" US Open " is about to start. Who can successfully reach the top of this year's last Grand Slam?
The second half of the women's singles event first ignited the war on Monday, and the first half of the event debuted on Tuesday.
Prize money and points: The total prize money is 60.102 million U.S. dollars, with 2.6 million points for the champion and 1.3 million points for the runner-up.
Current players have won here: Serena Williams (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-2014) , Venus Williams (2000, 2001), Svetlana Kuznetsova (2004), Angelique Kerber (2016), Sloane Stephens ( 2017), Naomi Osaka (2018, 2 020), Bianca Andreescu (2019), Emma Raducanu (2021)
Watching highlights
Williams sisters and Sofia Kenin, who missed their own event last year, both returned to the court. 2016 champion Angelique Kerber announced that she would miss the game due to pregnancy. Markota Vondrousova (elbow), Irina ·Svitolina (pregnant) has always been free of war.
This US Open is the last tournament where Serena Williams announced her retirement. She has won 23 singles Grand Slam gold cups. Regardless of the result of this tournament, she is the "GOAT" in tennis. "One of the greatest players.
The new Louis Armstrong Stadium was completed in 2018, can accommodate 14,000 people, and has a switchable roof, allowing the two major US Open stadiums to conduct events normally in rainy weather. In the past four years, many seeds have fallen here, and it has also won the title of "New Seed Cemetery" which is similar to the "Champions Cemetery" on the second court of Wimbledon .
For the past four years, Louis Armstrong Stadium successfully conquered Venus Williams , Simona Halep , Garbine Muguruza , Angelique Kerber, Petra Kvitova , Victoria Azarenka. Ashleigh Barty, Iga Swiatek, Sloan Stephens nine Grand Slam champions, as well as Karolina Pliskova, Ah Among the top ten players such as Lina Sabalenka, Petra Kvitova is even more deeply under the spell. She has been in Louis three times. The arrow fell from the Armstrong Stadium.
In the past seven years, six players have been blocked from the US Open, Flavia Pennetta, Sloane Stephens, Naomi Osaka, Bianca Andreescu, Emma... Raducanu won the first Grand Slam title of her career here. Last year, Emma Raducanu did not lose a set on her way to promotion, becoming the first person to win a Grand Slam title since the era of open tennis. The out-of-conference contestants not only rewrote records, but also shocked the world.
The much-anticipated new generation of players Corey Gauff and Amanda Anisimova, in addition to being hailed as "future queen candidates", can they successfully compete for the championship this time and laugh at their home court? Gold cup?
Women's Singles Draw Analysis
Section 1
Queen Iga Sviatek is in charge, leading Grand Slam champions Petra Kvitova and Yelena O Stapenko, Sofia Kenin, Garbine Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Jessica Pegula, and Amanda Anisimova are also in this area, There are also young players Zheng Qinwen and Clara Towson playing the seed killers. There are as many as 6 Grand Slam winners in this area, which is the area with the highest "Grand Slam gold content" in the lottery. In addition, there are 8 American landowner players, which also adds to the topic of discussion and visibility.
After Iga Sviatek won his second French Open championship, his subsequent performance stalled slightly. The female players seemed to have successively found a winning formula to break through Iga Sviatk. Iga· Not only did Sviatek end his 37-game winning streak at Wimbledon, but he also failed in the next three tournaments.
Iga Swiatek has the opportunity to copy the Cincinnati script in the second round and face off against 2017 champion Sloan Stephens again. The top 16 opponents are Amanda Anisimova, Yelena Ostapenko or Zheng Qinwen's winner, Iga Sviatek, lost to Yelena Ostapenko in the Dubai hard court at the beginning of the year.
Interestingly, Iga Sviatek’s best result in the US Open in the past was only the top 16, but her results have improved every year (2019 second round - 2020 third round - 2021 top 16), As long as she can perform at her best, she has a good chance of reaching the next level.
Amanda Anisimova has advanced to the top 16 in the first three Grand Slams, and her performance is quite stable. However, the road to promotion this time is not easy. In the first round, Yulia Putintseva, who went crazy, and senior Sofia Kenin, who returned from injury in the second round, are expected to face off against Yelena Ostapenko or Zheng Qinwen in the third round. They had lost in the previous Doha match. For Yelena Ostapenko, if Amanda Anisimova wants to complete the feat of advancing to the top 16 in all four Grand Slams of the year, it can be said to be quite difficult.
