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Crowd favourite Coco Gauff plays Elise Mertens from Belgium. That should be a belter.
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Another American, Taylor Fritz takes on Jakub Mensik. Oh, and a certain Novak Djokovic plays his countryman, Laslo Djere.
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All of those games will only start once I’ve packed up but if you’re joining from a far flung time-zone, or are coming back from a night out, these will be worth a go.
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Hi folks and welcome to the third round of the US Open. There are a few tasty games on this afternoon and evening with my personal favourite being the tie between the American Frances Tiafoe and his French opponent, Adrian Mannarino. That’s the 10th and 22nd seeds locking horns at 18:30 BST/13:30 EST,but there is a bigger name in action.
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The defending champion and top ranked player, Iga Swiatek of Poland plays the unseeded Kaja Juvan from Slovenia. That gets going around 17:15 BST/12:15 EST.
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There are Brits involved too. Neal Skupski is one half of the top-ranked men’s doubles pair alongside his Dutch mate, Wesley Koolhof. Heather Watson will fly the flag in the women’s doubles as she partners Anna Danilina from Kazakhstan.
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There’ll be loads going on and I’ll be keeping an eye and ear on it all. If you fancy dropping me a line I’d love to get your thoughts.
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Hope everyone’s had a top Friday. Let’s get cracking…
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Muchova 6-0 up. That’s 10 consecutive factors for the tenth seed. Townsend, from such a powerful place with a break level at 3-1, is now going through a primary set defeat.
A stunning go sees Muchova race to a 3-0 lead within the tiebreak. That was a shot of actual authority. On the forehand, that whistled previous an advancing Townsend.
We’re going to a shoot-out within the first set. 65 minutes on the court docket hasn’t separated Muchova and Townsend. Muchova holds her serve and it’s 6-6. Now for a tiebreak.
Scmiedlova takes the primary set 6-4. She’s stage with Wang within the second at 1-1 however can be fuelled with confidence after breaking in a match that didn’t appear like it’d see a service break.
What a rally! Liked that. It was nearly like a padel rally because it was solely performed across the internet. Dink photographs and clips and cute drops had been returned and returned and returned till Muchova’s lob went lengthy.
Townsend ultimately holds her serve to steer 6-5.
Scientific this time from Muchova. 5-5. She’s hitting a bit extra confidently and doesn’t appear as rushed by Townsend’s energy.
Townsend holds. By no means doubtful. Muchova now serves 4-5 down within the first set. Each service sport from the tenth seed has included a break level. She’s underneath a little bit of strain now.
Wonderful from Townsend. She’s not all energy, however grace as properly. A booming backhand has Muchova scrambling and the comply with up on the internet was pure class. A stunning contact to win the purpose.
Muchova holds and makes it 4-4. High quality sport this. Muchova, the tenth seed, is being made to work for each level.
BANG! Townsend hammers an overhead winner of the very best order. That makes it 30-15 on Muchova’s serve. The American is displaying some aggression. She then unfurls a scrumptious lob that Muchova can solely parry huge. 30-30.
Wang anf Schmiedlova aren’t giving an inch. The Slovakian leads 5-4 however the Chinese language participant is about to serve. Forwards and backwards that one. Could be tempted to change over…
Townsend is perhaps battling to interrupt Muchova’s serve, however she’s having no bother on her personal serve. She breezes to a 4-3 lead with some meaty winners. She positively has the higher hand on this change however Muchova is staying within the struggle.
Muchova holds. She survives one other service sport and it’s 3-3 within the first set. Townsend can be kicking herself. She might need had this primary set wrapped up if she’d been extra ruthless on break level.
Townsend lets one other break level go. She’s had six already however has solely taken one. Muchova fights again and has the benefit on this sport.
Deuce. Muchova’s backhand slice clips the web and sits up for Townsend to unload a again hand throughout the court docket. Muchova reaches it nevertheless it drops on her and she will’t get it again over the web.
Correction. Townsend’s stance when receiving a serve is just not like a batter at a cricket crease. It’s laborious to explain, actually. It’s as if she’s fencing. Each shoulders are nonetheless pointing down the court docket however one foot is considerably additional forward than the opposite. Each are knees bent earlier than she takes a spring and s step and nearly assaults the bottom line. She’s down 40-30 as Muchova serves to tie the set.
Now Muchova has three break factors. She was given a gimme with that final level. A floater of a return allowed Townsend the prospect to cost to the web. However she was caught in three minds. Does she smash, does she drop, does she play to the nook. Ultimately she fluffed it straight into the web.
Muchova then breaks again. 2-3 within the first set.
Townsend breaksand leads the primary set 3-1. She needed to work for that. Muchova discovered that serves to the physique would fight the American’s distinctive stance when receiving. It went from 0-40 to 30-40 however Muchova went lengthy on her forehand and so failed to carry her serve.
