2024-09-07 03:01:00
The Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, number two of the world, and the American Jessica Pegula won their respective parties for the US Open semi-finalsthe last Grand Slam of the season, and will play the final of the competition. In the first turn, Sabalenka defeated American Emma Navarro (13th) 6-3 and 7-6 (2).
Meanwhile, American Pegula (6th) He had a bad start, but he recovered and She defeated Czech Karolína Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Sabalenka and Pegula will play the final this Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
For its part, Italian Jannik Sinner continues making history: He defeated British Jack Draper (25th) by 7-5, 7-6 (3) and 6-2 to become the first tennis player from his country to reach the final of the US Open.
The young 23-year-old tennis playeroriginally from San Cándido, will fight on Sunday for his second Grand Slam title, although He already has a prize assured, since he has guaranteed to be world No. 1 until 2025.
The day continued with Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson (7th)which They made it to the final of the men’s doubles after beating Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow (13th) 6-4 and 7-6(4).
The same goal was achieved by Germans Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz (10th) after beating the Salvadoran Marcelo Arévalo and the Croatian Mate Pavic (4th) by 6-3, 6-7 (9) and 6-4.
In mixed doubles, Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori were crowned champions at the US Open after defeating Americans Taylor Townsend and Donald Young in the final by 7-6 (0) and 7-5.
Meanwhile, The women’s doubles final went to the duo formed by the Ukrainian Liudmila Kichenok and the Latvian Jeļena Ostapenkowho beat the team made up of Chinese Zhang Shuai and Serbian naturalized French Kristina Mladenovic 6-4 and 6-3.