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NEW YORK : American Coco Gauff meets fellow crowd favourite Caroline Wozniacki with the battle of generations headlining an action-packed Sunday at the U.S. Open when Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek resume their title quests.
World number one Iga Swiatek demolished "best friend" Kaja Juvan in straight sets on Friday to march into the last 16 at the US Open. Swiatek, who has been a close friend of Juvan since her youth tennis playing days, showed no mercy to the Slovenian world No.145 with a 6-0, 6-1 victory on the Louis Armstrong Stadium. "For sure I didn't like the fact I was winning with my best friend," Swiatek said afterwards. "It was like playing against a sister because I've known her for so long. "I don't have many friends but she's my best friend." The 49-minute drubbing sends defending champion Swiatek into a fourth-round meeting with either Latvian 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko or Bernarda Pera of the United States.
World number one Iga Swiatek demolished "best friend" Kaja Juvan in straight sets on Friday to march into the last 16 at the US Open.
Twice champion Victoria Azarenka upset Czech 11th seed Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 7-5 on Tuesday (Aug 15) to reach the Cincinnati Open second round while Danish wildcard Caroline Wozniacki, in her second tournament out of retirement, lost her opening match.
Coco Gauff and Madison Keys set up an all-American semi-final on a busy day of action at the LTA's Rothesay International Eastbourne. In an impressive quarter-final performance, Gauff beat third seed, world No.4 and doubles partner Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-3 to book her spot in the last four. Ad While Keys was similarly impressive, overcoming rain delays to ease past the unseeded Petra Martic 6-4 6-1 and continue her quest for a second Eastbourne title, having triumphed at the event back in 2014.
Coco Gauff believes she is on track for Grand Slam glory in the near future after powering past her doubles partner Jessica Pegula to reach the semi-finals of a rain-affected Rothesay International in Eastbourne.
Jelena Ostapenko hailed the decisive support of the crowd as she won the LTA's Rothesay Classic Birmingham with a straight sets victory over Barbora Krejcikova. Ostapenko beat her fellow former French Open champion 7-6(8) 6-4, edging a mammoth tiebreak before eventually clinching the second. Ad It is the only match the Latvian has won in two sets all week, with all four of her matches en route to the final, including a hard-fought battle against Venus Williams, going the distance. TennisBroom and Monday lead British success on Day 1 at Wimbledon Qualifying10 MINUTES AGO Another decider looked possible when she failed to serve for the title at 5-2 in the second set but Ostapenko regained her composure to serve out the match. «Every match was a really tough one but it is great preparation for Wimbledon,» she said.
Jelena Ostapenko hailed the decisive support of the crowd as she won the LTA's Rothesay Classic Birmingham with a straight sets victory over Barbora Krejcikova. Ostapenko beat her fellow former French Open champion 7-6(8) 6-4, edging a mammoth tiebreak before eventually clinching the second. Ad It is the only match the Latvian has won in two sets all week, with all four of her matches en route to the final, including a hard-fought battle against Venus Williams, going the distance. TennisOstapenko believes the crowd made the difference at LTA’s Rothesay Classic Birmingham16 MINUTES AGO Another decider looked possible when she failed to serve for the title at 5-2 in the second set but Ostapenko regained her composure to serve out the match. «Every match was a really tough one but it is great preparation for Wimbledon,» she said.