Wang Xiyu stuns third seed Sakkari at US Open

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Wang Xiyu of China hits a return during the women's singles second round match against Maria Sakkari of Greece at the 2022 US Open tennis championships in New York, the United States, Aug. 31, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

China's Wang Xiyu reached round of 32 at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time after shocking world No. 3 Maria Sakkari of Greece in the women's singles of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

Wang, 21, lost the first set 6-3 to last year's semifinalist Sakkari, but remained calm to keep the 27-year-old third seed at bay with her big groundstrokes.

The world No. 75 took both the second and third sets 7-5 to conclude the match in two hours and 44 minutes and advance to the third round. 

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