Seventh seed Simona Halep has been stunned after she was dumped out of the first round of the US Open.
The Romanian, who was one of the favourites to win the tournament, fell 2-6, 6-0, 4-6 to qualifier Daria Snigur of Ukraine, who is ranked No.124 in the world. Halep’s dreams of claiming a third Grand Slam single’s title have come to an end for this year with Snigur understandably emotional after she triumphed over one of the best players in the women’s game.
It was also the first tour-level win for 20-year-old Snigur who has managed to pull off one of the upsets of day one. She took the opening set in fine fashion but Halep soon recovered to bagel her in the second.
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