Jaqueline Cristian drove Americans like Popici, at home. The Romanian is premiere in the third round at the US Open

Jaqueline Cristian qualified for the first time in the third round of the US Open tournament, the last big-night grin in New York, after defeating American Ashlyn Krueger, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. In the first round, she had passed another representative of the hosts, Danielle Collins, 6-2, 6-0, so that in the next round she was dealing with a new US athlete, Amanda Anisimova.

Jaqueline Cristian makes the tournament of life at the US Open. Photo X/ WTA

Krueger (21 years, 38 WTA) dominated the first set and won 6-4, but the Romanian controlled the next two, winning with a double 6-2, after an hour and 46 minutes. Jaqueline Cristian (27 years old, 50 WTA) had 20 winning blows, compared to 19 by the opponent, but the difference made to the unforced errors, where the US athlete had 32, and the Romanian, only 23.

Jaqueline Cristian, toward Top 40 Mondial

The next opponent of the Romanian will be the winner of American Amanda Anisimova (finalist at Wimbledon this year), the 8th favorite of the competition. who passed in two sets of Australian Maya Joint.

Jaqueline Cristian, who had not passed the first round in two participation at the US Open, has secured a CEC of $ 237,000 and 130 WTA points, with which she knocks on top 40 WTA, climbing the live ranking in position 41, the best in the entire career.