Agnieszka Radwanska Loses to Daria Gavrilova

Agnieszka Radwanska

Daria Gavrilova

Top-seeded titleholder Agnieszka Radwanska suffered a major upset against Daria Gavrilova in the Connecticut Open. The Australian tennis player outclassed the former grand slam finalist and world number 2 6-4, 6-4 to set up a championship showdown with Dominika Cibulkova. Gavrilova is chasing her maiden WTA Tour title after losing the final in Strasbourg in May to fellow Australian Samantha Stosur.

The 23-year-old is full of confidence after guaranteeing herself a big rankings bump after holding her nerve to end Radwanska's six-match winning streak in New Haven.

Serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set, Gavrilova saved a break point with her second ace before closing out the contest in one hour and 33 minutes. She is projected to go up to number 22 in the world.

Gavrilova grew up in Russia, moved to Australia when she was 18 and switched her nationality to Australia in December 2015. She will face Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia on Saturday in the final WTA tuneup event before the US Open, the final Grand Slam event of the season that starts Monday in New York.


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Petra Kvitova Wins and Kristina Mladenovic upset in Cincinnati

Petra Kvitova started slow and lost the first set but was able to find her footing and advance at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Monday, and Kristina Mladenovic became the first seeded player to be eliminated.

14th seed Kvitova defeated Anett Kontaveit 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Mladenovic, seeded 13th, fell 6-0, 7-6 (6) to Daria Gavrilova.

2016 Olympic singles gold medalist Monica Puig fall to fellow qualifier Taylor Townsend 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Roberta Vinci knocked out Timea Babos 7-5, 7-5, and Camila Giorgi ousted Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 6-2.

Beatriz Haddad Maia advanced with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Lauren Davis, and Lesia Tsurenko crafted a comeback win, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-0.

In men's play, Richard Gasquet and wild card Tommy Paul advanced in straight sets. Gasquet eased past qualifier John-Patrick Smith 6-4, 6-4, and Paul beat fellow American Donald Young 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Sam Querrey, seeded 15th, cruised into the second round with a 6-3, 6-0 win over wild card Stefan Kozlov.

Also advancing in straight sets were Fabio Fognini with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Daniil Medvedev, qualifier Mitchell Krueger with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Benoit Paire, Feliciano Lopez with a 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over Hyeon Chung, and wild card Frances Tiafoe beating qualifier Maximilian Marterer 6-3, 7-6 (2).

Ivo Karlovic needed three sets to knock out Jiri Vesely 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Qualifier Joao Sousa defeated Kyle Edmund 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

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