Karolina Pliskova qualified easily for the quarter-finals

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Karolina Pliskova will face in the quarter-finals the 20th-seeded Coco Vandeweghe.

New York — The favorite Karolina Pliskova qualified for the quarter-finals of the International of the United States, with easily of the American Jennifer Brady 6-1, 6-0 in just 47 minutes on Monday.

Two days after he pushed a match ball to move to the next round, Pliskova has dominated its opponent as the fans continued to pour on the site of the stadium tennis Billie Jean King.

Domination

The Czech has won 22 of 24 points on her first serve, she broke the service of the ” Brady six times, and it is measured now at the 20th-seeded Coco Vandeweghe. This last has defeated the Czech Lucie Safarova 6-4, 7-6 (2).

The Estonian Kaia Kanepi has also obtained his pass to the quarterfinals by beating Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 6-4. Kanepi is only the second player after being qualified of the modern era to be part of the last eight players competing in the International of the United States, after the American Barbara Gerken in 1981.

In the next round, Kanepi will play against the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the American Madison Keys.

Pliskova had lost to Angelique Kerber in the final at Flushing Meadows last year and it should be sure to play again in the final to retain the first rank in the women classification.

This would not be a problem for her if she continues playing as she did during his demonstration almost flawless in the fourth round, not looking like the player who almost suffered elimination in the previous round.

Pliskova had also played in the first match at Arthur Ashe stadium on Saturday. She had lost the first round and had to fight off a match ball in the second before making a rally to defeat Zhang Shuai 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

This time, she took the lead 4-0 against an opponent obviously nervous, and then she won the second round even more uneven. She won 25 points compared to just seven for Brady in the second round.

“It seems to me that she played very well today. For my part, I have not offered my best performance. It may be that I have given him the opportunity to play well, said Brady. But, you know, I think she served well. She played like the player no. 1 that it is. “

For its part, Vandeweghe reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for a third time this season. She had lost at this stage at Wimbledon in July, after having reached the semi-finals at the Australian open in January.

Vandeweghe is the third American to qualify for the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows this year, after Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens, who won their match of the fourth round on Sunday. Keys had the opportunity to inflate this number to four in winning his duel against Svitolina, later Monday.

In the junior ranks

On the side of the pane, junior, Canadian and fifth-seeded Carson Branstine won his match for the first round 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the face of the Polish Maja Chwalinska, while his compatriot Layne Sleeth, was beaten 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 by the Colombian Emiliana Arango.

Nadal, Rublev, Del Potro and Federer will qualify for the quarter-finals

New York — Spaniard Rafael Nadal has easily reached the fourth round of the International of the United States, Monday, disposing of the Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in three sets of 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. The Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, the champion in 2009 at Flushing Meadows, has, meanwhile, saved two match points and erased a late two innings to beat Austrian Dominic Thiem 1-6, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4. Del Potro will now face in the quarter-finals Switzerland’s Roger Federer, who has triumphed in three sets of 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 against German Philipp Kohlschreiber. The two players had taken part in the final of this event in 2009. Del Potro had won his only major title in his career and had put an end to a series of five titles, Federer in New York.