British No 1 Katie Boulter and Jodie Burrage join Lily Miyazaki in the second round of the US Open after victories against Diane Parry and Anna Blinkova respectively;watch the final Grand Slam of the year in New York - live on Sky Sports Tennis
Wednesday 30 August 2023 10:57, UK
Katie Boulter and Jodie Burrage continued the British charge at this year's US Open by joining Lily Miyazaki in the second round of the women's singles.
Boulter was one of six Brits in the first round on Tuesday, with Andy Murray, Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Jack Draper and Jodie Burrage also in action.
The British No 1, who moved up to a career-high 60 earlier this month, proved too strong for world No 81 Diane Parry, winning 6-4 6-0 on Court 6.
The 27-year-old crunched 31 winners as she swept aside her opponent in an hour and 22 minutes to rise to WTA 53rd provisionally.
Boulter illustrated her confidence on the big stage by saving a break point as she served for the match, before finishing Parry off with a 106mph ace.
"It was tight in the first set and I just tried to stay with her, but at the end, I played some great tennis which is good for me going into the second round," she said.
"It's so good for me.
"This is where it really counts and I'm happy to get through and keep pushing."
"It was solid. Katie's been winning a lot of these matches that she should be winning. There's a difference in her mentality where she's more vocal out there," Laura Robson said. "At 2-2 in the first set where it's deuce and she's still getting after every point, she's really battering opponents because they're taking on so much pace.
"Very, very solid from her and what we like to see.
"A couple of months ago we were talking about what's going wrong. No one was in the main draw directly at Wimbledon and look at where we are now. We can go so quickly from being on an absolute Debbie Downer about British tennis to where we are now and I think just to have a bit of perspective about how good these girls are and how good they can be in the next few years is what I'm focused on."
Boulter will play Wang Yafan in the second round of the US Open after the qualifier upset seventh seed Caroline Garcia.
Wang is a former top-50 player who has endured a torrid time over the past two years, but she breezed through qualifying before knocking out the seventh seed Garcia 6-4 6-1.
Burrage held her nerve to join Boulter, Andy Murray, Cam Norrie, Jack Draper and Dan Evans in the next round as British players went 7-0 in matches and 18-0 in sets on a magnificent day.
The 24-year-old came through against Russian Anna Blinkova in straight sets, winning 6-3 6-4.
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