Ash Barty crashes out of the US Open in a shocking upset with an epic choke after being 5-2 up in the third set - after her embarrassing first-round Olympics loss Ash Barty sensationally crashed out of the US Open in a third round defeat The World No.1 blew a 5-2 lead to be defeated by American Shelby Rogers It comes after she suffered a shock first round defeat at the Tokyo Olympics
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Reigning Wimbledon Grand Slam champion Ash Barty has sensationally crashed out of the US Open in the third round.
The 25-year-old Aussie blew a 5-2 lead in the deciding set to lose to unseeded American Shelby Rogers.
Barty beat Rogers on all five occasions they'd met before Sunday's loss, including four times this season.
The World No 1 was Australia's final chance for women's singles glory at Arthur Ashe Stadium after Ajla Tomljanovic also suffered a third round loss to Czech Karolina Pliskova.
Reigning Wimbledon champion Ash Barty has sensationally crashed out of the US Open in the third round
In the end, she went down 6-2 1-6 7-6 (7-5), leaving even her opponent stunned as she earned the biggest win of her career to