Glushko advances into 2nd round of U.S Open

Tennis:

Julia Glushko (usopen)

Julia Glushko produced the biggest surprise by any Israeli player this year, yesterday (Tuesday), as she advanced into the 2nd round of the U.S Open after defeating the Russian, Nadia Petrova, who is currently ranked 23rd in the world, by an impressive 6-3, 6-4 scoreline in a match that lasted just 1 hour and 12 minutes. "I'm really happy, I felt good from the moment that I started to actually manage to return her serves", said Glushko after the historic win, "without believing, things like this can't ever happen. In the 2nd round Glushko will face American, Sachia Vickery, who defeated Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Crotia 6-4, 6-4 in the 1st round. The 23-year-old shouldn't find it to hard do defeat the American due to the fact that Vickery is currently ranked 229th and only qualified for the main draw of the Open after winning the USTA National Junior Championship whilst the Israeli is currently ranked 128th and reached the main draw after advancing through 3 qualifying rounds. If Glushko does manage to beat Vickery, then in the 3rd round she will have quite an easy tie, as both of her possible opponents, Danela Hantuchova and Victoria Duval, are unseeded. Meanwhile, late Monday night, fellow Israeli, Dudi Sela, also advanced to the second round after defeating Andrey Kuznetsov 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-7(2), 5-7, 6-4 in what seemed like an endless game, as it was competed in just less than 4 hours. The 28-year-old will face 18th seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in the the next round.