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Latest on US Open: Lepchenko Reaches 4th Round for 1st Time

NEW YORK — The Latest on the US Open (all times local):

5:25 p.m.

American Varvara Lepchenko has reached the fourth round at the U.S. Open for the first time.

With the home crowd willing her on at Louis Armstrong Stadium, the 46th-ranked Lepchenko rallied from a tough first set to beat No. 53 Mona Barthel of Germany 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday. Lepchenko, 29, matched her best performance at a major after also reaching the round of 16 at the 2012 French Open.

Barthel has never advanced past the third round at a Grand Slam tournament.