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Qinwen Zheng defeated Kristina Liutova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 — US Open 2026 R128.
Qinwen Zheng and Kristina Liutova: Qinwen Zheng leads 1–0 across 1 recorded meeting.
Game 9 of the second set was where the match changed hands, a break for 6-3 that came with Zheng winning 87 percent of her first-serve points in the set after 67 in the opener. Liutova's serve never came back. The Chinese qualifier broke in game 1 for 1-0 and game 3 for 3-0 to open the third, winning 92 percent of her first-serve points to Liutova's 47, the delivery that has always been her calling card yielding 10 aces to one. Liutova converted three of her four break points to Zheng's five of 15 and still lost the points count 91-75. Two hours and 27 minutes, and the qualifier has her first win since a June 22 three-setter in Bad Homburg.