For the first time since 1994, the US Open winner lost the first set in the final match.
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Osaka is ranked ninth in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. The Japanese tennis player became the winner of the US Open in 2018, in 2019 she won the Australian Open. She has six WTA titles in total. Osaka reached the final three times in the Grand Slam tournaments and won three victories. She became the first Asian tennis player to win three tournaments, beating Chinese Li Na, who has two wins.
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31-year-old Azarenka ranks 27th in the WTA rankings. She has 21 victories in tournaments under the auspices of the organization. Azarenka is a two-time Australian Open winner (2012, 2013), previously she reached the US Open finals twice (2012, 2013), played in the semifinals of Wimbledon (2011, 2012) and the French Open (2013).
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The US Open has a prize pool of $ 53.4 million. In 2019, the winner was Canadian Bianca Andreescu, who refused to participate in this year’s tournament due to epidemiological situation. For the same reason, many leading tennis players did not play at the tournament, including the first and second rackets of the world Ashley Barty and Simona Halep. Competitions are held without spectators. Alexander Zverev from Germany and Austrian Dominik Tim will play in the men’s final on Sunday.
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Of the Russian tennis players, Svetlana Kuznetsova (2004) and Maria Sharapova (2006) won the US Open. In the main draw of the 2020 tournament, 11 Russians started, the 102nd racket of the world Varvara Gracheva went farthest – until the third round.
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