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🇯🇵 [3] Osaka was the defending #USOpen  champ

🇩🇪 [16] Kerber was the 2016 #USOpen  champ, who had won 17 of 19 matches

🇺🇦 [5] Svitolina was riding a nine match win streak

🇧🇾 [2] Sabalenka was leading the @WTA in wins this year

🇨🇦 Leylah Annie Fernandez beat them all

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) September 10, 2021