Andreescu denies in-form Haddad-Maia to set up Garcia rematch at US Open: "I'm more on my A-game when I play higher ranked players"

Bianca Andreescu under the bright lights just after midnight at the US Open continued to dazzle as she denied Beatriz Haddad-Maia to move through to the third round and an exciting clash with Caroline Garcia at the US Open.

After an up and down three-set win over Harmony Tan which saw the 2019 champion most notably change her tact after complaining about the outfit she was wearing and changing it, this time it was a much more vintage display.

She played a physical and disciplined match to see off the 15th seed who has become formidable during her breakout year but that was all stopped by the Canadian.

"I actually like playing these tougher opponents because I think I'm more on my A-game when I play higher ranked players, which is a good tendency but also a bad tendency because I want to be like that with whoever I play," Andreescu said.

"And I also like to have tough draws because I feel like the victory is much sweeter in the end. Like, let's say I win the tournament and I have a tougher draw. I really like that."

"I know that she's been doing really well so I knew I had to bring my A-game today. If I didn't it could have gone differently. I was in a very positive mind frame and I fought until the end. I know the second set was a bit tighter but I hung in there and I'm really happy."