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Thursday 22 October 2020
The Northern Irishman carded a 68 on day three at Winged Foot.
Winged Foot is belatedly justifying its fearsome reputation on the second day’s play.
The Northern Irishman is bidding to claim a first title since the 2014 US PGA Championship.
The American made the shot on the seventh hole — a 165-yard par-3 — of today’s opening round.
It’s a baptism of fire for the Mallow native.
Sam Horsfield has joined Scottie Scheffler on the sidelines.
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It marked the first time in the competition’s Open era history that a player had recovered from losing the opening two sets to win the title.
The 22-year-old lost the opening set to Victoria Azarenka 6-1 but fought back to claim the silverware in New York.
The second seed defeated Russia’s Daniil Medvedev to reach the decider.
Azarenka’s first win over Williams in a grand slam event sets up her first major final appearance in seven years.
The American great edged past Tsvetana Pironkova.
The American withdraws due to injury.
Osaka will face Jennifer Brady while Zverev meets Pablo Carreno Busta in the last four.
The record-chasing legend dropped a set along the way to Maria Sakkari.
The star said he felt ‘sad and empty’ after his quest for an 18th grand slam title ended when he was defaulted for hitting a line judge with a ball.
Kyrgios was quick to have his say after Djokovic was sensationally disqualified.
A statement from the US Tennis Association detailed the immediate sanctions.
The top seed and 17-time grand slam champion had just dropped serve to trail Spanish opponent Pablo Carreno Busta 6-5.
Meanwhile, there was controversy as the top women’s doubles seeds were pulled from the tournament due to a close contact with a confirmed Covid case.
Zverev eventually won the match in four sets.
The defeat followed a five-set marathon for Murray only 48 hours previously.
Williams is one title away from matching Court’s record.
The Scot was two sets and a break down, and faced a match point in the fourth set, against Japanese world number 49 Yoshihito Nishioka.
The 22-year-old made the gesture in her opening game at the US Open.
The Serbian star also defended his controversial Adria Tour, which led to a cluster of Covid-19 cases.
The person who has contracted the virus “is not a player” and is asymptomatic.
Fellow Australian Ashleigh Barty, the current women’s world number one, withdrew from the tournament earlier this week.
The Australian is the biggest name so far to withdraw from the tournament.
The former world number one is set to play.
The tournament will take place behind closed doors from 31 August to 13 September.
The tournament at Flushing Meadows is set to go ahead as planned at the end of August.
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The Spaniard edged it 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 in an extraordinary decider on the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Teenager Bianca Andreescu stunned the American in Saturday’s final.
Andreescu beat Serena Williams in straight sets, 6-3 7-5, at Flushing Meadows.
The second seed will meet Daniil Medvedev to battle it out for the US Open title.
The Canadian 15th seed overcame Belinda Bencic to face the 38-year-old great in Saturday’s final.
The Bulgarian becomes the lowest-ranked US Open semi-finalists in 20 years.
Schwartzman, Berrettini and Monfils join Spaniard in last eight.
The Serb says he had been experiencing constant pain in his shoulder in recent weeks. Serena Williams had an injury scare of her own as she marched through to the quarters.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
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