Townsend brutalises a forehand winner throughout the court docket. It’s not simply energy, that couldn’t have been positioned higher. She’s received three break factors to take management of this primary set.
Townsend holds and takes the sport. She leads this primary set 2-1.
In the meantime, Wang and Schmiedlova have every held their serves and are squared at 2-2.
There are noisy planes flying overhead in New York. Each gamers have proven their irritation however can clearly concentrate on the duty at hand. They’ve simply exchanged a rally of 19 photographs with Townsend hammering residence a forehand winner. She is deadly when unloading on that forehand. A smash on the internet makes it 40-15.
Muchova holds. 1-1 within the first set. Entertaining thus far.
Townsend takes it to deuce with a beautiful return. She has an fascinating method to returning serves, beginning in an nearly exaggerated batting stance seen in cricket. One foot in entrance of the opposite staring down the road. It’s working, she has a break level.
Townsend aces to take the primary sport. 1-0 up towards Muchova.
Muchova was the runner-up at this yr’s French Open.
I’ve jumped ship already. I believe Muchova (10) towards the America Townsend might be the one to stay with. Townsend had the serve on game-point within the opening change however leaves her backhand winner quick, clattering the web. This primary sport has already had a number of deuce exchanges. Like I mentioned, that is the one to look at.
We’ve our first sport of the day. No less than the primary that I’ve seen. Scmiedlova holds her serve towards Wang and is 1-0 up.
In case you missed it, Carlos Alcaraz eased by means of to the subsequent spherical.
Bryan Armen Graham was there to see and produced this report:
There are a number of video games getting underway as we communicate:
Ladies’s singles:
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Xang Xinyu vs Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
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Karolina Muchova (10) vs Taylor Townsend
Males’s doubles:
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Q Halys & G Barreer vs H Patten & J Money
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A Behar & A Pvlasek vs J Withrow & N Lammaons (16)
Ladies’s doubles”:
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Z Yang & L Chan (11) vs D Vekic & Ok Pliskova
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T Maria & A Rus vs N Kichenok & D Collins
I’ve at all times puzzled what it have to be wish to play one in all your mates in a high stage tennis match. Do they carry gripes off the court docket? Do they change private quips within the warmth of battle?
Swiatek and Juvan are (apparently) good pals. We’ll discover out later what kind of power they share within the center.
Pals going through off for a spot within the #USOpen final 16 at present 🥹
Kaja Juvan 🫂 @iga_swiatekpic.twitter.com/L6DBarGfmm
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We mentioned goodbye to a legend yesterday. And, as this piece beneath begins, “John Isner’s profession fittingly ended with a final-set tiebreaker”
The 38-year-old American ended a 17-year profession when he misplaced to his fellow Yank Michael Mmoh 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (7).
Isner’s most well-known contribution to the sport is his involvement within the longest ever match within the sport’s historical past. Again within the first spherical of Wimbledon in 2018, he performed out a marathon with Nicolas Mahut that lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes and ended with a 70-86 rating within the fifth set. Isner, in fact, gained that one.
He bows out with a career-high rating of No 8 nevertheless it’s that breathless slog that we’ll bear in mind most.
There are another tasty matches at present
I blanked on the video games underway previous midnight on my aspect (I’m in London). Not the best begin.
Crowd favorite Coco Gauff performs Elise Mertens from Belgium. That ought to be a belter.
One other American, Taylor Fritz takes on Jakub Mensik. Oh, and a sure Novak Djokovic performs his countryman, Laslo Djere.
All of these video games will solely begin as soon as I’ve packed up however in the event you’re becoming a member of from a far off time-zone, or are getting back from an evening out, these can be value a go.
Preamble
Daniel Gallan
Hello people and welcome to the third spherical of the US Open. There are a number of tasty video games on this afternoon and night with my private favorite being the tie between the American Frances Tiafoe and his French opponent, Adrian Mannarino. That’s the tenth and twenty second seeds locking horns at 18:30 BST/13:30 EST,however there’s a greater identify in motion.
The defending champion and high ranked participant, Iga Swiatek of Poland performs the unseeded Kaja Juvan from Slovenia. That will get going round 17:15 BST/12:15 EST.
There are Brits concerned too. Neal Skupski is one half of the top-ranked males’s doubles pair alongside his Dutch mate, Wesley Koolhof. Heather Watson will fly the flag within the girls’s doubles as she companions Anna Danilina from Kazakhstan.
There’ll be masses occurring and I’ll be retaining an eye fixed and ear on all of it. In the event you fancy dropping me a line I’d like to get your ideas.
Hope everybody’s had a high Friday. Let’s get cracking…
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