em, 18 forehand winners in that set. Garbiñe Muguruza: The Spaniard’s final match before Wimbledon saw her lose 6-1, 6-0 to the unheralded Barbora Strycova at Eastbourne.

2017_Jelena Ostapenko def. Second set: Sharapova* 6-4, 4-1 Halep (*denotes server): Despite signs of life from Halep, Sharapova consolidates the break with a tight hold, perhaps the best game of the match. Sharapova is nailing return winners with ease; I counted four in the last game alone. But in keeping with her recent offerings at the business end of tournaments, Halep lost the final 6-1, 6-0 to Garbiñe Muguruza. She’s still not making nearly as many first serves as she’ll need to to fend off Sharapova’s vicious return, but it was enough to avoid an early and potentially insurmountable second set deficit. Sharapova is littering the stat chart with tons of errors while Simona, who was down a set and 1-4, is sticking to her brand of road-runner tennis. The two players met in the French Open final back in 2014, a match that Sharapova won. Both players only seem to be improving as the match continues; Sharapova’s hitting hard and deep, while Simona’s answering with speed and the occasional moon ball. 2 seed, she might have been thinking about an easier opening match than a former champion and a former World No. Week-to-week, Halep has been one of the strongest players on tour, reaching the finals again at this year’s French Open, as well as in Rome and Cincinnati. First set: Sharapova* 3-2 Halep (*denotes server): And just like, after yet another game goes to deuce, we’re back on serve. Third set: Sharapova 6-4, 4-6, 3-1 Halep* (*denotes server): After an easy hold, Halep gets on the board in the deciding set. She holds to even the set at 4 games a piece.

Maria Sharapova looked right at home Monday night in her first Grand Slam tournament since the 2016 Australian Open. The match-up looks more like a major final than it does a first-rounder, but wildcard Sharapova, playing in her first slam since returning from a 15-month doping suspension, got a very unlucky placement in the draw. "I'm sad, of course, losing this match, but I think I gave everything I had.

Sharapova, serving first, kicks it off with a sloppy forehand error, followed by a blistering backhand winner. The winner between Sharapova and Halep could make a run to the deep rounds. There will be no easing into the U.S. Open for Sharapova, whose first match at a major tournament since her doping suspension comes against No.


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