US Open 2021: Bautista Agut ousts complaining Kyrgios on Day 1
Tennis | August 31, 2021 11:11 ISTRoberto Bautista Agut made it a short stay in the US Open for Nick Kyrgios, who had enough time to fit in plenty of complaining in three sets.
Roberto Bautista Agut made it a short stay in the US Open for Nick Kyrgios, who had enough time to fit in plenty of complaining in three sets.
The US World No.21 seed said that she suffered from 'home Grand Slam blues' as Gauff outlasts Magda Linette of Poland, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round.
Murray did not appreciate that Tsitsipas took a medical timeout after the third set and made a lengthy visit to the locker room after the fourth.
Murray goes down in fight set to a much younger Tsitsipas in a hard fought battle 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 3-6, 4-6.
Those were two of the earliest victories as the tournament welcomed back spectators after being playing last year without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Play has started at the U.S. Open, with fans back in the stands for the final Grand Slam tournament of the season.
The last time Tsitsipas squared off against a Grand Slam champion at a major, he came up agonisingly short, having led Serbia's Novak Djokovic
Ticket holders were barred in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the stands will be at 100% capacity again.
No man has won the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open in the same season since the slightly built, red-haired, left-handed Australian did it for the second time — yes, second — 52 years ago
Two years back, Medvedev had credited his US Open final appearance to the crowd, which had jeered the 25-year-old all through the tournament in 2019 till he reached the title showdown against Rafael Nadal.
The year's last Grand Slam tournament begins Monday — with full crowds allowed a year after all fans were banned because of the coronavirus outbreak
Novak Djokovic's quest to complete the calendar Grand Slam will begin against a qualifier following the release of the US Open draw.
Gunneswaran, who was looking to make his second appearance in the US Open main draws, went down 3-6 4-6 to Eubanks, ranked 216th.
Gunneswaran got the better of the world no. 232 Canadian 6-4 7-6 in one hour 37 minutes on Wednesday night.
Fueled by the highly contagious delta variant of the virus, new reported cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have topped 150,000 a day, the highest level since late January.
US Open will start at Flushing Meadows without any member of the dominant trio in Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams.
Fifth-ranked Sofia Kenin, who has already taken COVID-19 vaccination, took to social media to inform of her withdrawal from the last Major of the year.
This will be the first major tournament since 1997 without any of Williams, Federer or Nadal in the singles brackets.
Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal will begin his US Open qualifying campaign for a main draw spot as he takes on World No. 246 Juan Pablo Ficovich in the opening round.
The title winners in singles each will be paid $2.5 million, down from $3 million last year and $3.85 million two years ago.
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