{"id":113542,"date":"2025-08-27T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/113542\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:38:06","slug":"sinner-swiatek-off-to-quick-starts-at-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/113542\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner, Swiatek off to quick starts at the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Iga Swiatek<\/a> is trying to do something no woman has done since Serena Williams in 2012: win the U.S. Open<\/a> and Wimbledon in the same season.<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner<\/a> is trying to do something no man has done since Roger Federer in 2008: repeat as U.S. Open champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By the looks of things on Tuesday in Arthur Ashe Stadium as the now-three-day first round<\/a> wrapped up, the two players who triumphed at the All England Club last month \u2014 and who both served short doping-related bans last year<\/a> \u2014 look ready to contend again in New York. And how. <\/p>\n

The second-seeded Swiatek<\/a> was up first in the U.S. Open\u2019s main arena and needed merely an hour to dismiss Emiliana Arango of Colombia 6-1, 6-2. No. 1 Sinner<\/a> then took only 39 minutes more to finish off his 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, every year is different,\u201d said Sinner, sporting the white arm sleeve he began wearing after hurting his elbow in a fall during Wimbledon. \u201cYou come here starting this tournament, hopefully, the best possible way \u2014 which I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

He certainly showed no signs of the virus that forced him to quit in the first set of the Cincinnati Open final against his biggest rival, No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>, last week. <\/p>\n

Either Sinner or Alcaraz<\/a>, who have combined to win the past seven major titles, can own the top ATP ranking after these 15 days. Similarly, Swiatek, Coco Gauff or No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the defending champion, can leave New York atop the WTA. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Sinner saved both break points he faced and won 33 of 40 first-serve points.<\/p>\n

Swiatek was even more dominant, not only never facing a break point but never even being taken to deuce in any of her eight service games, while accumulating a 26-5 edge in winners.<\/p>\n

There was a time when some folks, perhaps swayed by Swiatek\u2019s dominance on the French Open\u2019s red clay, thought she couldn\u2019t succeed on the speedier surfaces of hard and grass courts. That certainly was not the case, as her championships at Wimbledon in July and at the U.S. Open in 2022 make obvious.<\/p>\n

Ten women have split the past 11 trophies in New York; only Naomi Osaka, in 2018 and 2020, won more than one in that span. And Williams, with three in a row from 2012 to 2014, was the last woman to leave as the champion in consecutive years.<\/p>\n

As for the men, no one has collected two in a row at the U.S. Open since Federer\u2019s five straight titles from 2004 to 2008, before he lost in the 2009 final to Juan Martin del Potro.<\/p>\n

Sinner was asked why that might be.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are heading towards end of the season, so some players, they are tired. Some players, they are feeling different. Many things can change. It\u2019s also the last big trophy of the year. … I always say that the future is unpredictable,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

What else happened at the US Open on Tuesday?<\/p>\n

Seeded winners included 2023 U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff<\/a>, No. 8 Amanda Anisimova<\/a>, No. 18 Beatriz Haddad Maia, No. 23 Naomi Osaka<\/a> and No. 27 Marta Kostyuk among the women, and No. 3 Alexander Zverev, No. 10 Lorenzo Musetti, No. 19 Francisco Cerundolo, No. 23 Alexander Bublik \u2014 who eliminated 2014 champion Marin Cilic \u2014 and No. 27 Denis Shapovalov among the men. Gauff defeated Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5, and Zverev was a 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-4 winner against Alejandro Tabilo in a match that ended a little before 1 a.m.<\/p>\n

Who is scheduled to play Wednesday at Flushing Meadows?<\/p>\n

Sabalenka, Alcaraz, 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic<\/a> and 2024 U.S. Open runner-up Jessica Pegula are on the Day 4 schedule as the second round begins.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

More AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Iga Swiatek is trying to do something no woman has done since Serena Williams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[66315,74009,32378,12082,3842,652,66319,2073,5113,73735,15221,2660,432,23004,74012,23604,71858,74010,18323,2005,1999,433,4037,6542,99,428,31291,74011,96,2467],"class_list":["post-113542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ajla-tomljanovic","tag-alejandro-tabilo","tag-alexander-bublik","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-amanda-anisimova","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-beatriz-haddad-maia","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-coco-gauff","tag-emiliana-arango","tag-francisco-cerundolo","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-jessica-pegula","tag-juan-martin","tag-lorenzo-musetti","tag-marin-cilic","tag-marta-kostyuk","tag-naomi-osaka","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-roger-federer","tag-serena-williams","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-u-s-open-tennis-championships","tag-vit-kopriva","tag-wimbledon","tag-wimbledon-championships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}