Potapova upsets Anisimova to reach US Open fourth round for first time
Anastasia Potapova upset No. 10 seed Amanda Anisimova in straight sets to reach the US Open fourth round for the first time, benefiting from Anisimova’s 46 unforced errors. A controversy over a suspected mocking gesture afterward circulated online, while Zheng Qinwen surged to defeat Madison Keys to also reach the Round of 16.
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About Anastasia Potapova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova is a Russian Austrian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 21 by the WTA, achieved on 19 June 2023, and a doubles ranking of world No. 40, reached on 5 December 2022. Potapova has won three WTA Tour singles titles along with three doubles titles. She is a former junior world No. 1, and she was the 2016 Wimbledon girls' singles champion.
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- tennis player
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Born
- March 30, 2001