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Maddison Inglis’s US Open qualifying campaign lasted one match, but the sharper story is what the defeat says about the distance between strong WTA 125 weeks and sustained Grand Slam progress.
Storm Hunter has turned a precarious second-round position into a live US Open singles opportunity, recovering from a set down and saving two match points before dismantling Yeon Woo Ku in New York.
For Storm Hunter, Tuesday’s meeting with Maddison Inglis is more than a first-round qualifier. It is another measure of how far her singles game has travelled since injury threatened to close that chapter.
Emerson Jones has carried her hard-court momentum into New York, dismantling fellow Australian Maddison Inglis 6-0, 6-4 to move into the second round of US Open qualifying.