US Open Tennis

Former world number one Simona Halep was knocked out of the US Open in the first round on Monday, losing to Ukrainian qualifier Daria Snigur.

[US Open Ultimate Guide: Truth behind Kyrgios’ next shot at slam glory; the GOAT’s last dance](https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/us-open/us-open-2022-tennis-ultimate-guide-how-to-watch-start-time-in-australia-favourites-nick-kyrgios-chances-aussies-rafael-nadal-news/news-story/0a57f22729d5d4df655e32a3c33166d1) [The big change in ‘obsessed’ Kyrgios … World number one Medvedev, bidding to become the first man to successfully defend the US Open since Roger Federer in 2008, eased into the second round with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 win in 2hrs 1min. Mei Fu Chi, at Wimbledon in 1959, was the last Chinese man to win a match at the majors. The No. Wu Yibing on Monday became the first Chinese man in 63 years to win a singles match at a Grand Slam when he knocked 31st seed Nikoloz Basilashvili out of the US Open Wu, 22, triumphed 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 in the opening round, firing nine aces in his 31 winners past his Georgian opponent. Just really happy to get through that one.” Murray won the first of his three Grand Slams at the US Open in 2012, ending Britain’s 76-year wait for a men’s champion at the majors.

Game-by-game report: The 23-time major champion opens her campaign in what is almost certainly the final tournament of her career. Beau Dure has the latest.

Kovinić forces Serena into a bad spot in the next rally and goes up 30-40. The next serve nearly knocks the GOAT off her feet and leads to the best rally of the match thus far, with a nice mix of power and slices. On the next point, Serena comes to the net but volleys poorly. At 15-30, Kovinić rips one of her best serves of the match and still loses the point, hanging a drop shot where Serena can easily hit the winner. Then we get a truly outstanding point, with Serena running Kovinić ragged before surprising the Montenegrin with a drop shot. Then turnabout is fair play, as Kovinić puts a shot on nearly the same spot on the court where Serena placed a shot barely on the line and started her big run. But Serena misses her next first serve, and Kovinić rallies well to get to deuce. Serena is momentarily stunned but comes back to win the next point on a Kovinić error. Kovinić starts her attempt to stay in the match with a double fault. The Celebrity Roast of Serena Williams is still in progress, delayed a bit by the fact that Serena had to go out and win a tennis match first. Serena misses an opportunity to go up 40-15, and then another error gives Kovinić a surprising break point. Galan then literally takes a run at the upset, chasing down a drop shot and getting back up to run down another.

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He turns it into a bit of a circus around him and he’s just so comfortable with that,” Kokkinakis told Live Coverage of ATP + WTA Tour Tournaments including Every Finals Match. Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS on Kayo. “You expect Nick to win between these two but it’s going to be a tough match with good mates, because Nick is going to have to control his emotions, and that’s always a challenge, as we know.” “He loves to kind of live in the chaos a bit when it comes to matches. Kokkinakis said that he is expecting the highly-anticipated match to turn into a “circus”, while it will be “weird” to battle against his friend.

Unheralded Ukrainian Daria Snigur has made her grand slam bow in the first round of the US Open in New York, and found herself facing a former world No.1, ...

She said that might have helped her nerves when she returned to the same court on Monday. While Millman plans to carry on for a little longer yet, the popular Queenslander will need to preserve his ranking around the top 100 in the world to gain direct entry to next year’s grand slams. But, at age 33, No.103 in the rankings and after a career battling crippling shoulder and back injuries, he faces a battle making it back to the sport’s biggest stages. Millman succumbed 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 1-6 6-1 to talented American wildcard Emilio Nava in a near-four-hour grind in stifling heat on day one of the Open. “I’ve been playing catch-up since then (getting the coronavirus) and trying to find my feet - and he lit it up in that fifth set,” said Millman, who also lamented not being able to convert set points in both the first and third sets on Monday. Tan went on to reach the fourth round in London but she will not be making news in New York. The march to the Wimbledon semi-finals of 35-year-old German mother-of two Tatjana Maria was one of the stories of the This time Sakkari, now up to No.3 in the world and third seed, justified her superior billing, surviving a second-set wobble to win 6-4 3-6 6-0. Snigur, who wore a pin in the colors of Ukraine’s flag on her chest and put her hands around it after the final point, struggled through tears to explain what the victory meant to her family and her country during its war with Russia. [Wimbledon](https://7news.com.au/sport/wimbledon) junior winner Snigur took part last week in the “Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition” in Louis Armstrong Stadium to raise money to aid Ukraine. But Snigur rallied to take the final set, and the match, 6-4 on her third match point. Unheralded Ukrainian Daria Snigur has made her grand slam bow in the first round of the

Daniel Elahi Galan defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas on his ninth match point after holding a 6-0, 5-0 lead in Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas has bombed out of the first round of the US Open after an epic upset defeat ...

I lost the set but I felt I was doing better and better. We wake up early every day to work out to be on courts like this with an amazing crowd like this one. He did better than me in that game that he broke me. "In 3-1, I just said 'I'm going to calm down for a second. "He's probably going to need two more to see if he can salvage this – two more hours, that is. The fourth and final set was an enthralling encounter punctuated by an incredible phase that went to seven deuces and a fifth match point before Tsitsipas claimed the game.