Harriet Dart knocked out of US Open by Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk
The IndependentSign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Harriet Dart will have nightmares about the first-set tiebreak in her defeat against Marta Kostyuk as she went out in the second round of the US Open. Britain’s Dart, who had already served for the opener twice, squandered five set points against the Ukrainian 19th seed, three of them on her serve. Defeat means Dart could not reach the third round of a second successive grand slam following her run at Wimbledon in July, but she is set for a new career high ranking, provisionally in the high 60s. open image in gallery Harriet Dart was beaten in straight sets But her first serve went missing and was twice unable to serve it out before a tie-break that neither player will remember fondly.