US OpenBillie Jean King Tennis CenterFlushing, NYAug. 29 - Sept. 11, 2022
Welcome to the 2nd week of the USO. Unfortunately, Serena Williams lost in her 3R to Ajla Tomljanovic, who exhibited extraordinary calm, composure and incredible grace while weathering the ear-piercing 35,000+ extremely partisan Serena fans, including a bevy of celebrities. As is Serena's way though, she fought valiantly to the very end of a close 3-setter lasting just over three hours.
The Williams' sisters were also bounced from the Doubles competition early. Although we've heard no murmurs from Venus Williams about retirement, Serena announced before the USO that this competition will be her last professional tournament. But, she left us with a "we'll see" post-match when asked if she was done with Tennis. The world is her oyster so we shall certainly see - I'm absolutely certain this will not be the last we hear from the legendary Serena!
Defending women's champion, Emma Raducanu, who had an incredible 10-Match run from qualifications to the trophy in 2021, was ousted early in the opening round by the ever problematic and wily Alize Cornet. On the men's side, defending 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev still stands (as of today) but faces the uber dangerous and mercurial Nick Kyrgios in the R16.
All in all, on the women's side four Top 10 players/seeds and eight Top 30 seeds remain in the 2nd Week. Of the men, six Top 10 players/seeds and seven top 30 seeds remain in the 2nd. Not bad, and there's some more-than-exciting matchups coming up for the last Major of the 2022 season👇
ATP
Most titles (in Open Era): Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras with 5 each.
Top 16 seeds (in order of seeding): Daniil Medvedev, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Cameron Norrie, Hubert Hurkacz, Andrey Rublev, Taylor Fritz, Jannik Sinner, Pablo Carreno Busta, Matteo Berrettini, Diego Schwartzman, Marin Cilic, Roberto Bautista Agut
Wildcards: AmericansEmilio Nava, Sam Querrey, Ben Shelton, Learner Tien, J.J. Wolf, plus Rinky Hijikata, Ugo Humbert, Dominic Thiem
Protected ranking:Aljaz Bedene, Borna Coric, Kyle Edmund, Stan Wawrinka
Wildcards: Americans
Protected ranking:
R16 (the first man to the QF today - Matteo Berrettini in 3 hours 45 min.)
(1) Daniil Medvedev v. (23) Nick Kyrgios
(2) Rafa Nadal v. (22) Francis Tiafoe
(3) Carlos Alcaraz v. (15) Marin Cilic
(5) Casper Ruud (v. (LL) Corentin Moutet)
(7) Cameron Norrie v. (9) Andrey Rublev
(11) Jannik Sinner v. Ilya Ivashka
(12) Pablo Carreno Busta v. (27) Karen Khachanov
(13) Matteo Berrettini (v. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina)
SINGLES DRAW
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| 1963 bronze sculpture by American sculptor Donald De Lu - designed for the 1964 New York's World Fair - Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, NYC. |
SINGLES DRAW
WTA
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| Citi Field stadium located in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, NYC - opened in 2009 and is the home field of the MLB's New York Mets.The stadium was built as a replacement for the adjacent Shea Stadium which opened in 1964. |
Top 16 seeds (in order of seeding): Iga Swiatek,
Wildcards: American players:
Coco Vandeweghe, Venus Williams, Eleana Yu, plus Jaimee Fourlis, Harmony Tan
Protected ranking:
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| 'Monuments that Celebrate Communal Struggles, Not Flawed Men' - Jeffrey Gibson's "Because Once You Enter My House, It Becomes Our House' sculpture in Socrates Sculpture Park - Long Island City, Queens, NYC |
R16
(1) Iga Swiatek v. Jule Niemeir
(5) Ons Jabeur v. (18) Veronika Kudermetova
(6) Aryna Sabalenka v. (19) Danielle Collins
(8) Jessica Pegula v. (21) Petra Kvitova
(12) Cori Gauff v. Zhang Shuai
(17) Caroline Garcia (v. (29) Alison Riske-Amritraj)
(22) Karolina Pliskova v. (26) Victoria Azarenka
Liudmila Samsonova v. Ajla Tomjlanovic
"Congrats on an amazing career @SerenaWilliams!
How lucky were we to watch a young girl from Compton grow up to become one of the greatest athletes of all time.
I'm proud of you my friend--and can't wait to see the lives you transform with your talents!" ~ Michelle Obama Tweet
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