Kazakhstani tennis player Yulia Putintseva (world No. 84) failed to advance to the third round of the US Open. In the second round, she lost to 2024 Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen of China (No. 121) in three sets – 4:6, 6:2, 1:6. The match lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes, reports infohub.kz.

Putintseva lost the first set 4:6, but managed to turn the match around in the second set. The Kazakhstani played much more confidently in that stretch and leveled the match at 6:2.

In the decisive set, Zheng took control. The Chinese player dropped only one game and closed out the match 6:1.

During the match, Putintseva hit three aces and committed four double faults. Zheng significantly outperformed her opponent in winners – 31 to 12, but also made 52 unforced errors to Putintseva's 33. The Chinese player also fired nine aces and converted five of eight break points. The Kazakhstani used four of nine break opportunities.

Early in the morning, Elena Rybakina will contest a spot in the third round against Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. At the start of the tournament, Kazakhstan's top-ranked player comfortably defeated 17-year-old American Teah Froding.

In the men's draw, Alexander Bublik continues his campaign. In the second round, he defeated Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. Alexander Shevchenko ended his run after a five-set loss to Dino Prižmić.

The US Open is an annual Grand Slam tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is the last of the four majors in the calendar year.

For the second consecutive year, the US Open, which was first held in August 1881, starts a week earlier due to the mixed doubles event being moved. The total prize money of $108 million is a record for the majors.

Since 1978, matches have been held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

The defending men's champion is Spain's Carlos Alcaraz (world No. 3), who defeated Jannik Sinner in last year's final 6:2, 3:6, 6:1, 6:4. Incidentally, the Italian, the world No. 1, withdrew from the 2026 US Open due to a knee injury.

In the women's draw, the 2025 champion was Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. In the final, she defeated Amanda Anisimova of the United States 6:3, 7:6 (7:3).