On the other side are Jessica Pegula, Petra Kvitova, Elise Mertens and Garbine Muguruza competing for a ticket to the quarterfinals. Gal, who has been in a downturn recently Beanie Muguruza should be laughing if she can pass the test of Clara Towson in the first round.
Petra Kvitova's competitiveness in the Grand Slams has dropped significantly in the past two years, mostly lingering in the first three rounds. Although she performed rejuvenatingly in the just-concluded Cincinnati game, as she is over 30 years old, she is prone to decline in physical fitness and has become an unforced error maker. It is worth noting that Petra Kvitova’s performance in the first three Grand Slam tournaments this year is getting better and better. From the first round of Australian Open , she has successively improved to the second round of French Open and the third round of Wimbledon. As long as they can avoid falling into self-destruction mode at this US Open, they are expected to return to the top 16 again.
Elise Mertens has advanced to the third round in the Grand Slam for 18 consecutive times. At this moment when the women's tennis is in the Warring States Period, this record can be said to be rare. As long as we play steadily, we should be able to continue this feat without any accidents. , however, she is likely to face Jessica Pegula in the third round, who has had better results and rankings in the past two years.
Jessica Pegula's results are quite stable. The two thousand-point competitions that just ended not long ago ended in losing to the final champion. She is currently the only tennis player ranked among the top ten in the world in both singles and doubles. This time, Jessica Pegula's luck can be said to be a good one. With the support of home court advantage, she will try to break through the curse of the third round of the US Open. The only thing that must be paid attention to is Sasnovi in the second round. Oddly, Sasnovich advanced to the final in the warm-up match in Cleveland before the US Open. What’s interesting is that Jessica Pegula also advanced to the quarterfinals in the first two Grand Slams this year, only to lose to the eventual champions of world tennis queens Ashleigh Barty and Iga Swiatek. Copying the French Open script and challenging ball queen Iga Sviatek again in the quarterfinals.
seed beware of losing
(9) Garbine Muguruza
won the year-end championship last year. However, this year she handed over a failing record of 9 wins and 14 losses. She was in the top two of the first three Grand Slams. The round is packed and out. Garbine Muguruza has only 10 wins and 9 losses in the US Open in her career. Unlike the other three Grand Slam tournaments where she has advanced to the finals, the US Open is also the Grand Slam event she is least good at. La Towson is very likely to become the first seeded player to receive a ticket.
(16) Yelena Ostapenko
returned to the US Open stage after three years. She has been absent from the past two sessions for some reasons and has only 7 wins and 5 losses in her career at the US Open. She faced a strong challenge from rookie Zheng Qinwen in the first round.
First round focus event
Yelena Ostapenko vs. Zheng Qinwen
Amanda Anisimova vs. Yulia Putintseva
Klara· Towson vs. Garbine Muguruza
Dark horse (unseeded player)
Zheng Qinwen
Sloan Stephens
Clara Towson
Prediction of the quarterfinals
Iga Swiatek vs Jessica Pegula
Region 2
Defending champion Emma Laduca Nuwa's new Wimbledon champion Jelena Rybakina leads the way, as well as Naomi Osaka, Victoria Azarenka, Alina Sabalenka, Paula Badosa, Carolina Pliskova, Belinda Bencic, Danielle Collins, Williams and Kaya Kanepi.
Emma Raducanu, Jelena Rybakina, Naomi Osaka, Alina Sabalenka, and Danielle Collins compete for a ticket to the quarterfinals, as well as veterans Alize Cornet, Dawei and Kaya Kanepi are waiting for the opportunity as seeds, presenting a chaotic situation of "everyone has a chance, but no one is sure".
Defending champion Emma Raducanu has an unsatisfactory overall record of 13 wins and 15 losses this year, and has even stopped in the second round of the Grand Slams. Last month it announced a partnership with coach Dmitry Tursunov, who has coached Aryna Sabalenka and Arnett Kontaveit and helped The two have advanced to the top ten in the world, and their performance seems to have been immediate after the cooperation. In Cincinnati, they defeated Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka with a strong performance in straight two, which is bound to help her greatly improve her self-confidence.
