Iga Świątek advanced to the third round of the US Open Grand Slam tournament. The number one seeded Polish tennis player defeated Japanese Ena Shibahara 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday. The match lasted 65 minutes. In the first round, Świątek struggled for an unexpectedly long time, almost two hours, with the 104th in the world ranking, … Read more
GREGORY LEON Champions suffer at the US Open. The New York tournament does not allow for any lapses. Sinner, under universal scrutiny since his positive doping test came to light, was run over in the first set against McDonald, but then straightened out and avoided disaster. Tsitsipas could not do it and is out. And … Read more
The winner of 11 WTA tournaments and last year’s US Open semi-finalist was bombarded with heavy blasts on social media after her first round defeat by Mexico’s Renata Zarazu. “Here are some of them, but there are hundreds of them,” the familiar French woman began her long answer on the X network, in which she … Read more
The thirty-third player in the world went through a terrible five-set battle with compatriot Francisco Cerundola in an unpleasant heat. When he took a 4-1 lead in the fifth set and the match had already lasted almost four hours, a difficult time came for Etcheverry. He was about to receive a serve, he walked slowly … Read more
The top-ranked Argentinian in the ATP was forced to abandon the second round of the last Grand Slam of the year due to foot problems while playing his duel against Tallon Griekspoor. Sebastián Báez, the highest-ranked Argentine in the ATP, had to withdraw due to an injury to his right foot and abandoned his US … Read more
Next win for Zverev? After winning the German duel against his Olympic roommate Maximilian Marterer (29), Alexander Zverev (27) now meets in the second round of the US Open 2024 on the Frenchman Alexandre Muller (27). Here’s how to watch the duel live on TV. Zverev was actually supposed to play against the Finn Emil … Read more
Last year’s semi-finalist found herself under pressure at 4:1 and 15:40, but did not allow her American opponent Katie Volynets to finish the sixth game yet. The 28-year-old Czech picked her smash in a spectacular way in a jump behind her and turned it into a lob that fell into the court. The local tennis … Read more
One of the most incredible sequences in the first days of the US Open, which is being played in Flushing Meadows, occurred in a first round match of the women’s tournament. Karolina Muchova She excelled against Katie Volynets, whom she defeated 6-3 and 7-5 to advance to the second round. The Czech was the protagonist … Read more
Imagine for a second that Roger Federer had won that day the two points he needed to clinch a 6th consecutive US Open, synonymous with a new Little Slam, 2009 joining its little brothers of 2004, 2006 and 2007. No one would have really blamed Juan Martin Del Potro. What would have been said if … Read more
Dominic Thiem is now looking forward to many things, especially one thing: not having to pack his bags anymore. “I loved playing on the tour,” he said, “but to be honest, I always enjoyed being at home and living a normal life.” He has plans: he is interested in the topic of sustainability, his father … Read more