Yuan Yue of China hits a return during the women's singles second round match against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania at the 2022 US Open tennis championships in New York, the United States, Sept 1, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

NEW YORK - Chinese qualifier Yuan Yue finished her US Open journey on Saturday after losing to local player Jessica Pegula 2-6, 7-6 (6), 0-6 in the women's singles third round, while Zhang Shuai moved into the doubles third round.

Having established a 4-1 advantage, Yuan Yue almost saw the second set turned around again, but the 23-year-old held her nerves to drag the match into the deciding set through a tiebreaker

World No. 142 Yuan started the match with a 2-1 lead in the first set but collapsed afterwards to lose five games in a row to eighth-seeded Pegula.

Having established a 4-1 advantage, Yuan almost saw the second set turned around again, but the 23-year-old held her nerves to drag the match into the deciding set through a tiebreaker.

Yuan had to take a timeout before the deciding set for treatment on her ankle which took a toll on her performance, as she failed to keep Pegula from rolling in the third set when the American player won six unanswered games to wrap it up.

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Despite the defeat, Yuan has already set her best record at a Grand Slam tournament by reaching the US Open third round this time.

In the women's doubles, defending champion Zhang Shuai showed her steady form, paired up with Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine to reach the third round.

Zhang Shuai of China hits a return during the women's singles third round match against Rebecca Marino of Canada at the 2022 US Open tennis championships in New York, the United States, Sept 2, 2022. (LIU JIE / XINHUA)

Defending champion Zhang Shuai showed her steady form, paired up with Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine to reach the third round

Having defeated Nadiia Kichenok and Oksana Kalashnikova 6-4, 6-4 in the first round, the 11th seeds registered another comfortable win by dominating Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus and Slovakia's Tereza Mihalikova 6-1, 6-2 in 56 minutes.

Zhang, 33, who lifted the US Open doubles title with Australian Samantha Stosur last year, now has two Grand Slam doubles titles in hand.

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She also reached the last 16 in the singles event at the US Open for the first time after defeating Canadian Rebecca Marino in straight sets, and teamed up with Croatian Mate Pavic to reach the mixed doubles second round on Friday.