However, Emma Raducanu’s return to the U.S. Open was not favored by the goddess of luck. On her way to defend her title, she bumped into the strongest seed killer Alize Cornet in the first round. After Jelik Kerber, the defending champion was once again packaged in the first round of the US Open.
Aryna Sabalenka, who advanced to the semi-finals last year, not only ended her personal curse of the top 16 of the US Open, but also got rid of the stereotype of "a tour leader, a Grand Slam driver". Alina Sabalenka must pay special attention to the second-round seed killer Kaya Kanepi. The two sides met at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year. At that time, Alina Sabalenka lost in three sets. This time she will try to perform sweetly. revenge. Aryna Sabalenka is expected to face Jelena Rybakina in the third round, and will face Emma Raducanu or Naomi Osaka in the top 16. Will she be able to pass the test?
Jelena Rybakina once fell into the new Grand Slam syndrome after Wimbledon was blocked. She was kicked out of the first stop of the US Open hard court and was defeated by Dalia Casa in the first round. Jin Na was eliminated, and then continued to adjust herself in the two thousand-point contests, advancing to the second round and the quarterfinals. It is worth observing whether her performance at the US Open this time was caused by the pressure of the new champion.
What’s interesting is that Jelena Rybakina’s past performance in the US Open has shown improvement (2019 first round - 2020 second round - 2021 third round). This time she strives to continue to break through herself. Just look at the first round What was the result of the three-round rape of Alina Sabalenka.
On the other side, Victoria Azarenka, Paula Badosa, Karolina Pliskova, and Belinda Bencic are competing for the quarterfinals. Although Victoria Azarenka has He has advanced to the US Open finals three times, but his current situation is far from satisfactory. Paola Badosa, who is ranked fourth seed, has also not performed satisfactorily recently. In the second round, US Open nemesis Gracheva waited for her. Paola Badosa was upset by Gracheva in the US Open in the past two years. Out.
Belinda Bencic and Karolina Pliskova both advanced to the quarterfinals last year. However, this year the two sides will face off as soon as possible in the third round. The only time they met in the past was by Belinda Bencic. Qi took away the victory in three sets. Belinda Bencic must pay attention to second-round opponent Sorana Costia, who just lost in Cincinnati not long ago. The US Open has always been Belinda Bencic's best Grand Slam tournament, let's see if she can achieve great results again this time.
Karolina Pliskova has had an up-and-down year since returning from injury, Toronto defeated Barbora Krejcikova, Amanda Anisimova and Maria Sa Kari advanced to the semi-finals of the long-awaited 1,000-point contest, but then Cincinnati fell early.
seed beware of falling out
(4) Paula Badosa
Paula Badosa was born in New York Growing up, Manhattan can be said to be her second home. However, her career results here were not ideal. She lost to Gracheva in the first round the year before last. Last year, she finally managed to win the domestic competition at the US Open, but she was immediately defeated in the second round. After the nemesis Gracheva was defeated by a sniper, it is very possible to copy the script and fight Gracheva again in the second round this year! The only thing that makes Paula Badosa thankful is that Gracheva had to pass the test of Petra Martic in the first round. Gracheva has 0 wins and 4 against Petra Martic in her career. Defeated, it is still unknown whether he can survive until the second round to challenge Paula Badosa.
(11) Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu was a challenger last year and has now become a target of all players. If she wants to defend the 2000 points she won last year, she can say It is as difficult as climbing to heaven.
(19) Danielle Collins
html advanced to the finals of the Australian Open in early 2000 and wrote the masterpiece of her career. Later, she was troubled by injuries. Recently, she has fallen into a losing streak. She has no record of playing since the end of the clay court tournament in July, a month and a half apart. Appearing again, the status adjustment is a mystery. In the first round, she faced two-time tournament champion Naomi Osaka. She has 0 wins and 3 losses in her career, which is likely to be a disaster.First round focus event
Aliz Cornet vs Emma Raducanu
Danielle Collins vs Naomi Osaka
Venus Williams vs Van Uytfank
The 42-year-old Venus Williams returned to the court this summer after a year, but suffered three consecutive losses and had to chase the victory last time. Back to Wimbledon last year. When sister Serena Williams announces her retirement, fans must also be mentally prepared to "see one game, one less game". First-round opponent Van Uytvank was troubled by injuries and had no match record since he retired at the end of July. Venus Williams must seize the great opportunity to win!
