The most important thing from the night of the last Grand Slam tournament of the year in Flushing Meadows, short and crisp.
Maria fails in round one
Maria Sakkari – Tatjana Maria 6: 3, 6: 2
The US Open are already over for Tatjana Maria. The opening hurdle was too high for German number one in the women’s competition. The now 38-year-old defended herself against Maria Sakkari, played good tennis in phases, but did not really have a chance against the certainly playing Greek. After an hour, an exceptionally cut back hand of the German Slice Queen sailed into the end, the first round was gone.
In the second set, Sakkari then took the game even more, Maria ran from left to right, hit one slice ball after the other, went online, tried, did, did-alone, it was of no use. After 1:25 hours, the Greek used her first match ball. For Maria, this ends that the women’s competition now rests hopes from a German perspective on Wimbledon quarter-finalists Laura Siegemund and Eva Lys.
Draper in the second round
Jack Draper – Federico Agustin Gomez 6: 4, 7: 5, 6: 7, 2: 6
The whole tennis world always speaks about Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, because – from a German perspective, the exception of Alexander Zverev – many players from the top 10 sometimes go a little bit. For example Jack Draper. The up -and -coming Brit, number five in New York, won the Masters in Indian Wells this year and was already in the semi -finals at the US Open last year.
This year, too, Draper made up for a lot after a more mixed summer in Europe with a second round in Wimbledon and a spectacular round of round of 16 in Paris against Alexander Buthik. Draper has at least confidently won his first mill in the Big Apple. He defeated the Argentinian Federico Agustin Gomez in four sets in the afternoon. Let’s see how far it can go for the British.