Alkaras 2 consecutive defeats or Djokovic’s counterattack… US Open Tennis kicks off on the 28th
Women’s Division, Sibiong Tech Challenges to win the 2nd major championship this year
A two-game losing streak by Carlos Alcaras (Spain) or a counterattack by Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
US Open
The US Open (total prize money of 65 million dollars, about 85.76 billion won),
the last major tennis tournament of the year, 토토사이트
will be held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA from the 28th local time to the 10th of next month.
Again, attention is focused on the championship competition between Alkaras and Djokovic.
Alkaras and Djokovic, who are called ‘new and old emperors’ in the men’s tennis world,
have been playing a ‘dragon and tiger’ confrontation.
1st Match
In their first match, last year’s men’s professional tennis (ATP) Tour Madrid Open semifinal and Wimbledon final in July this year, Alkaras won.
In particular, he was recognized as the new emperor who ousted Djokovic from power by winning the symbolic Wimbledon.
However, in the semifinals of the French Open in June of this year,
Djokovic won a comfortable victory over Alkaras,
who showed symptoms of muscle cramps in his legs.
Match-up
In the recent matchup, the Cincinnati Open final on the 20th,
Djokovic defeated Alkaras 2-1 (5-7 7-6 <9-7> 7-6 <7-4>)
after a bloody battle of 3 hours and 49 minutes.
Their overall head-to-head record is 2 wins and 2 losses without a streak.
As soon as Alkaras won, Djokovic took revenge, and the match unfolded.
Alkaras
World No. 1 Alkaras took the No. 1 seed in the singles tournament,
No. 2 Djokovic took the No. 2 seed.
If both players survive to the end, they will face off in the final for the 5th time in their career and the 4th time this year.
Alkaras is the ‘defending champion’ who won the tournament last year.
While Djokovic failed to step on US soil last year due to a problem
with vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19),
Alkaras defeated Kasper Rud (Norway) in the final and lifted the trophy for the first major tournament in his life.
After skipping the Australian Open this year due to injury,
Alkaras advanced to the semifinals at the French Open,
won his second major title at Wimbledon.
Djokovic will challenge a new record by winning his 24th major tournament at the US Open stage,
which he will rise in two years.
Djokovic won his 23rd major championship at this year’s French Open,
surpassing Rafael Nadal (22nd, Spain) to become the most successful men’s singles player in major tournaments.
In addition, Danil Medvedev (Russia), winner of the 2021 US Open, and Jannik Sinner (Italy),
who reached the semifinals at Wimbledon this year,
are also considered candidates for the men’s singles championship.
Sibiong Tech
In the women’s singles, Iga Sibiong Tech (Poland), the world’s No.
Sibiong Tech, who won her first major championship at the 2020 French Open,
won the French Open and US Open last year,
establishing herself as the strongest woman in tennis.
She only won the French Open this year.
If Sibiong Tech wins the US Open this time,
she will become the first player to win two or more singles titles in major tournaments
for two consecutive years in 10 years since Serena Williams (retired, USA) in 2013.
Williams has won Wimbledon and the US Open in 2012 and the French Open and US Open in 2013.
Sibiontech’s opponents are Arina Sabalenka (Belarus),
who won the Australian Open this year, and Coco Goff of the United States,
who has been on the rise by winning the Cincinnati Open recently and has the home court advantage.
Tennis
Korean men’s tennis ‘signboard’ Kwon Soon-woo (Dangjin City Hall) faces Christopher Eubanks (USA) in the first round of singles.
In the women’s singles, Narae Han (Bucheon City Hall),
who passed the preliminary round,
will compete against Marqueta Bondrowsova (Czech Republic),
the winner of this year’s Wimbledon, to advance to the second round.