Tough day on the court for Canadian women at U.S. Open

From the outset, it was going to be a tough day at Flushing Meadows for Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Aleksandra Wozniak.

Each faced a top-10 ranked opponent in second round singles action at the U.S. Open and unfortunately for them, no upset was in the cards.

Bouchard, ranked 59th in the world, was the first Canuck to hit the hardcourt as she took on 9th-ranked Angelique Kerber from Germany.

Playing in her first U.S. Open, Bouchard dropped a close first set 4-6 before rebounding to take the second set 6-2 in 39 minutes. However, unforced errors caught up to the 19-year-old, she committed 18 of them in the third and final set where she was defeated 3-6. She finished the match with 43 unforced errors compared to 27 by Kerber.

Kerber, 25, praised Bouchard, who has been in the spotlight in Canada after a run to the third round of Wimbledon earlier this summer.

"I knew before that she is young and she is really talented and I saw it today on court because she was playing really well." Kerber said. "I think she has a future for sure."

Meanwhile, Aleksandra Wozniak had the grand task of taking out last years U.S Open finalist and current world No. 2 in Victoria Azarenka.

Wozniak, 25, who missed several months due to shoulder surgery was steamrolled through the first five games, winning only four points in that span. However, down 0-5, she showed resiliency by winning a see-saw sixth game which snapped the Belarussian's 17 game winning streak going back to her first round straight sets victory over Dinah Phizenmaier

The momentum swung briefly in Wozniak's favour as she held serve and then broke Azarenka to make it 3-5 but it was as close as she would get. Azarenka took the match 6-3, 6-1 and will now face France's Alize Cornet in the third round.