Maya Joint rallies past Samsonova in US Open first round

Maya Joint dropped the opening set 3-6 but turned the match around completely, sweeping the last two 6-2, 6-2 to knock out Liudmila Samsonova in the US Open first round. The serve told the story: the Australian landed 67.7% of her first deliveries and won 73% of those points, while Samsonova found the box just 47.8% of the time and could manage only 62.5% behind her first ball. Joint's 50% on second serve kept her out of trouble even with three double faults to Samsonova's one. It was a statement win for the young Australian on the sport's biggest hard-court stage.