Canada’s Marino out of U.S. Open after third-round loss to Zhang
NEW YORK — Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino has been eliminated from the U.S. Open after a 6-2, 6-4 loss to China’s Zhang Shuai in third-round action on Friday.
Marino was up 2-1 in the first set before Zhang won the next five games. Zhang broke to love in Game 7 to go up 5-2, then converted her first set point on serve in the deciding game.
Zhang continued her winning streak, taking an early break and going up 2-0 in the second set. She held serve the rest of the way and converted her first match point to end the contest in one hour three minutes.
Zhang did not face break point, and broke Marino three times on eight chances. She will next face the winner of a match between Americans Madison Keys and Coco Gauff.