Kazakhstani tennis player Anna Danilina (6) together with Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic (5) successfully started in the women's doubles draw at the US Open 2026. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

The third-seeded duo defeated Alexa Guarachi (773) from Chile and Egyptian Mayar Sherif (680) – 7:5, 7:6 (9:7).

The first-round match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. In the opening set, Danilina and Krunic played better in the closing stages and took the set 7:5. In the second set, it went to a tiebreak, where the Kazakh-Serbian duo proved stronger – 9:7.

Danilina and Krunic landed 74% of first serves and won 21 of 29 points on their first serve – 72%. Over the match, they hit 21 winners against 17 for Guarachi and Sherif, while committing eight unforced errors against nine for their opponents.

In the next round, the third seeds will face the winners of the match between Tatjana Maria/Zeynep Sonmez and Ekaterina Alexandrova/Talia Gibson.

In singles, Elena Rybakina and Alexander Bublik continue their quest for trophies. In the second round, Rybakina defeated Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, while Bublik beat France's Adrian Mannarino.

Yulia Putintseva bowed out after a second-round loss to China's Zheng Qinwen. Alexander Shevchenko lost to Croatia's Dino Prižmić at the start of the tournament.

The US Open is an annual Grand Slam tournament on hard courts. It is the last of the four majors in the calendar year.

For the second consecutive year, the US Open, which was first held in August 1881, starts a week earlier due to the rescheduled mixed doubles event. The total prize money of $108 million is a record for majors.

Since 1978, matches have been held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

The reigning men's champion is Spain's Carlos Alcaraz (3), who defeated Jannik Sinner in last year's final 6:2, 3:6, 6:1, 6:4. Incidentally, the Italian, the world No. 1, withdrew from the US Open 2026 due to a knee injury.

In women's singles, Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka was the winner in 2025. In the final, she defeated Amanda Anisimova of the USA – 6:3, 7:6 (7:3).