The Frenchman had dropped the first set 7-5 before losing interest in the match in the second as he appeared to suffer from a leg injury. A year prior, he had won a silver medal at the World Championships in Sydney. Svitolina downed local favourite Shelby Rogers 6-4 7-5 but there will still be five Americans in the. Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna advance at US Open. Open champion and a crowd favourite for almost two decades, takes on Spanish veteran Carla Suarez Navarro in the final women’s match on the main showcourt. Halilhodzic has rested captain Makoto Hasebe and also left Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagaw. defeat in a first-round singles match against fellow Italian Stefano Travaglia on Wednesday. ince undergoing knee surgery in March, and celebrated a 2-0 win over Australia that sealed Japan’s qualification for the tournament in Russia next year. rbine Muguruza and Ukrainian baseline specialist Elina Svitolina still in contention. He exited the Australian Open in the second round and the French Open in the last eight.