It can also be in ink when Iga Swiatek reaches the third round of the major.
Poland’s second seed Swiatek struggled on Thursday, but reached 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in order to reach the third round of the US Open, which he has been at Flushing Meadows and in all other majors since its inception in 2020.
She is the only player on the men’s or women’s tour to achieve that in that time frame.
It was at the 2019 US Open that she lost to Anastasyase Bastova in the second round that she failed to reach the third round at the Grand Slam event. Over the past 30 years, the only women who have made their third appearance in the majors for a long time are Serena Williams (45 Straights, 1998-2012) and Amerimazemo (24 Straights, 2001-08).
Swiatek did a quick work on the first set, hitting nine winners and two aces. But she stumbled, second, with 12 forced errors and two double faults. Lamens was facing the WTA top five players for the first time in her career.
In the final set, Swiatek broke the Lamens on his way to a 3-1 lead. However, Lamens fought back and pulled 5-4 before Swiatek sealed the match with a clinching ace.
Following a semi-final loss at the French Open earlier this year, Swiatek has won 19 of his final 21 matches. That streak includes her first Grass Court Final in Bad Homburg, winning her sixth Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, rolling to the Cincinnati title without dropping the set.
Other early women’s single action game, No. 11, Karolina Muchova, No. Thursday. 13th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova, No. Beatrice Haddad Maia of 18, No. All 23 Naomi Osaka won in straight sets.
ESPN research contributed to this report.