Dark horse (unseeded player)
Alize Cornet
French player Alize Cornet has made 63 consecutive appearances in the Grand Slam tournament, surpassing the legendary Japanese player htm The record set by l1 Ai Sugiyama , Alize Cornet even played a seed killer in the Grand Slam this year, defeated Garbine Muguruza and Simona Halep at the Australian Open, and entered the Grand Slam for the first time Through the quarterfinals, the French Open defeated Yelena Ostapenko, and the Wimbledon finalist Iga Swiatek's winning streak is not a fuel-saving lamp, it is definitely a seed killer that scares all seeds.
Naomi Osaka
has been banned here twice. As long as she can overcome her inner demons, she will definitely have the capital to be upset.
Predicted quarterfinals
Belinda Bencic vs. Alina Sabalenka
Zone 3
Gathering Simona Halep, Maria Sakkari, Madison Keys, Cory · Gauff, Caroline Garcia , Beatrice Haddad Maya and other players, as well as 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu.
Simona Halep and Caroline Garcia have just won the 1,000-point championship in Toronto and Cincinnati. They aim to continue their excellent individual winning touch and also perform at the US Open. Simona Halep should not face too many tests in the first two rounds. In the third round, her opponent will be Il Teichmann or Zhang Shuai. Simona Halep defeated them in Toronto and won the final championship. However, Zhang Shuai also defeated Simona Halep at the Australian Open in the past.
Madison Keys needs to pass the two heavy guns of Yastremska and Camila Giorgi in the first two rounds, and aims to face off against Corey Gauff in the third round for ten The top six challenge Simona Halep’s qualifications. Madison Keys' performance on hard courts has been up and down this year. She defeated many good players at the Australian Open and Cincinnati to advance to the semi-finals, but she was also upset in the first round in Toronto by Muhammad, a doubles player ranked far outside the top 100. Simona Halep has a perfect 4-0 record against Cory Gauff in her career, and has a temporary advantage against Madison Keys with 5-2 losses. As long as she can perform steadily with confidence, she has a good chance. Returned to the quarterfinals of the US Open again after six years.
Caroline Garcia has been in a slump for the past three years, and finally emerged from the cocoon this summer. She is the only player in women's tennis to have won championships on different types of surfaces (Bad Homburg - grass in June, Poland - clay in July, Cincinnati (August - Hard Court), is definitely the hottest player in the past three months.
Caroline Garcia should keep an eye out for third-round picks Beatrice Haddad Maya and Bianca Andreescu, who is also the Most Improved Award this year One of the candidates, after sweeping two grass-court championships, Toronto also defeated ball queen Iga Sviatek and advanced to the first 1,000-point hard-court final of his career. Caroline Garcia and Bianca Andreescu met in the final of Bad Homburg, when Caroline Garcia came back to win in three sets. The last 16 could be against Maria Sakkari, whom Caroline Garcia also defeated on her way to the title in Cincinnati.
Although Caroline Garcia has been in the first three rounds of the US Open in the past, and has only won one Grand Slam quarterfinal ticket in her career, as long as she can play steadily this time, it should not be too difficult to break through the third round of the US Open. A big problem, but also to try to win the final championship!
seeds beware of failure
(29) Alison Liske
This landowner player has seven first-round tours in the US Open in her career. In the second round, there are new generation players Ang Lee or Osorio eyeing it. Alison Liske Scott lost to Ang Lee at the US Open the year before last.
(30) The world ranking difference between Il Teichmann
and his first-round opponent Zhang Shuai is only 5 places. They have suffered defeats in past encounters. His opponent Zhang Shuai has always been good at staging upsets in Grand Slams.
The focus of the first round
Maria Sakkari vs. Tatyana Maria
The two Marias are in love with each other. From the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, Wimbledon in July, to now the US Open, they have to face each other head-on. , both sides had 1 win and 1 loss in previous matches. Who will win this time?
Il Teichmann vs. Zhang Shuai
Bianca Andreescu vs. Chen Xialini
Dark horse (unseeded player)
Bianca Andreescu
2019 champion Bianca Andres Ku's career record at the US Open is an astonishing 10 wins and 1 loss.
