The victories of Medvedev and Khachanov, the sensation from Makarova and the defeat of Murray: the results of the third day of the US Open

The success of Russians

Two representatives of Russia continue the performance in the men's grid of the tournament. The first trip to the third round was won by Daniel Medvedev, who defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets. And to this duel the Greek approached in the status of the favorite - unlike the Muscovite, the native of Athens performed at the US Open in the status of seeded.

Medvedev and Tsitsipas unites an unpleasant story. In March 2018 at the ATP tournament in Miami after the end of the fight between them there was a serious conflict. The Greek insulted his counterpart, throwing the phrase "Poganyi Russian" in his direction. Daniel tried to approach the opponent and demand to answer for his words, but the incident was interrupted by the referee.

Since that moment, tennis players have not met, and the opportunity to resolve the conflict on the court appeared only on the US Open. As in the first meeting, success was accompanied by Medvedev, who in less than three hours figured out the 15th seeded tournament. The Russian was better in almost all aspects, and the percentage of points won from the first filing was an incredible 85%.

At the end of the match, Medvedev spoke about his impressions of the tournament, and also clarified the situation around his conflict with Tsitsipas.

"I'm glad that I won. I did not feel the heat, but I saw that my opponent was having a hard time because of the weather. But I already played better. As for our incident with Qiqipas in Miami, he did not apologize then, although I think he was wrong. I know that everything happens on the court, and I used to behave incorrectly. But he blocked me in Instagram. Now there are no problems, he congratulated me after the match. In general, our parents are friends, "- said Medvedev on the air Eurosport.

Making his way to the third round, Medvedev repeated his best result in his career in the Grand Slam tournaments. Previously, he had already reached this stage at Wimbledon. In addition, at the moment the Russian has an impressive series of wins from eight meetings, given his performance at the competitions in Winston-Salem. But it will not be easy to extend it - Daniel's next rival will be the 20th seed of the US Open Crown Croatian Borna Chorich.

A little later the company was made by Medvedev and his compatriot Karen Khachanov. In rivals for the second round, the Russian got a little-known Italian Lorenzo Soneho, who takes only 113th place in the ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals. As expected, he could not create any special problems. Moskvich spent on the court a little over two hours and won a confident victory in three sets, not allowing his opponent to make a single break.

• Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov
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However, in the third round Khachanov is faced with the toughest test in the face of the current winner of the US Open Raphael Nadal. The Spaniard also did not experience any problems in the duel with Czech Vashik Pospishil and took another step towards securing the title. Unfortunately, the statistics of personal meetings also speak against the Russian. Athletes crossed four times on the court, and each time with a shield he left the native of Manacor.

Sensation

Shagun in the third round and Ekaterina Makarova. True, unlike her compatriots, she was faced with a severe test in the face of the German woman Julia Görges. In the first round of the ninth seeded competition has already dealt with another representative of Russia, Anna Kalinskaya, and hoped to continue the series.

In the first game, a fierce struggle ensued, and the winner was determined in 1 hour and 2 minutes. Tennis players showed incredible resilience, never giving up their pitch, and the outcome of the game was decided on a tie-break. Athletes fought to the last, but luck was on the side of the Russian woman, who won the shortened set with a score of 12:10.

This failure has broken Görges, and in the second game of such a struggle has already failed. Makarova acted superficially on her serve: for the entire match, she allowed the opponent to earn only two break-point, while making eight aces. This was the key to success, thanks to which Catherine the second consecutive year goes into the third round of the US Open.

• Russian tennis player Ekaterina Makarova
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It is noteworthy that Makarov can be called a real thunder of sowing sportswomen in the Grand Slam tournaments. After she fell out of this cohort, she defeated the four favorite competitions. Last year's "Roland Garros", she dealt with Angelica Kerber, who at that time was the first racket of the world, and the US Open and Wimbledon was stronger than Carolina Wozniacki.

