Linda Nosková defeated Katie Volynets 7-5, 6-1 at the US Open, recovering from a 5-2 first-set deficit and finishing the match in straight sets. The Czech turned the opener around with a five-game run and then tightened her serve to control the second set.
Volynets broke early in the opener for 3-0 and again at 5-2, but Nosková hit back immediately, converting breaks at 5-3 and 5-5 before closing out the set 7-5. In the second set, Nosková broke in games 2 and 4 for 4-0 and cruised to 6-1.
Nosková’s serving was the decisive factor: she fired nine aces to Volynets’s one and won 68% of first-serve points compared with 39%. She also converted six break points to three and saved 9 of 12 break points faced.