Sugar it is! Sugarpova had an incredible return to competitive tennis, and grand slam tennis with her US open first round game. The win came against the backdrop of controversies (including Sharapova's wild card entry and her regular long bathroom break before the third set), nonetheless it was a stunner of a game. Halep's elusive grand slam search continues, and it does feel that luck isn't on her side.
Most of the other games played out as expected with a few surprises - Sock is out of contention losing in 5 sets in a topsy turvy encounter. Johanna Konta bowed out in the first round after her magical Wimbledon run. In the opposite side of the spectrum, Muller kept up his incredible form and beat Tomic in 4 sets. Mischa Zverev had a tough encounter to make it through in 5 sets and Venus too had a battle on her hands before safely going through to the second round.
The time difference between Nairobi and Flushing Meadows always makes it such a challenge to catch the action at the US open, and I am always playing catch up with all that is happening. However, there is still plenty of tennis that I do get to watch and guess who is on my what to watch list today? Yep, Ostapenko starts off her US open with a match on court 17. Nadal & Federer both have their first games today, but here is the potential cracker of a match: Naomi Osaka vs Angelique Kerber. There are a couple of interesting match ups today including the Belluci vs Brown game.
Well, then will play time get here already!
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