US Open: Sabalenka beats Pegula to clinch women’s singles title
No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka captured her third Grand Slam singles title, and her first in New York City, defeating American Jessica Pegula, 7-5, 7-5 to win the US Open title.
No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka captured her third Grand Slam singles title, and her first in New York City, defeating American Jessica Pegula, 7-5, 7-5 to win the US Open title.
Czech youngster Jakub Mensik clinched a superb win at the US Open, handing World No. 19 Felix Auger-Aliassime a stunning straight-sets defeat in a men's singles first-round match here on Tuesday.
The World No. 298 Kartal had walked out confidently onto the court on Friday, as only the second British woman in the Open Era to reach the third after coming through Qualifying.
Anna Danilina of Kazakhstan and Harri Heliovaara, her partner from Finland, finished a fairytale run to their first Grand Slam…
The 19-year-old is the 10th teenager to win the US Open women's title all-time and the first American teenager to be crowned at her home major
"If there's an increased risk that we as a sport are going to make things worse then absolutely they shouldn't have the event", the 33-year-old said.
Although Djokovic did not confirm his participation in the event, he said that he is less skeptical about the event than a few weeks ago.
Meanwhile, the ATP had extended the suspension of its Tours till at least the end of July and thus, the list of cancelled tournaments exceeded 40.
In July 2019, tennis legend Billie Jean King had said Serena should focus on tennis and stop behaving like a celebrity and fighting for equality.
The organisers are also mulling to shift the Cincinnati Open to New York so that it becomes feasible to host two events back to back.
