Star brutally blows 6-1 5-1 lead in ‘painful’ US Open choke – Fox Sports

Already frustrated by being confined to a bubble within a bubble due to her exposure to Benoit Paire who tested positive for COVID-19 Mladenovic suffered a devastating 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0, second-round defeat to 20-year-old Russian Varvara Gracheva, during which the 30th-seeded Frenchwoman blew a seemingly insurmountable 6-1, 5-1 lead.
The most painful match Ive had in my career, Mladenovic said. I didnt take my chances. I was crashing down and collapsed. I collapsed. I had nothing left in the ta…

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