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·Slam·HardNikola Bartunkova defeated Tatjana Maria 6(5)-7(7), 6-2, 6-3 — US Open 2026 R64.
Nikola Bartunkova and Tatjana Maria: Nikola Bartunkova leads 1–0 across 1 recorded meeting.
The serve was the separator, and it arrived a set late. Bartunkova won 55 percent of her first-serve points while dropping the opener — Maria broke in game 8 for 5-3 — then 93 percent in the second, her unforced errors falling from 13 to five. The Czech plays forward by design. She won 34 of 51 net points and out-hit Maria 46 winners to 21; when the German took one break back in game 5 of the third for 2-3, Bartunkova broke again in game 6 for 4-2. It took two hours and nine minutes, and it books a third round matching her best major showings this season, in Melbourne and at Wimbledon, against No. 5 Mirra Andreeva.