US Open 2025
Dates: August 24 through September 7 in Flushing Meadows, New York
Spanish second-seeded Rory McIlroy’s celebration of his accomplishments in the US Open second round led to a golf swing swing celebration for second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz.
Alcaraz, 22, won 6-4 7-5 6-4 to defeat long-serving American opponent Reilly Opelka while sporting an eye-catching new haircut.
The sixth-best server on the ATP Tour dragged the five-time major champion into a tie-break once in each set, preventing the five-time major champion from falling for her in the process.
Alcaraz won at Flushing Meadows shortly after being introduced to McIlroy earlier on Monday.
“I met him for the first time,” he said. Alcaraz, a five-time major champion, described it as “such an honor.”
“I just won Monte Carlo on the final day of the Masters, and I was cheering on him on my phone.”
It was a truly amazing experience to meet him and engage in some conversation.
“His golf is simply amazing.”
Alcaraz has made 19 Grand Slam appearances and has not lost a first-round match despite facing the challenge of Opelka, who is ranked 67th in the world and is recovering from injury.
Wong becomes the most recent historian.
When Rafael Nadal’s phone rang out with a congratulations message, Coleman Wong was still “soaking in,” making history as the first Hong Kong male player to win a Grand Slam singles competition in the Open era.
Aleksandar Kovacevic, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-6, and the 21-year-old qualifier had just defeated him to make history.
Wong, who was five when he first began playing tennis, later transferred to Nadal’s Mallorca academy in Spain.
“I’m still soaking it up because it’s a significant moment for both my family and the Hong Kong residents who live here. It means a lot, Wong said.
However, Nadal will also be the only recipient of Wong’s congratulations.
Wong and Alexandra Eala, both of whom were history experts, met in Spain on Sunday to become the first Filipino player to win a Grand Slam singles competition during the Open era.
Because she was with me for a long time, Alex helped me greatly get used to the environment, said Wong.
“I had never been to Spain before, and I hardly ever travel to Europe.” It’s tough, then, from Hong Kong as a young child all the way to Spain.
Any time after 1968, when Grand Slams permitted professional players to compete alongside amateurs, is a reference to the Open era.
Fonseca recovers from illness to advance.
Miomir Kecmancovic, the highly regarded teenager from Brazil, defeated Joao Fonseca to face world number 21 Tomas Machac in the second-round.
Fonseca beat the Serb 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 in two hours and 26 minutes.
In the third set, the 19-year-old was forced to recover from illness, calling the trainer for a medical leave before hurling himself into a dumpster by the side of the court.
Fonseca remarked, “The third set made me feel a little more ill than the first round, which is always a little more tense,” adding: “I felt a little more ill today.”
“I had no idea what occurred,” she said. Just water, I threw up. I apologize for that, guys.
Elsewhere, world number 17 Frances Tiafoe beat Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 6-3.
In the following round, American Tiafoe will face compatriot Martin Damm, who has twice reached the semi-finals of his home Grand Slam twice in the previous three years.
Holger Rune, a Danish Open champion, was adamant against Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp to claim his first victory since 2022.
The 11th seed had a 4-0 lead in the third set, but Van de Zandschulp lost the next four games, giving him a run-in.
But Rune held his nerve in the tie-break to seal a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2) victory.
Russian Ninth seed Karen Khachanov defeated American Nishesh Basavareddy 6 (6) 7 (5) 6-1, while Russian 15th seed Andrey Rublev defeated Croatian Dino Prizmic 6 (6) 6-4 6-4 6-4.
In a three-hour, 42-minute epic, Italian 24th seed Flavio Cobolli defeated compatriot Francesco Passaro 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3.
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