He US Open has completed its first round with strange facts and figures beyond that Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic showed that they were ready for the fourth and final attack grand slam it is from time.
The Spaniard and the Serbian are the favorites to meet in another final of high turns, as they did a few days ago in Cincinnati Masters 1,000but Jannik Sinnerpointed out by the Murcian as his great competitor of the generation, also showed his weapons this morning: a successful and authoritarian debut. Yannick Hanfman in just 2h.18′ of play, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.
This dominance of the Australian tennis player contrasts with the Pole’s problems Hubert Hurkacz (17th), always dangerous on hard courts, having to go all five sets to overcome losing the first two in his match against Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (97th), 4-6, 5-7, 7-6 (0), 6-3, 6-1, yes, ventilated in 3h.12′, little time for five rounds.
Both victories, winning a match after losing the first two sets, were signed Grigor Dimitrovin his case something that has never been done in his career because so far he has lost the 27 times he has found himself in that situation.
The Bulgarian, 32 years old and world number 19, has never stood out for his mental strength, even though he had a catchy nickname when he was younger, ‘Baby Federer’ due to the similarity of his game to the former number 1, but this time he made the biggest comeback of his life against Alex Molcan after saving three ‘match-balls’ and 4h.38′ of play, the longest match in the 1st round: 6-7 (9), 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5 and 7- 6 (9).
The number 200 had a leading role at the beginning of the US Open, starting with andy murraywho achieved his 200th Grand Slam victory after defeating the French Corentin Moutet6-2, 7-5, 6-3.
The 36-year-old Scotsman, former number 1 and winner of three majors, is the ninth tennis player to enter that elite group in the Open Era he leads Roger Federer (369) ahead of Novak Djokovic (355), Rafa Nadal (314), Jimmy Connors (233), Andre Agassi (224), Ivan Lendl (222), Roy Emerson (210), Pete Sampras (203) and the aforementioned Andy Murray (200).
He has also achieved 200 victories Casper Ruud, but in his case all ATP tournaments count. He also has 109 losses. At 24 years old, the Norwegian is in the first phase of a promising career which has seen him reach world number 2, with 10 titles and another eight finals, four at the highest level in between. Roland Garros (2022, 2023), the US Open (2022) and the masters (2022). Defeated by Ruud, current No. 5 in the ranking, the American Emilio Nava of 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (5).
Another surprising fact with the number 200 on the target belongs to Russian Mirra Andreevathe 16-year-old ‘girl prodigy’ who, despite her young age, reached the fastest serve in the first women’s round with Bernarda Pera: 200 km/h in her victory over Olivia Gadecki (1-6, 6 -3). , 6-4).
It’s not just young people in New York: Stan Wawrinka, at the age of 38 years and five months, became the oldest player to win a match at the US Open in the last 31 years, since the American Jimmy turned 40 Connors in 1992. The Swiss defeated Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, 7-6 (5), 6-2 and 6-4.
Source: La Verdad
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