Semenistaya, ranked 109th in the WTA rankings and seeded fourth in the qualifying, defeated Japanese tennis player Haya Kinoshita, ranked 223rd in the world rankings, with a score of **6:2, 7:5**. This victory allowed Semenistaya to **break a series of seven consecutive losses**. For reaching the second round of qualifying, the Latvian tennis player earned 20 WTA ranking points. In the second round, Semenistaya will face Russian representative Alexandra Shubladze, ranked 190th in the WTA rankings. The US Open tennis championship is held on hard courts.
