New York, Aug 22
No. 3 seed Aoi Ito and fast-rising Janice Tjen set up an all-Asian matchup in the final round of US Open qualifying for a berth in the main draw.
Japanese 21-year-old Ito, who has scored upsets over Jasmine Paolini and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova this summer, came through a see-saw contest over Spain's Guiomar Maristany Zuleta De Reales 6-0, 1-6, 6-1.
Meanwhile, Tjen of Indonesia notched her 99th match win since graduating last May with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Poland's Maja Chwalinska, coming from 5-3 down and saving two set points in the first set.
Tjen, 23, is bidding to become the first Indonesian player in a Grand Slam main draw since Angelique Widjaja at the 2004 US Open.
Wednesday's qualifying action was a near-washout due to persistent rain. Only eight women's matches were started, and none were completed; as a result, the entire second round was postponed to Thursday, with the scheduled final round pushed to Friday.