Daria Saville
was troubled by injuries last year. This year’s world ranking has climbed from 421st at the beginning of the year. Relying on her strength on hard courts, she has climbed up step by step. Now she has returned to the top 100, and she just won the championship at Granby. Make it to the finals.
Prediction of the quarterfinals
Simone Haller vs Caroline Garcia
Zone 4
Arnett Kontaveit, Wences Jabbour, Serena Williams, Leila Fernandez, Dalia Casa Players such as Jinna and Barbora Krejcikova are all in this area.
Wensi Jabbour tries to continue her good results at Wimbledon, but must be careful about the seeds in the same region Shelby Rogers , the landowner Shelby Rogers upset the then queen Ashleigh Barty in the third round last year, the year before last He has also advanced to the quarterfinals of the US Open, and his strength should not be underestimated. However, Wins Jabr leads Shelby Rogers with 2 wins and 0 losses in his career.The next opponent in the top 16 may be Kudermetova or Daria Kasatkina. Kudermetova has not yet won her first US Open victory, and Daria Kasatkina has just advanced to the finals at Granby. , Wins Jabr has a 4-2 advantage against Daria Kasatkina, and has even won four consecutive victories in recent games.
On the other side are Arnett Kontaveit, Leila Fernandez and Barbora Krejcikova vying for a spot in the quarterfinals, as well as unseeded Serena Williams and Tomjanovic. Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the quarterfinals at both the US Open last year and the Australian Open this year, but was later troubled by injuries. After losing the French Open title defense, the US Open hard courts fell into a dilemma of winning less and losing more. The first two rounds of this year are expected to show off. Players who have advanced from the playoffs may be a little too ambitious if they want to replicate the performance of the top eight. Their first priority should be to seize the opportunity to win.
As long as Serena can pass the test of Danka Kovinic in the first round, she is expected to hit Arnett Kontaveit in the second round. Big seeds such as Arnett Kontaveit, Leila Fernandez, Barbora Krejcikova are in a slump, and when Serena is not in the best condition, can Tomjanovic continue to be the Wimbledon seed killer? With such momentum, he reaped the benefits and once again won the ticket to the top eight of the Grand Slam?
seed beware of losing
(2) Arnett Kontaveit
The new world No. 2 Arnett Kontaveit had a hot performance in the second half of last year and the beginning of this year, but then it seemed that he was running out of gas, except for and Coach Dmitry Tursunov parted ways, and then he was diagnosed with COVID-19, which undoubtedly made matters worse. Although Arnett Kontaveit advanced to the finals in the Hamburg clay court event after Wimbledon, he once again failed to advance to the US Open hard court. This year's Grand Slam results are even less ideal, lingering in the first two rounds (Australian Open Second round, French Open first round, Wimbledon second round). This time the draw is not good, with Serena Williams in the second round and Tomjanovic, who had previously lost the French Open, eyeing her in the third round. Arnett Kontaveit may continue this year's Grand Slam slump.
(14) Laila Fernandez
played the role of seed killer last year, defeating the four major seeds Naomi Osaka, Angelik Kerber, Irina Svitolina and Alina Sabalenka on the way to promotion. In the finals, he wrote his career masterpiece. However, he has been troubled by injuries this year. He is still looking for a touch after his comeback and has not yet adjusted to his personal best. Leila Fernandez's second-round opponent Samsonova won the championship in Washington this summer and just advanced to the finals in Cleveland. If Leila Fernandez wants to replicate last year's good results, she may have to do it herself.
(27) Martina Trevisan
Martina Trevisan played a surprising dark horse role in the French Open and advanced to the semi-finals. It also helped her to gain a lot of points and be ranked as a seed in the Grand Slam. However, this year's hard court There are fewer wins and more losses on the court. In the second round, the seed killer Tomjanovich is sitting in. I am afraid that he will not be able to stop in the second round of the US Open for two consecutive years.
The focus of the first round
Serena Williams vs. Danka Kovinic
Serena Williams’s retirement farewell was against Danka Kovinic in the first round. Danka Kovinic was defeated at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year. Emma Raducanu, advanced to the third round. This game is scheduled to be played as a night match at Arthur Ashe Stadium, so don’t miss this exciting matchup!
Dark horse (unseeded player)
Tomjanovich
Serena Williams
Predicted quarterfinals
Wences Jabour vs. Tomjanovich
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