{"id":339011,"date":"2026-09-05T21:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/339011\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:04:23","slug":"amanda-anisimova-handed-early-exit-in-stunning-us-open-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/339011\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Anisimova handed early exit in stunning US Open upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time there would be no finals run from American Amanda Anisimova<\/a>. Just a too-early upset, to essentially end a too-disappointing season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A year after reaching two Grand Slam finals, the 10th-seeded Anisimova suffered a third-round U.S. Open loss to No. 24 Anastasia Potapova in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was a bitter pill to swallow after last season\u2019s breakthrough campaign, having followed up a Wimbledon final with a run to the final here at her home Slam. But after starting the year ranked third in the world, the New Jersey-born Anisimova has now failed to reach the second week \u2014 or Round of 16 \u2014 in her last three Majors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amanda Anisimova of the U.S. in action during her third-round match against Austria\u2019s Anastasia Potapova at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n

\u201cMy year? Pretty average,\u201d Anisimova summed up succinctly. \u201cI thought she played really well today, so I felt like she did all the right things, so definitely made it tough for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anisimovaa fell behind early, broken on her serve. She sprayed several forehands, but afterward said her backhand was worse. Potapova took the game to her, and in the end Anisimova committed a staggering 46 unforced errors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a little bit crazy, but in a good way. I\u2019m not scared of anything,\u201d Potapova had said on court. \u201cI\u2019m always seeking adrenaline in my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Freehold, N.J.-born Anisimova had her chances but couldn\u2019t cash in. She dropped her first seven break point opportunities in the first set, and never could get over the hump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amanda Anisimova of the United States reacts to losing a point during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships against Anastasia Potapova of Austria, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, in New York. AP Photo\/Kirsty Wigglesworth<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, there were tons and tons of breakpoints, a lot of chances and opportunities,\u201d Anisimova said. \u201cI felt like in those moments she played quite well, or the conditions just got to me, or I missed the ball. So there were definitely a lot of chances in the match; but she did a good job of staying tough in those moments. Yeah, it\u2019s something for me to look back on, and next time hopefully I can do it better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s presumably something Anisimova will look back on with coach Hendrik Vleeshouwers upon returning home to Miami. She reunited with him in July after they had split in March. Now, after bringing him back ahead of the summer hardcourt swing, Anisimova said they\u2019ll continue working together moving forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anastasia Potapova of Austria reacts during a game against Amanda Anisimova of the US during the Women\u2019s Singles round 3 of the US Open Tennis Championships on Saturday, September 5, 2026. SARAH YENESEL\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, yeah. Of course. I\u2019m going to continue working with him,\u201d Anisimova said. \u201c[This] match doesn\u2019t change our partnership. It\u2019s just a bad result. But, yeah, I\u2019m planning to keep working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This time there would be no finals run from American Amanda Anisimova. Just a too-early upset, to essentially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[21131,9,24,55,54,56,319,15547,24822],"class_list":["post-339011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-amanda-anisimova","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-us-open-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}