Naomi Osaka, one of the four major tennis tournaments, opened on the 30th and is aiming to win the tournament for the second time in a row. In the first round, Naomi Osaka defeated the 87th-ranked Czech player in the world with a set count of 2-0.
Osaka, who is ranked 3rd in the world ranking of women's tennis singles, aims to win the tournament for the second consecutive time and the third time at the US Open, which started on the 30th.
In the first round held on the first day of the tournament, Osaka played against Czech player Marie Boscova in 87th place in the world, and in the first set, when he took the initiative with a powerful stroke, he pushed out sticky Boscova and 6-4. I took it.
Osaka, who caught the flow, took the second set 6-1 and advanced to the second round with a straight win with a set count of 2-0.
Other Japanese players, Taro Daniel and Yuichi Sugita, participated in the first round of the men's singles, but both lost in a straight 0-3.
Mandatory Vaccination for Audiences First attempt in American professional sports
The US Open, which kicked off on the 30th in New York, was held for the first time in two years with spectators and was visited by a large number of fans from day one.
Visitors said, "I was looking forward to it every year, but I couldn't come with the new Corona last year, and I've been waiting for a long time. I'm really happy." There was a long line of hundreds of meters at the entrance of the venue.
This year's tournament is also drawing a lot of attention because it requires spectators to be vaccinated.
The United States Tennis Association, which hosts the tournament, initially planned to allow spectators to enter without any restrictions, but as the highly infectious mutant virus "Delta strain" spreads in New York, hurry up three days before the opening. It has changed its policy and announced that it will require spectators to be vaccinated.
Specifically, spectators over the age of 12 must prove that they have completed at least one vaccination and will not be required to wear a mask at the venue instead.
It was the first attempt in American professional sports to require spectators to vaccinate, and spectators entered after showing the staff a card or app screen to prove vaccination at the entrance.
According to the organizers, athletes are not required to be vaccinated, but athletes will be tested once every four days and if they test positive, they will be quarantined for 10 days and will decline the tournament. Is to become.
In the United States, the New York-based Nets for the NBA-American Professional Basketball, which opens in October, and the Las Vegas-based Raiders for the NFL-American Professional Football League, which opens next month, have announced that they will require spectators to be vaccinated. And similar movements are accelerating.