2021 US Open: Shelby Rogers Stuns World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty
Written By Omolagba Oluwayemi
Shelby Rogers of the United States beats Australia’s World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty in the third round of the 2021 US Open.
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Rogers rallied from down 5-2 in the third set to upset Barty 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 (5) at Arthur Ashe Stadium for the biggest win of the 28-year-old’s career.
Rogers was a quarterfinalist in New York a year ago, while Barty owns titles from the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon this July but never has been past the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.
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Urged on by a raucous crowd, Rogers smacked moon balls, stayed patient — and waited as a rattled Barty hit a slew of unforced errors that led to another early exit at Flushing Meadows for the reigning Wimbledon champion.
“It can’t get any worse,” Rogers said about her previous failures against Barty, “you lost to her every time, so try something different.” Rogers had been 0-6 lifetime against top-seeded players.
A day after defending champion Naomi Osaka and two of the top five men, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev were beaten, Barty went down to the 43rd-ranked Rogers.
Rogers next faces unseeded 18-year-old Emma Raducanu, who used a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Sara Sorribes Tormo to advance.
Meanwhile…
Andreescu, 21, seemingly picked up where she left off in 2019 when she pulled out a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Serena Williams to win the US Open.
She improved her lifetime U.S. Open record to 10-0 by defeating Greet Minnen 6-1, 6-2.
The first player from Canada to win a Grand Slam singles title returned to the tournament after sitting out last year; she missed the full 2020 season after tearing the meniscus in her left knee.
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“So far, I’m loving it,” she said. “I hope that it can continue like this the whole way and I can be 14-0 at the U.S. Open,” she said.
Her win streak may not yet rival the streaks set by Rafael Nadal, who won his first 31 matches in the French Open, or Rod Laver, who won Wimbledon in his first two appearances as a professional, but they beat the alternative.
“I feel very grateful to have accomplished that and to be alongside all those amazing players.”
“I hope that I can continue my streak and make it two in a row,” she added. Up next for her is a match on Monday against Maria Sakkari.
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