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The defending Flushing Meadows champion showed glimpses of her best tennis in Cincinnati as she knocked out Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka before losing 7-5 6-4 to American Jessica Pegula.
Eurosport expert Barbara Schett says the eyes of the tennis world will be on Serena Williams at the US Open. Williams seemingly confirmed her upcoming retirement from tennis earlier in August when she said in an interview with Vogue that «something had to give». Ad In the build-up to Williams' looming retirement, another tennis great, Andy Murray, said that he wouldn’t want to announce his retirement and he would just do it, with the Brit reasoning that an announcement ahead of time would apply too much pressure.
Emma Raducanu hailed her run at the Western and Southern Open as a “great step” forward as she prepares to head to New York for the defence of her US Open title.
The 2022 US Open is set to be a farewell to Serena Williams. The 23-time Grand Slam champion, who turns 41 in September, says the “countdown has begun” as she looks ahead to life after tennis. Williams has the chance to equal Margaret Court’s all-time major record with victory at the US Open.
:World number one Iga Swiatek and reigning U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu were both knocked out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, while second seed Anett Kontaveit also had her preparations for Flushing Meadows cut short in the round of 16.
Taylor Fritz and Daniil Medvedev have both given their verdict on the ATP’s new off-court coaching trial ahead of their Cincinnati Open quarter-final, with the American calling it a “dumb rule”. The trial started in July and allows players to receive verbal and non-verbal instructions from a coach in a designated seat around the court. Ad Verbal coaching is only permitted when the player is at the same end of the court while non-verbal coaching, such as hand signals, is permitted at any time.
Emma Raducanu’s impressive form at the Cincinnati Open was brought to an end by Jessica Pegula who beat the British No. 1 7-5 6-4. Raducanu had two of her best victories of the year earlier in the week when she beat Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, dropping just six games in total.
Emma Raducanu will head into her U.S. Open title defence in just over a week relieved that she is swinging freely again and playing the same brand of attacking tennis that took her to a maiden Grand Slam title last year.