Katie Boulter exited the US Open on Saturday evening in New York to go away younger Jack Draper because the final Brit standing in singles competitors
The 27-year-old from Leicester picked up two effective wins in her opening two matches, however American world No 59 Stearns proved too robust on a breezy Court docket 17.
Stearns, a former NCAA Champion, who began the 12 months exterior the highest 200, made it into the fourth spherical of a Grand Slam for the primary time with a 6-4 6-3 victory.
“I performed some 40k occasions at the beginning of the 12 months. I performed loads of WTA’s and loads of Grand Slams, loads of qualies of Grand Slams – all very totally different and all robust matches in utterly alternative ways,” mentioned Boulter. “However that is the head of sport, enjoying the Grand Slams, that is the place I need to be, enjoying principal attracts and attending to the second week of these.
“I do relish these alternatives. I’ve performed the robust stuff and I’ve actually earned my place right here and I really feel like I’ve to take pleasure in it and I actually do take pleasure in it, so enjoying these matches whether or not it is a win or a loss, I am so grateful to be able the place I’m now as a result of I have been via the opposite stuff as nicely.
“It was robust strolling off that courtroom however that’s what makes me a greater tennis participant. I am hungry for a lot extra and I actually need to be grasping.”
Boulter was gunning for revenge having misplaced to Stearns throughout three tie-breaks and three-and-half hours in Texas in February.
However this was by no means as shut a match regardless of Boulter clawing again an early break within the first set.
Holding serve was changing into an arduous job and Stearns duly struck once more to pinch the opener.
A solitary break within the second was sufficient to ship Boulter packing as 21-year-old Stearns ran out a straight-sets winner.
Boulter could be happy with her efforts in New York, nevertheless, with a spot on this planet’s high 50 on the playing cards for the primary time in her profession.
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Watch highlights from Jack Draper’s spectacular four-set victory towards Michael Mmoh
Draper has reached the second week of a Grand Slam for the primary time after beating American Michael Mmoh earlier within the day as Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans each tumbled out.
Boulter was fast to reward the 21-year-old from Sutton, who faces eighth seed Andrey Rublev for a spot within the quarter-finals on Monday having recovered from a shoulder harm which worn out his grass-court marketing campaign.
“What he is carried out is so spectacular, it truly is. I do not suppose anybody fairly understands how onerous it’s to return again from an harm,” mentioned Boulter.
“I do know gamers who’ve accidents and struggled to return again. He is out right here within the fourth spherical of a Slam for the primary time enjoying a number of the finest tennis. He is only a good man and it is so good to see him doing nicely. He actually does deserve it and places the work in day in, time out.
“I want him the perfect. Maintain flying the flag and he has the sport for it.”
An ailing Ons Jabeur scraped by Czech Marie Bouzkova 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to maintain her newest US Open marketing campaign on monitor regardless of an error-riddled efficiency.
“It is a very robust match from each of us,” mentioned Jabeur, final 12 months’s runner-up. “She did not need to cease. I attempted my finest right now and he or she’s an important participant.”
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