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US Open 2022: Ukraine's Daria Snigur stuns former World No. 1 Simona Halep in first round

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The 20-year-old Snigur showed poise beyond her years to break Halep in the opening game and again in the third as she capitalised on a mounting number of unforced errors from the Romanian.

However, Snigur's form completely fell apart in the second set as Halep stormed through six games in 24 minutes to roars of approval from the crowd at Lois Armstrong Stadium.

But Halep, who won the Canadian Open title for the third time earlier this month before pulling out of Cincinnati with an injury, failed to maintain that momentum as she dropped her serve in the first and fifth games.

The 30-year-old broke Snigur in the eighth game to stay alive and fended off two match points in the next game. But Snigur kept her nerve to seal victory before bursting into tears.

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"I don't know how long the recovery will take," the 30-year-old Romanian posted on Twitter and Instagram next to a selfie showing her in a hospital bed with a bandaged nose. "What is sure is that this year I won't be able to compete in any official tournament."
Former world number one Simona Halep said Monday she would need a few weeks of rest after undergoing nose surgery. The Romanian, who currently ranks ninth in the world, said she had been struggling "for a while" with nose problems, and they got worse during the summer, making it hard to breathe especially at night.
Simona Halep is set for a spell away from tennis after undergoing nose surgery. The two-time Grand Slam champion says she has been “struggling for a while with nose problems” which made it “hard to breathe”. Ad Halep, 30, won the Canadian Open this summer but suffered a shock first-round defeat to qualifier Daria Snigur at the US Open.

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