In the category of sensations, you can safely write down the defeat of the 12th seeded tournament Garbinje Mugurusi. Two-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments unexpectedly for all was defeated by the 202nd rating number, the Czechs Caroline Mukhova. The Spanish confidently started the fight and took the first set, but was not ready for the pressure of the opponent.

Over the next two sets, Mukhova outperformed Mugurus on actively won points, and also made six aces. An important aspect was the extremely uncertain game of Spaniards on the second pitch - only 18% of successful draws.

Thus, the Spaniard for the second time in a row could not overcome the barrier of the 1/32 finals in the Grand Slam tournament. At Wimbledon, she also stumbled at this stage, suddenly giving way to Belgian Alison van Eytvank.

Defeat of Murray

Men's grid competitions also lost the famous tennis player. Andy Murray was able to finally return to the Grand Slam tournament, but could not stay on it. Already in the second round, the Briton folded the racket, in four sets losing to the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.

The duel under the scorching New York sun lasted about three and a half hours. Athletes even had to take a 10-minute break, during which Murray saw violations by the Spanish athlete.

"I went to the shower, and he took a bath with ice. When I returned, he talked to the coach and one of the Spanish doubles players - I do not know if he is speaking to him. And according to the rules, you can not communicate with your mentor. I told the supervisor: "What are you doing?" In the rules everything is clearly written, but you admit it. I do not understand". He immediately ran to tell them that it's forbidden, "Murray said at the post-match press conference.

😄👈 @ FerVerdasco played tennis to defeat Murray for just the second time in 15 career matches, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 ...

Next up: Delpo in R3! # USOpenpic.twitter.com / P2mYuScFEx

At the same time, Verdasco denied this information and said that he communicated with his friend and tennis player Marcos Baghdatis, as well as the coach of the Cypriot.

Perhaps this is what prevented the British from succeeding in the game with Verdasco. Murray was defeated in four sets and for the first time in ten years could not get into the third round of the Grand Slam tournament. The last time this happened to him in 2008 at the Australian Open, where he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsong in the starting round.

Continues his speech at the tournament and Stanislas Wawrinka. The sportsman who got into the main competition grid thanks to the wild card in the first round dealt with the eighth seeded Grigor Demitrov, and then made his way to the third round. The Swiss needed four sets to break the resistance of the 20-year-old Frenchman Hugo Umber.

In the third round, he will face a serious test in the person of Milos Raonich. The 25th seeding number in three sets defeated Gilles Simon and is ready to repeat his best result at the US Open. The last time the Canadian reached the fourth round in 2014.

Character

The title of the most uncompromising battle of the third day of the tournament is a duel between Denis Shapovalov and Andreas Seppy. The unyielding Italian for almost four hours refused to pass in front of a younger and more talented opponent, but ultimately lost.

The athletes acted extremely carelessly at their pitch, organizing 37 break-points for two, 27 of them were realized. Shapovalov also managed not only to make aces on an industrial scale (18), but also to combine it with a huge number of double errors (12). Peak fell on the third game, in the course of which he five times failed to get the second ball.

Comeback Complete! @Denis_shapo rallies to defeat Seppi 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-4 in an epic R2 clash ... # USOpenpic.twitter.com/aFatzLYFjk

In general, Shapovalov looked much more active and led the game, but he was prevented by negligence and frequent mistakes. So, on 55 actively won draws he had 76 unforced errors. For comparison, at Seppy everything is much more modest - 31 to 52.

Only in the final fifth set the Canadian was able to stabilize its supply and reduce the number of errors. In the end, he won - 6: 4, 4: 6, 5: 7, 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 4.

Dominic Tim and Steve Johnson also needed more than three and a half hours to find out the relationship. Like Shapovalov, the Austrian was on the edge of the abyss, yielding to the parties with a score of 1: 2, but at the decisive moment came to his senses and tipped the scales in his favor. In the two final sets, Tim crushed his opponent, and in the fifth and at all allowed him to take just one game.

