Australian qualifier stuns top-20 rival to reach last 32 at US Open

Priscilla Hon tried to tell us.

Speaking after qualifying at Wimbledon two months ago, Hon – who, at age 27, has never been ranked higher than No.118 in the world, and is eight places lower than that now – told this masthead that she believed she could be a top-30 player.

There wasn’t much evidence, as far as results, to suggest it was anything but fanciful thinking. Until now.

Priscilla Hon is in uncharted territory at the US Open. Credit: Getty Images

The Australian qualifier is celebrating her greatest moment after bouncing powerful Russian top-20 star Liudmila Samsonova out of the US Open in a stunning 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 upset that advances her to the round of 32 at a grand slam for the first time.

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