Radwańska wins all-Polish second round at US Open
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
03.09.2015 09:56
Agnieszka Radwańska cruised to victory against fellow Pole Magda Linette 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the US Open in New York, marking her 100th ever win in a Grand Slam fixture.
Agnieszka Radwańskahits a return to Magda Linette of Poland during their match on the third day of the 2015 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA. Photo: EPA/JASON SZENES
Linette, currently ranked 91st in the world by WTA, had the odds stacked against her in the clash with Radwańska (WTA No. 15).
The winner admitted that playing against someone from her own country can be a little awkward.
“It's something of a challenge for me,” she said.
Radwańska voiced frustration in the past about being drawn against her own younger sister Urszula.
As fate would have it, Linette defeated the younger Radwańska in the first round of the US Open this year, thus ruling out a match between the two siblings.
Agnieszka Radwańska will now face home player Madison Keys, currently ranked No. 19 by WTA.
Keys beat Radwańska in their quarter-final at Wimbledon this year.
“We really had a great match at Wimbledon, and hopefully we will have the same kind of game here at the US Open” Radwanska said.
“For sure it will be different conditions, different surface, so different story.
“So we will see how it's going to be on hardcourt. It will be a really tough third round. She's playing at home. Well, I just hope it's going to be a great match.” (nh/rk)
Source: IAR/PAP/WTA