It is noteworthy that Shapovalov and Tim can meet already at the stage of the 1/8 finals of the US Open. However, for this, the Canadians need to beat the fifth seeded tournament - South African Kevin Anderson, and the Austrian - American Taylor Fritz.

Favorites

In general, for seeded tennis players, the third day at the US Open was formed quite favorably. So, Elina Svitolina, Elise Mertens and Karolina Plishkova easily overcome the barrier of the second round, having decided the outcome of their duels in two sets. Barbora Strytsova and did give only one game in a duel with Lara Arruabarren-Vesino.

It was not easy to have the current winner of the US Open. Sloan Stevens experienced serious problems in the match with Angelina Kalinina, which currently occupies only 134 th line of the WTA rating. The American was often wrong on her pitch and only in the first set allowed her opponent to earn eight breakpoints. As a result, the Ukrainian sold two of them and paved the way for another sensation.

The defending #USOpen champion, @SloaneStephens, wins a big point on her way to victory over Anhelina Kalinina in today's AI. # IBMsportspic.twitter.com / sNWTHegPez

However, then Stevens broke the course of the meeting, and in the third set gave the opponent only two games. In the third round of it awaits a heavy opponent in the person of Victoria Azarenka. Unlike an American woman, a sportswoman from Belarus easily coped with Australian Daria Gavrilova.

Defined and rival Makarova in the third round of the competition. She became Anastasia Sevastova, who in 1 hour 4 minutes figured out with the hostess of the courts Clare Lew. The American could not impose a serious fight, taking only four games. At the same time, for Ekaterina, the Latvian is quite a comfortable rival. Their personal history of confrontations totals three meetings, in each of which success was celebrated by the Muscovite.

Numeral

Have overcome the second circle and sisters Williams. But if Serena did not experience any problems in a duel with Karina Wittheft, then Venus had to try to cope with Camille Georgie. The Italian resisted for almost two hours, but lost in two games.

Thus, in the third round of the US Open, fans are waiting for Serena and Venus. This match will be the 30th in the history of their confrontations, which dates back to 1998. For the first time celebrated athletes met in the second round of the Australian Open, where the older sister was stronger. As a result, she reached the quarterfinals, where she lost to compatriot Lindsay Davenport.

Serena in motion: @serenawilliams takes the first set, 6-2 over Witthöft ... # USOpenpic.twitter.com/wBuRmHOPNV

Subsequently, Serena was able to reverse the course of their personal confrontation. At the moment, she has 17 wins against 12 from her sister. Also she leads by the number of victories in the finals (9: 3) and in the matches of the US Open (3: 2).

In this case, Serena herself said that she was not happy to meet on the court with her sister.

"I will not say that it's great. Quite exactly for me it will be a tough match. And we will play again at an early stage of the tournament, but what can you do about it. I never get sick against Venus, in any case. So this is the most difficult for me: I need to beat a man to whom I always wish victory. But she has the same situation, she also always supports me, "- quotes Williams official website WTA.

At the same time, she added that in such matches they force each other to come to a new level.

"I know that against it you need to show the best game. And she, too. In the end, we hold the whole tournament like this, it sets the tone. It seems to me that in the course of the competitions we took each other to the peak, Venus and Serena Williams did each other, "added the youngest of the sisters.

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Serious resonance caused an episode with Alize Cornet. During the match of the first round, the Frenchwoman returned to the court after a 10-minute break, but found that she had put on a T-shirt backwards. The tennis player right on the court corrected her oversight, for which she received a warning from the judge.

"We regret that Ms. Corne's actions were regarded as a violation of the rules of conduct on the court. We have clarified the situation to ensure that the tennis player will not be subject to penalties. Fortunately, during the match itself, she was given only a warning. Girls can change in a more private place, which is located next to the courts. This will not be equated to using a 10-minute break, "the official statement of the US Open organizers reads.