Williams puts off retirement with first round win
NEW YORK : Serena Williams signalled she is not quite ready for retirement advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open on Monday with a scrappy 6-3 6-3 win over Danka Kovinic.
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US Open day one
NEW YORK : Highlights of the first day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Monday (times GMT):
Gauff wins for first time on Ashe to move into US Open second round
NEW YORK: American Coco Gauff eased into the second round of the U.S. Open on Monday with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 victory over France's Leolia Jeanjean.
Protesters gather outside US Open to call for an end to vaccine travel mandates
Several protesters gathered outside the U.S. Open stadium in Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York, on Monday to protest against vaccine travel restrictions that prevented 21-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic from participating in the tournament.
US Open: Coco Gauff breezes past Leolia Jeanjean into second round after dominant straight-sets win
Coco Gauff’s bid to win a maiden Grand Slam title on home turf got off to a comfortable start as the American beat French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean in straight sets in the US Open first round. The 19-year-old ground down her opponent with powerful hitting, racking up 33 winners in a 6-2 6-3 victory that lasted one hour, 19 minutes at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Ad The 12th seed, who has never gone further than the third round before in New York, will face Romania's Elena Gabriela Ruse or Daria Saville of Australia next.
Ukrainian Daria Snigur stuns No. 7 Simona Halep in first round of US Open
NEW YORK — Ukrainian Daria Snigur's first career win on the WTA Tour was a big one.
Daniil Medvedev makes short work of Stefan Kozlov at US Open
World number one Daniil Medvedev opened his US Open title defence by walloping American Stefan Kozlov 6-2 6-4 6-0 in sweltering conditions on Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Russian had an inconsistent run-up to Flushing Meadows but was back to top form on the court where he won his maiden grand slam title a year ago, sending across 10 aces and neutralising Kozlov's serve. The pair traded breaks early in the first set before Medvedev got his motor running, clinching the next four games as Kozlov won fewer than half of his first-serve points. Kozlov was no match for Medvedev's raw power in the second set. The American scraped his wrist and knee after he dived to retrieve the ball, but ended up falling to the ground heavily in the ninth game that saw Medvedev break him to love. He called on the trainer to tend to the injuries but Medvedev showed no mercy as he raced through the final set like a bullet train in just 27 minutes to set up a meeting with Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech in the second round.
Medvedev whacks aside American Kozlov to begin US Open title defence
NEW YORK : World number one Daniil Medvedev opened his U.S. Open title defence by walloping American Stefan Kozlov 6-2 6-4 6-0 in sweltering conditions on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.