No place to hide for top seeds as Krunic adds to upsets


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 31 Aug 2014

Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia hits a return to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during their match at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 30, 2014. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic added her name to a list of anonymous figures to emerge from the Flushing Meadows shadows and step into the U.S. Open spotlight with a shock 6-4 6-4 win over Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova on Saturday.

With five of the top eight women's seeds shown the exit there has been no safe place to hide for the tournament favourites.

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