Tennis celebration:
The second round of the US Open Championship ended this morning (Friday) after the victory of the candidate for the win, Rafael Nadal, over the Italian Fabio Ponini in 4 sets: 6:1, 2:6, 4:6, 6:2.
Sisters Venus and Serena Williams lost in the doubles tournament 7:6, 6:4 to Linda Noskova and Lucia Haradke and received huge applause from the audience.
This was probably the last time they played together in light of Serena's hints of retirement.
Earlier, Iga Shiviontek, ranked 1 in the world, beat Sloan Stevens, who won the tournament in 2017, and advanced to the third round.
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Rafael Nadal, photo: AFP
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Rafael Nadal (2, Spain) who has won the tournament four times before, wants to do it for the first time since 2019 and had to get past Fabio Ponini.
Until tonight, the Spaniard led 4:13 in the balance between them, but in the only meeting in the US Championship between the two held in 2015, it was the Italian who won. Tonight, as mentioned, the Spaniard had the upper hand and he won after dropping the first set of the tournament, and despite being injured In the nose in the middle of the fourth set, after accidentally bumping himself.
19-year-old Carlos Alquers beat Federico Correa with a score of 2:6, 1:6, 5:7 for 2 hours and 12 minutes.
In the next round, the American Jenson Broxby is waiting for him, who surprised and beat Borna Churich in three sets 4:6, 6:7 (10), 1:6.
Carlos Alquers celebrates a victory, photo: AP
In other games:
Cameron Norrie (7, Great Britain)
- Joao Souza (Portugal) 4:6, 4:6, 6:7 (4)
Andrei Rublev (9, Russia)
- Sun-woo Kwon (South Korea) 3:6, 0:6, 4:6
Marin Cilic (15, Croatia)
- Albert Ramos-Viñolas (Spain) 3:6, 6:7 (4), 3:6
Yannick Zinner (11, Italy)
- Christopher Eubanks (United States) 4:6, 6:7 (8), 2:6
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Iga Shabiontek, who is dreaming of a second Grand Slam in her career and first in New York, easily passed the 2017 champion Sloan Stevens in the second round.
Poland did it in an hour and a quarter with 3:6, 2:6.
Iga Shiviontech.
Skipped to the next round, photo: USA TODAY Sports
The big surprise of the night came from the direction of the fourth ranked Paula Badosa, who succumbed to the Croatian Petra Martic 6:7, 6:1, 6:2.
Aryna Savalanka (6, Belarus) defeated Kaya Kanfi tonight and advanced to the next round with a victory 6:2, 6:7 (8), 4:6.
After two losses to the 37-year-old Estonian in the previous meetings, including this year in the Australian Championship, the Belarusian overcomes the obstacle on the way to the next stage.
More games:
Jessica Pegula (8, USA)
- Aleksandra Sasanovich (Belarus) 4:6, 4:6
Gervinia Muguruza (9, Spain)
- Linda Pritova (Czech Republic) 0:6, 4:6
Belinda Bencic (13, Switzerland)
- Sorna Kirstea (Romania) 6:3, 5:7, 2:6
Petra Kvitova (21, Czech Republic)
- Anhalina Kalinina (Ukraine) - Kalinina Parsha
Victoria Azarenka (26, Belarus)
- Marta Kostiuk (Ukraine) 2:6, 3:6
Ekaterina Alexandrova (28, Russia) -
Lauren Davis (USA)
0:6, 6:4, 7:6 (5)
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