Nick Kyrgios has made this US Open 2022 become even more exciting. With his victory over Daniil Medvedev the fight for number one becomes Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud, with the Russian losing those 2000 points he got last season. Casper Ruud would have to win the tournament without Nadal reaching the final, while Alcaraz would have to clinch the title. In the live ranking, Rafael Nadal already appears as number one in the world, he is the one who has it easier to stay there in the next update of the classification.
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Barbarian. excellent. As 2022 begins, a young British man named Jack Draper was located outside top-250. Fast-forward the cassette nine months later and he appears among the fifty best in the world, partly thanks to performances like the one he just signed before Very happy Auger. The Briton has dropped the 2021 semi-finalist with an impressive performance, fending off the Canadian’s blows with a solid backhand crosscourt and showing absolutely unstoppable with his serve. He did not let Felix breathe who showed a clear lack of alternatives and a plan B, although he faced a guy who did not have a single slump throughout the entire match. The result does not deceive: 6-4, 6-4 y 6-4 to advance to the third round of this US Open 2022. There he will meet Karen Khachanov in what is already his best historical result in a Grand Slam.
Serbian Novak Djokovic announced Thursday, before the draw for the US Open tennis tournament, that he will not be able to participate in the last Grand Slam that begins on the 29th of this month, because he is unable to enter the US due to not receiving the anti-Corona vaccine.
“Unfortunately, this time I won’t be able to travel to New York for the US Open… Good luck to my fellow players! I’ll keep myself in good physical shape and mentally positive while waiting to be back in action,” Djokovic said on his Twitter account.
Borna Coric beats Stefanos Tsitsipas in Cincinnati final
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
the reborn This is the word that describes the week of Borna Coric in the ATP Cincinnati 2022. The current number 152 in the world has had no qualms regarding rediscovering his best level of tennis and surpassing himself in an event in which nobody counted on him. Coric closes the perfect week with a solid win once morest Stefanos Tsitsipas with a final result of 7-6 (0) and 6-2 in 1 hour and 56 minutes of final. Although the Greek made Coric desperate with his parsimony, this did not have any negative consequences in the game. More than important result that causes him to play the US Open as seeded. Borna has dropped just one set once morest Rafael Nadal during his stay in the city of Ohio.
Perfect start for the Greek
Stefanos started the match stronger than his rival, throwing winners from the first moment and with that confidence with which he finished yesterday to finish the points in the net. The Greek got the first break of the final with a reverse forehand following patiently working the exchange. Coric made his debut later in the light to make it 3-1. Tsitsipas’ joy lasted little, as he saw how Borna ate up ground without being able to do anything to stop it.
Borna becomes the owner of the final
In the most tense game of the match, with Coric trying to put the equalizer on the scoreboard for the first time, the Croatian complained to the chair umpire regarding his rival’s parsimony, wanting to speed up the pace of the game. So it was with the kick of him. Borna did not hesitate for a second to go up to the net or to go for the winner, in search of the initiative of the final. The temperature of the match increased in the last games of the first set, which was gaining more and more tension between the two players.
Already in the tiebreak, Stefanos was the first to give in with a double fault, a factor that Coric took advantage of to sign a perfect tiebreak, in a set in which he controlled errors much more than the Greek.
Although it seemed that history was repeating itself, the Croatian raised a 0-40 to not let Stefanos get ahead. Tsitsipas had to save another three break balls so that the final did not get out of hand yet, with an opponent that grew with the passing of the minutes and the support of the stands.
Volley serve can’t save Tsitsipas
The Greek reached such a point where his play was more than predictable. Stefanos used to serve and volley in the most dangerous situations once morest a Borna who was not afraid of anything. The Croatian’s parallel setbacks left Tsitsipas completely unanswered, as he was no longer running towards the ball following being broken in the second set. The Hellenic tennis player continued to fight, although Coric closed in on the band, being very clear regarding what his objective was. Brave from the rest and with some threatening clouds, Borna wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible to proclaim himself champion at the ATP Cincinnati 2022.