Cornet, Burel and Gasquet slip away within the third spherical, Nadal takes his revenge on Fognini… What to recollect from Thursday

100% success for the French. The three engaged Thursday, September 1 on the US Open, Alizé Cornet, Clara Burel and Richard Gasquet, have climbed to the third spherical of the American Grand Slam. The latter will face Rafael Nadal, who regardless of the lack of a set and a racquet blow within the nostril, received in opposition to Fabio Fognini. Carlos Alcaraz is continuous his profession in New York, as are Marin Cilic, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek, who carried out impeccably in opposition to American Sloane Stephens. In girls’s doubles, the Williams sisters had been eradicated within the first spherical.

Cornet avoids the entice Siniakova

The struggle was robust however Alizé Cornet (fortieth on the planet) overcame from the Czech Katerina Siniakova (6-1, 1-6, 6-3), in 2h03 of play. If the 83rd on the planet gave the French a tough time, she was above all too irregular, dropping 44 unforced errors , the final of which on a match level for Cornet.

The Liberation ! pic.twitter.com/vTw42koA10

— FFT (@FFTennis) September 1, 2022

Holder of the document of 63 Grand Slam appearances in a row, the Niçoise, who has by no means exceeded the eighths remaining in New York, and who remained on an elimination from his entry into the operating final yr, will due to this fact attempt to match his greatest efficiency in opposition to the American Danielle Collins (nineteenth).

Burel continues his American journey

Clara Burel confirmed her feat within the first spherical the place she beat the winner of the final Wimbledon Elena Rybakina, dismissing the Belgian Alison van Uytvanck (forty third) (6-4, 4-6, 6-4). With this victory, the 131st participant on the planet turns into the primary French participant from qualifying to succeed in a 3rd spherical within the Grand Slam since Julie Coin, 14 years in the past (US Open 2008). A match stadium that Burel achieved for the second time in her profession, after Roland-Garros in 2020, and through which she will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, seeded quantity 6 and semi-finalist in 2021.

Gasquet surprises Kecmanovic

Richard Gasquet pulled out all of the stops to dominate Miomir Kecmanovic, thirty sixth participant on the planet, (6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4). The Biterrois once more confirmed nice combating spirit to dismiss the Serb, relying particularly on his distinctive one-handed backhand.

If he had reached the final 4 at Flushing Meadows in 2013, Gasquet has not gone past the third spherical since 2018. The 36-year-old Frenchman must struggle to succeed in the knockout phases, since his subsequent opponent known as Rafael Nadal. The Mallorcan has all the time crushed Gasquet in seventeen confrontations on the principle circuit. “Whatever the previous, it is an opportunity for each of them to advance to the spherical of 16,” mentioned the Frenchman’s pet peeve after qualifying.

Nadal a time surprised however certified

Creator of a catastrophic begin to the match and regardless of a racket hit within the nostril, Rafael Nadal, seeded quantity 2, overthrew the Italian Fabio Fognini in 4 units (2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6 -1). The Spaniard erased the reminiscence of the US Open 2015, throughout which Fognini managed to come back again two units in opposition to him in Grand Slam to lastly beat him. Nevertheless, on Thursday, the 36-year-old Mallorcan was out for a set and a half till trailing 6-2, 4-2. Managing to right the scenario over the course of the assembly in opposition to the sixtieth participant on the planet, Nadal lastly gave the impression to be heading for a quiet victory.

Rafa Nadal returns to motion after struggling a reduce on his nostril. pic.twitter.com/m6gOlcqk2K

— US Tennis Open (@usopen) September 2, 2022

However an incident nearly modified the course of the sport to 3-0 within the fourth set: on a backhand extension, the Spaniard’s racket bounced off the bottom, returning to his face. Half surprised, bleeding from the bridge of his nostril, Nadal lay down, eyes closed, to get therapy on the court docket. If he took a couple of minutes to get again into the sport, bandage on the nostril, the world quantity 3 lastly concluded the assembly in 2:38 of play.

Swiatek outclasses Stephens

primary Iga Swiatek found it the effectivity which enabled him to line up 37 victories and 6 titles in a row within the spring. The Polish left no hope for the American Sloane Stephens, 51st on the planet and winner in New York in 2017. She received 6-3, 6-2 in 1:14.

World No. 1 heads into Spherical 3 ️ pic.twitter.com/0Y7wWQjsPe

— US Tennis Open (@usopen) September 1, 2022

“I attempted to maintain the identical motivation as after I play on the opposite courts. However it’s a dream to be there, on the court docket and never within the stands from the place I watched Serena (Williams) play. and Karolina Pliskova after I was taking part in the match as a junior”, reacted Swiatek who performed for the primary time in his profession within the enormous area of the Arthur-Ashe court docket. The Pole, who has by no means made it previous the spherical of 16 on the US Open, will face within the subsequent spherical one other American, Lauren Davis (a hundred and fifth).

A strong Alcaraz dismisses Coria

World quantity 4 Carlos Alcaraz certified with out an excessive amount of problem in opposition to Federico Coria. After a hung begin, the Spaniard went 4-1 within the third set, earlier than enjoyable, giving the Argentine hope for one more final result.

A full efficiency by Carlos Alcaraz pic.twitter.com/zgd3ajaLi2

— US Tennis Open (@usopen) September 1, 2022

Extra Alcaraz rallied to seek out the third spherical and American Jenson Brooksby. In 2021, Alcaraz had reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam match in New York for the primary time. This yr, the 19-year-old Spaniard returns within the costume of one of many foremost contenders for the title. In the remainder of the boys’s draw, Marin Cilic and Jannik Sinner additionally superior to the third spherical.

Dropping comeback of the Williams sisters

Invitational holders Serena Williams and her older sister Venus had been eradicated within the first spherical of the ladies’s doubles match, crushed 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 by Czech pair Lucie Hradecka and Linda Nsokova . For his or her reunion in New York eight years later, the Williams sisters have not likely discovered their automatisms, which had made them such a formidable duo with 14 Grand Slam titles at stake between 1999 and 2016, together with two at Flushing Meadows. Serena Williams is nevertheless nonetheless concerned within the girls’s singles desk, and can attempt to earn a spot for the spherical of 16 in opposition to Australian Ajla Tomljanovic (forty sixth) on Friday.