The Russian Daniil Medvedev and the American Serena Williams secured access to the third round of the US Open, in Flushing Meadows, the same day that the Portuguese Nuno Borges said goodbye to the singles competition.
The first seed and number one in the world, Daniil Medvedev, took another step in the defense of the title won in 2021 in the last important of the season, ensuring presence in the third round for the fifth consecutive year, with the victory over the French Arthur Rinderknech, by 6-2, 7-5 and 6-3.
Opening the match with a break of serve, the first of four in a duel that lasted two hours and 11 minutes, the 26-year-old Muscovite took control of the match from the start and, with victory over No. the ATP, came closest to becoming the first player to win two consecutive years in New York, following Roger Federer’s triumphs between 2004 and 2008.
It’s not that easy to play when the match starts at 22:00, but I already have some experience and I was ready, so I tried to find a way to play my best tennis. I felt like Arthur was a bit slow, he had some double faults and unforced errors, and then I managed the climb that I managed to get,” Medvedev highlighted.
On the third lap, instead of running into Nuno Borges, the leader of the classification will face the surprising Chinese Yibing Wu, who beat the national number two, in a balanced match that was only resolved in five games, with partials of 6-7 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4), 4 -6, 6-4 and 6-4, after three hours and 46 minutes.
The 25-year-old tennis player from Maiato, 104 ATP, even started the match better, achieving a double advantage sets to onebut he ended up witnessing the recovery of the 22-year-old, currently number 173 in the world, who even in March of this year was ranked 1869 in the hierarchy.
Against Daniil Medvedev, and after becoming the first Chinese male tennis player, in 63 years, to win a Grand Slam main event, Yibing Wu hopes to continue making history in New Yorkand an eventual victory over the Russian could take him “to the gates” of the world top 100.
Still in the men’s competition, the last night session played in the New York metropolis was marked by the surprising victory of Jack Draper (53rd ATP) over the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, with a result of 6-4, 6-4 and 6-4. after two hours and 28 minutes.
The 20-year-old British southpaw playing for the third time only the main frame of a importantafter Wimbledon 2021 and 2022, he started a solid exhibition, based on three breaks surgeries on the world number eight, without losing his serve even once, thus removing the 2021 semi-finalist, who did not avoid a total of 41 unforced errors.
On Draper’s path will now appear the Russian Karen Khachanov, number 31 in the world, who needed four games to defeat the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (67th ATP), with the partials of 6-3, 6-3, 5-7 and 6- Four. after two hours and 58 minutes of meeting.
Also in the night session, but in the women’s individual variant, the American Serena Williams added his 108th individual win in New York and again postponed what could be the last meeting of a brilliant career, helping to rewrite a new page in the history of the fourth and final Grand Slam of the season.
Before a record crowd of 29,959 at Arthur Ashe Stadium, up from Monday’s 29,402, the 40-year-old champion, currently number 605 in the world, faced Anett Kontaveit, beating the runner-up in the WTA Tour ranking with partials of 7-6 (7-4), 2-6 and 6-2, after two hours and 27 minutes.
“I think I still have a little more energy in me. This is what I do best and I love rising to challenges. After losing the second establishI thought I might be close to the end, but I kept trying and giving my best.” court.
In what was the 1,013th meeting of her career, the winner of 23 Grand Slam titles signed a total of 11 aces and 38 winners against 40 unforced errors, thus setting up a third-round match with Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, who beat Russian Evgeniya Rodina 1-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Equally victorious was Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, from her encounter with Brazil’s Bia Haddad Maia. The Canadian (48th) defeated the left-handed number 15 in the world, 6-2, 6-4, in one hour and 28 minutes, and will now face the French Caroline García in the third round, who beat the Russian Anna Kalinskaya, with the ends of 6-3 and 6-1.
Source: Observadora
