It can also be in ink when Iga Swiatek reaches the third round of the major.
Poland’s second seed Swiatek struggled on Thursday, but reached 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in order to reach the third round of the US Open, which he has been at Flushing Meadows and in all other majors since its inception in 2020.
She is the only player on the men’s or women’s tour to achieve that in that time frame.
The last time she didn’t do that was at the 2019 US Open. Over the past 30 years, the only women who have made their third appearance in the majors for a long time are Serena Williams (45 Straights, 1998-12) and Amerimazemo (24 Straights, 2001-08).
Lamens was facing the WTA top five players for the first time in her career.
Following a semi-final loss at the French Open earlier this year, Swiatek has won 19 of his final 21 matches. That streak includes her first Grass Court Final in Bad Homburg, winning her sixth Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, rolling to the Cincinnati title without dropping the set.
No in other early women’s single action on Thursday. 13th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, No. 18Beatriz Haddad Maia, No. 23Naomi Osaka won all straight sets.
ESPN research contributed to this report.
