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Venus williams and Kim clijsters withdrew from the US Open at the first hurdle on Tuesday as the seeded players dominated the women’s draw for the second day in a row.
Hours after her younger sister Serena had fought in the second round, the 40-year-old Venus was back in the limelight in what was an incredible 22nd appearance at the US Open.
But Williams, who reached the final of the US Open on her tournament debut in 1997, was defeated in the first round for the first time in her brilliant career by Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic.
Muchova, the 20th seed, had too much poise for Williams en route to a 6-3, 7-5 victory.
While Williams knows time is running out on his career at the highest level, he has not made it past the third round at a Slam event since 2017, insisting afterward that he plans to continue playing, starting with this month’s French Open. at Roland. Garros.
“I love this game,” Williams said. “I’m good at what I do. It’s easy to stay motivated and excited to do something so amazing. Not many people can do this.
“But I’m looking forward to a few days off. It’s been a lot of work. I’m looking forward to getting some rest before the clay courts.”
Meanwhile, Clijsters of Belgium, making her second career comeback and her first Grand Slam appearance since 2012, raised hopes for a surprise after winning the first set of her match with Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova.
However, the 37-year-old three-time US Open champion ran out of steam when 21-seeded Alexandrova completed a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory.
This year’s women’s field in New York is more open than ever with world number one Ashleigh Barty, second seed Simona Halep and defending champion Bianca Andreescu all choosing to skip the tournament.
One of the main contenders for the title, second-seeded Sofia Kenin of the United States, came off the mark with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over non-seeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.
The 21-year-old, who won an emotional inaugural Grand Slam title at this year’s Australian Open, later revealed that she had cried to herself before the match to relieve stress.
“Cry. That’s what I did. I mean, I had to let it out,” Kenin said. “Okay. It worked.”
Kenin will play Leylah Fernandez of Canada in the second round. Fernandez opened her campaign with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Vera Zvonareva on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, ninth seed Jo Konta won the ‘Battle of Britain’ against compatriot Heather Watson, winning 7-6 (9/7), 6-1.
“There will always be rivalry between compatriots,” Konta said. “It will always be this stressful.
“There will always be an element where people will have more judgments and more opinions abroad at home in a match like today,” added Konta, who will play Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the second round.
Results from the US Open tennis championship in New York on Tuesday (x denotes seed):
Single men
First round
Matteo Berrettini (ITA x6) bt Go Soeda (JPN) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1, 6-4
Ugo Humbert (FRA) by Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) vs. Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
Casper Ruud (NOR x30) vs. Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Ernesto Escobedo (United States) bt Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2, 6-3
Salvatore Caruso (ITA) over James Duckworth (AUS) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-2
Gregoire Barrere (FRA) bt Taro Daniel (JPN) 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Andrey Rublev (RUS x10) by Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x14) bt Tommy Paul (USA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) over Hugo Dellien (BOL) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
Frances Tiafoe (USA) over Andreas Seppi (ITA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
John Millman (AUS) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO x22) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Jeffrey Wolf (USA) vs. Guido Pella (ARG x29) 6-2, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
Roberto Carballes (ESP) against Feliciano López (ESP) 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-3
Christopher O’Connell (AUS) bt Laslo Djere (SRB) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4
Daniil Medvedev (RUS x3) bt Federico Del Bonis (ARG) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
Roberto Bautista (ESP x8) bt Tennys Sandgren (United States) 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) bt Gianluca Mager (ITA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 3-6, 6-2
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 7-6 (7/4), 7-5, 7-6 (7/3)
Milos Raonic (CAN x25) over Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
Alex De Miñaur (AUS x21) over Andrej Martin (SVK) 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6 (7/0), 7-6 (7/4), 6-1
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) vs. Sam Querrey (United States) 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 6-2
Karen Khachanov (RUS x11) bt Jannik Sinner (ITA) 3-6, 6-7 (7/9), 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (7/4)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x15) bt Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (8/6)
Andy Murray (SCO) by Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4), 6-4
Corentin Moutet (FRA) by Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
Daniel Evans (GBR x23) over Thiago Wild (BRA) 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5)
Marin Cilic (CRO x31) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 6-7 (3/7), 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
Norbert Gombos (SVK) bt Radu Albot (MDA) 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
Sumit Nagal (IND) bt Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Dominic Thiem (AUT x2) bt Jaume Munar (ESP) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 0-0 abandonment
Female singles
First round
Madison Keys (US X7) bt Timea Babos (HUN) 6-1, 6-1
Aliona Bolsava (ESP) over Jil Teichmann (SUI) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2
Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-3, 1-6, 6-0
Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN x25) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Donna Vekic (CRO x18) bt Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4
Patricia Tig (ROU) vs. Kurumi Nara (JPN) 6-1, 6-0
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 6-2, 6-3
Garbine Muguruza (ESP x10) bt Nao Hibino (JPN) 6-4, 6-4
Maria Sakkari (GRE x15) by Stefanie Vögele (SUI) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Bernarda Pera (United States) by Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 7-6 (7/4), 6-0
Katrina Scott (USA) By Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2
Amanda Anisimova (US X22) bt Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 7-5, 7-5
Sloane Stephens (US X26) bt Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 6-3, 6-3
Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt Asia Muhammed (USA) 6-1, 6-2
Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) bt Monica Puig (PUR) 6-3, 6-7 (0/7), 6-0
Serena Williams (United States x3) by Kristie Ahn (United States) 7-5, 6-3
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x5) by Oceane Dodin (FRA) 7-6 (7/1), 6-4
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) by Barbara Haas (AUT) 6-1, 6-2
Sachia Vickery (United States) vs. Taylor Townsend (United States) 6-2, 6-4
Iga Swiatek (POL) bt Veronika Kudermetova (RUS x29) 6-3, 6-3
Karolina Muchova (CZE x20) bt Venus Williams (USA) 6-3, 7-5
Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) v Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 6-4, 6-3
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-4, 7-5
Johanna Konta (GBR x9) behind Heather Watson (GBR) 7-6 (9/7), 6-1
Elise Mertens (BEL x16) by Laura Siegemund (GER) 6-2, 6-2
Sara Sorribes (ESP) bt Claire Liu (USA) 6-2, 6-4
Caty McNally (USA) vs. Viktória Kuzmova (SVK) 6-4, 6-1
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS x21) by Kim Clijsters (BEL) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
Ons Jabeur (TUN x27) bt Katarzyna Kawa (POL) 6-2, 7-6 (8/6)
Kaia Kanepi (EST) v Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-1, 6-2
Leylah Fernández (CAN) over Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6-4, 7-5
Sofia Kenin (United States x2) by Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-2, 6-2
