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Fifth seed Ons Jabeur produced another gutsy display to reach the US Open last 16 with a three-set win over Marie Bouzkova that took almost three hours.<\/p>\n
Jabeur, last year\u2019s runner-up, won 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 on Arthur Ashe Stadium against Czech 31st seed Bouzkova, who was hampered by a thigh injury.<\/p>\n
Tunisia\u2019s Jabeur, 29, has been struggling with illness in New York.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHopefully I\u2019ll continue with this warrior symbol,\u201d she said after winning in two hours and 56 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love fighting. I trust my body. I know I can go all the way playing three sets, no problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not fun starting being sick. I feel like this tournament is testing me and showing me that I have a lot of strength, that I can go really far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jabeur\u2019s next match at Flushing Meadows as she hunts a first major title will be against Chinese 23rd seed\u00a0Zheng Qinwen.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the night session on Louis Armstrong Stadium, Wimbledon champion\u00a0Marketa Vondrousova\u00a0<\/strong>needed only 56 minutes to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova.<\/p>\n Czech ninth seed Vondrousova quickly wrapped up a 6-2 6-1 win against the Russian 22nd seed in a match which started at about 23:30 local time.<\/p>\n She goes on to play American world number 59\u00a0Peyton Stearns<\/strong>, who\u00a0ended British number one Katie Boulter\u2019s run.<\/p>\n Sabalenka and Pegula continue progress<\/strong><\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka is chasing her second Grand Slam title after winning this year\u2019s Australian Open<\/em><\/p>\n Belarusian second seed\u00a0Aryna Sabalenka<\/strong>\u00a0also breezed through with a 6-1 6-1 victory over France\u2019s Clara Burel.<\/p>\n Since winning the Australian Open earlier this year, Sabalenka has enjoyed runs to the semi-finals of the French Open and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n If she beats the result of defending champion Iga Swiatek in New York then she will replace the Pole as world number one.<\/p>\n Sabalenka has cruised through her opening-round matches without dropping a set and will face 13th seed\u00a0Daria Kasatkina<\/strong>\u00a0next after the Russian beat Belgium\u2019s Greet Minnen 6-3 6-4.<\/p>\n Third seed\u00a0Jessica Pegula<\/strong>\u00a0fought off a comeback from Ukraine\u2019s Elina Svitolina, maintaining her bid to become the first home singles champion since Sloane Stephens in 2017.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old American has reached the quarter-finals of six Grand Slam tournaments without going beyond the last eight.<\/p>\n Pegula will face compatriot\u00a0Madison Keys<\/strong>\u00a0in the fourth round after a 6-4 4-6 6-2 win against 26th seed Svitolina.<\/p>\n Keys, who lost to Stephens in the 2017 final, came from behind to win 5-7 6-2 6-2 victory against Russia\u2019s Liudmila Samsonova.<\/p>\n Svitolina to take a break after successful year<\/strong><\/p>\n Having reached the quarter-finals of the French Open on her return to Grand Slam tennis after having daughter Skai in October, Svitolina went one better at Wimbledon by reaching the last four.<\/p>\n While she was unable to replicate that success on the hard courts in New York, the former world number three\u2019s comeback has gone better than she had hoped.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old had targeted getting back in the top 100 when she returned to the court in March and she managed that in just a few months.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t expect for myself such a high level at Wimbledon. At Roland Garros, as well, I played really solid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIn general, I\u2019m very happy with the tournaments that I played, and with the season, I\u2019m close to the top 20.\u201d<\/p>\n While Svitolina said she was \u201cdisappointed\u201d with the third-round loss at Flushing Meadows, she added she would use the early exit as an opportunity to take some time off and spend time with her daughter.<\/p>\n \u201cI just want to take some time off right now to recover physically and go again,\u201d said the Ukrainian, who had strapping on her right ankle.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know how much time off I will take but I\u2019m going to see what the doctors are going to suggest<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t see my daughter for long time now, so I\u2019m really looking forward to going back home.\u201d<\/p>\n Wozniacki \u2018inspiration\u2019 to Sabalenka<\/strong><\/p>\n Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki will continue her dream run at the US Open on Sunday against American sixth seed Gauff (not before 19:00 BST) and 25-year-old Sabalenka says the Dane\u2019s return has been an \u201cinspiration\u201d.<\/p>\n Wozniacki, 33, retired in 2020 and had two children before returning to the court in August, reaching the second week at Flushing Meadows in her first Grand Slam back.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s amazing,\u201d Sabalenka said. \u201cShe was out for three-and-a-half years, having two kids, and came back and [is] still playing her best.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like if you have this level you will never lose it. It gives so much belief to me if one day I would like to go for a baby, I\u2019ll have some chances to come back. She\u2019s just such an inspiration and I\u2019m really happy for her.\u201d<\/p>\n American 17th seed Keys agreed, saying Wozniacki has \u201cbounced back really quickly\u201d and that her return is \u201cincredibly impressive\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Aryna](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/_130971285_gettyimages-1640103408.jpg\")
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