Tímea Babos lost in the 11th place of Russian Darja Kaszatkin from the 11th place in the first round of the US Open Tennis Championships and lost.
The 42rd place in the world rankings, the Hungarian tennis player came in the first set, and he led to 4: 1. After that, he won five grenades in his Russian counterpart, and gained a winning edge in 37 minutes. The second set lasted for about an hour and Babos also led to 4: 1 this time. But Kaszatkina caught the Hungarian at 5: 5. The latter, on the other hand, was better off with the end game, and with a new pair he offset his setback.
At the beginning of the decisive game, Babos had the advantage again - following his 3: 2 lead with the first bout of the set to 4: 2 - but his Russian rival won the match with zero on his own.
Babos met Kaszatkin for the second time, and second received from him. Last year, last year in Sydney, Russia also played three sets over the Hungarian player.
"It's not easy to say," said 25-year-old Sopron tennis player on his website. He added that he was "a big and difficult" match, which was a lot of "physically and emotionally".
"I enjoy Picin so much that I have not managed again, I talked about it before. Again I met a top player and I had a chance to get going," Babos said. He admitted, "It's not easy to do this, stay here for the couple," but still feels motivated to continue. The meeting lasted 2 hours 22 minutes.
Tímea Babos and his partner, Frenchman Kristina Mladenovic, are second in the pair in the first round of women's doubles competition with Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian duo Alison Van Uytvanck on Wednesday.
Result, Round 1 (for 64):
women:
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Darja Kaszatkina (Russian, 11th) - Babi Tímea 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4
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