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Garcia, ranked 50 on the WTA standings, will next face 28th seed Jennifer Brady, who beat CiCi Bellis 6-1, 6-2. Against Pliskova, Garcia produced 30 winners and just 17 unforced errors. Meanwhile, 2018 champion and fourth seed Osaka (Japan) made light work of Italy’s Camila Giorgi, winning the match 6-1, 6-2.

Czech Kvitova managed a hard-fought two-set win over Ukraine’s Kateryna Kozlova, with the final score reading 7-6(3), 6-2. In men’s doubles, Divij Sharan and his Serbian partner Nikola Cacic crashed out in the first round as they lost 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 to Nikola Mektic and Wesley Koolhof, from Croatia and the Netherlands respectively.

US OPEN 2020 TOP RESULTS:

Women’s singles:Second round: Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) lost to Caroline Garcia (France) 1-6, 6-7(2); Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 6-1, 6-2; Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) 7-6(3), 6-2.

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