What was going on last night at the US Open? Our night express gives the perfect overview of the most important games at the last Grand Slam of the year.
Can someone please cheer me on?!
Naomi Osaka – Darja Kassatkina 6: 0 4: 6: 3
Naomi Osaka is an absolute crowd favorite in New York. No wonder she won in 2018 and 2020. Five years and a baby later, the Japanese reaches again after the title at the US Open. She has not been seen as strong as in the past few weeks since her comeback, Darja Kassatkina also had to recognize that over and over the Osaka in the first sentence. And even of resistances, the superstar, which was often fan-mammed, can no longer be thrown off the track, after equalization of the sentence Osaka fought back into the match and is now in the US Open Finals for the first time since her triumph 2020.
There is now no lower than number 3 in the world, Coco Gauff. And that is not only a different house number in terms of sport, but a much larger favorite of the audience. “It’s hard to play against an American here,” Osaka revealed after her match with a view of the round of 16. And flirted: “Can someone please cheer me on!?” Whatever the mood, it will definitely be the first bang of the US Open 2025.
Sinner with first weaknesses, then sovereign
Jannik Sinner – Denis Shapovalov 5: 7 6: 4 6: 3 6: 3
Somehow comforting, the machine shelled. Jannik Sinner, who plays like a perfectly programmed machine in his best moments, lost a set for the first time after two smooth victories at the start of the US Open. And not only that. After the second set won, the Italian was again 0: 3 in the third and even ran the risk of collecting a double break, it was 0:30. The first ones sensed a sensation.
But what really drove up was Jannik Sinner at the limit. The world ranking first did what he wanted and won nine (!) Games in a row. Because of sensation. The rest was a matter of form. In the end, Shapovalov was allowed to sniff a break again, but Sinner did not allow that. The number 1 as expected in the round of 16, but no longer with a white vest.