by Salvatore Riggio
In New York, everything is ready for the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the season. It starts today with four Italians on the field in the men’s draw and two women’s. It’s also Djokovic’s turn
A New York everything is ready for the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the season. It starts today, Monday 26th August, with four italians on the field in the men’s draw.
Double Spain for Nardi and Berrettini
On field 14, at 5pm (all times are in Italian), Luca makes his debut Nardi who will play against the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut. Instead, on field seven there will be Matteo Caps against another Iberian tennis player: Albert Ramos Vinolas. It will be the second match of a program that starts at 5 pm. «I know I can get to the end, in the end time passes and one tries to learn from the situations, good and bad, that happen — comments the Roman tennis player, in a great comeback after the physical problems of recent times — I feel like a better player in many ways. I’m no longer the age of a few years ago when everything was new here, now it’s different. The sensations are different, now the objective is different compared to two years ago when I was coming from the top 10 and with more matches on hard courts. I know my level, I think one match at a time. First there is Ramos-Vinolas, a player with great experience, then we will see what happens. I know I can get to the end, but we have to start from the first match”, were the words of the Italian.
Opelka for Musetti, Darderi with Baez
Lorenzo will play on field seven, but as the third match Little snouts against the American Reilly Opelka. Instead, the fourth match on court four (of a program that always starts at 5 pm) will be Luciano’s Darderi against the Argentine Sebastian Baez.
In the night Djokovic against Albot
Furthermore, in the Italian night between Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th August it will be Novak’s turn Djokovicfresh from the Olympic gold: on the Arthur Ashe Stadium, in the second match of the evening round (the programme starts at 1:00 Italian time), the Serbian faces the Moldavian Radu Albot: «The US Open is a slam that hosts the largest tennis court in the world, the tennis stadium. The night sessions are very famous, the most famous in our sport. The noise and energy of the stadium is unlike anything else. I can’t wait», Novak said.
Women: it’s up to Trevisan and Bronzetti
As for the women’s draw, there are two Italians on the field: the third match on field 17 (the first one starts at 11) is that of Martina Trevisan against the American Taylor Townsend. Instead, the fourth match on court 11 (the first is always at 11 am) is the one between Lucia Bronzes and the New Zealander Lulu Sun.
Where to watch the US Open
The US Open matches can be seen on Sky Sport Tennis, Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport Arena, Sky Sport Max, Sky Sport 251 and Sky Sport 252. In addition, the possibility of following all the matches live on all the courts thanks to Sky Sport Plus for Sky customers and Extra Match for Now customers. In addition, they can also be seen free-to-air on SuperTennis and in streaming on SuperTenniX.
August 26, 2024 (edit August 26, 2024 | 06:40)