We always get the best of tennis action when there’s a grand slam taking place and once again, we saw some high levels of entertainment in just Day 1 of the last slam of the year. We’re referring to US Open 2022 which began only today and on the first day itself, we saw a massive upset in Round 1 of the women’s draw.
We had Romania’s Simona Halep in action today in Round 1 of the US Open 2022 and she was up against world number #124 and qualifier in this tournament, in Ukraine’s Daria Snigur. Obviously, every had Halep as a major favourite to not just win today but also go deep in the tournament, but the Ukrainian qualifier had other plans for her today.
Daria Snigur beats Simona Halep
It’s easy to call this one a ‘shock upset’ because most of you wouldn’t have even heard of Snigur before this game. Surely, she’s going to have a lot of sponsors and press obligations after this tournament is over, even if she doesn’t make it past Round 2 of the competition. She was playing the biggest match of her career, and she passed it with flying colours too!
Wow.
#124 Daria Snigur from Ukraine beats #7 Simona Halep, champion in Canada and on a 7 matches winning streak, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 to reach the 2nd round of the #USOpen.
BIG upset.
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) August 29, 2022
Snigur took the first set 6-2 and after that, Halep was back to her most dangerous best as she won the second set 6-0. Considering the dominance in the second set, you’d think Halep would storm through but she hit too many unforced errors in the game and found herself losing the final set 4-6, and losing the match as well.
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Everyone’s going to be talking about Snigur in the days to come but for now, it’s social media that was abuzz after this shock victory. Even the crowd was backing her, and she managed to hold her nerve at important moments. We thought she wouldn’t be able to serve out the game but she was calm and composed when most needed.
Daria Snigur is shaken! Poor girl 😂
— Latifat Adebayo Ohio (@Phatill) August 29, 2022
DARIA SNIGUR I fucking love u
— marxist-keninist (aloof era) (@tennisywilliams) August 29, 2022
It’s safe to call this the best game of Day 1 and it could be the biggest upset of the tournament itself. The three sets ended in less than a hour and that’s how good Snigur was on the day in New York. The 20-year old was in tears at the post match interview, getting this win in her maiden grand slam, which means a lot to her personally as well as for her country.
We love you too congratulations Daria Snigur #USOpen such a big story. #littlewanderingwren #UkraineRussiaWar 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/uRbLCuvtFI
— Little Wandering Wren (@LWWren) August 29, 2022
She was playing in front of her family and her father was shell-shocked and overwhelmed, because neither of them would’ve expected this. She played 10 grand slam qualifiers before and finally managed to make it through at US Open 2022. A seismic shock it was for Halep and here’s the winning moment for the young girl:
Take it in, Daria Snigur!
What a moment 😍 pic.twitter.com/Of6TV1MDjt
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
124 – Daria #Snigur (#124) is the lowest ranked player to win a Grand Slam match against Simona Halep since Maria Sharapova at the US Open 2017 (#146). Unexpected.@WTA @WTA_insider #USOpen #USOpentennis pic.twitter.com/5v830q9iKZ
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) August 29, 2022
It’s still only the first day of US Open 2022 and it seems like we’re in for quite a treat right through the next couple of weeks. For similar tennis updates from around the world, stay tuned to ReadScoops.com!
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