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  • Checkmate: Khachanov On Chess, LeBron James & A US Open First

    Checkmate: Khachanov On Chess, LeBron James & A US Open First

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    When Karen Khachanov was a kid, he did more than train to become a professional tennis player. The Moscow-native swam, played basketball and participated in athletics.

    But from ages 10-11, he also attended chess class. Instead of blasting forehands and crushing backhands, Khachanov learned to outmanoeuvre opponents on a 64-square board, where no physical power or foot speed could help him.

    “[In chess] you need to think all the time. You have 100 different combinations and variations with each move. It always depends which figure your opponent will move. There always has to be some tactics and for sure it’s a mental game as well,” Khachanov said. “You need to stay sometimes three, four hours in a competition if we’re talking about professional chess to sweat it out and try to think about one move [for] maybe 30 minutes.

    “You break your head and that’s the really interesting part of the chess game.”

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    Some see Khachanov’s power from the baseline and miss the tactics he uses to position himself for his biggest shots. In a way, he believes all the thinking that goes into the sport makes it similar to chess.

    “I think there are some similarities because you always think about what type of shot you can do, tactics are one of the most important things in tennis as well,” Khachanov said. “[It is about] where you place a shot, how hard, how high, percentage of the serves, where you’re going to stay, where you’re going to return and all those things. Of course they matter. It’s not that simple I would say, but there are some similarities.”

    Khachanov does not constantly follow professional chess tournaments, but he is plenty familiar with the biggest stars in the chess world like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. He also watched The Queen’s Gambit, which he called “one of the nicest TV shows I remember on Netflix”.

    One of his coaches, Jose Manuel ‘Pepo’ Clavet, is also a chess fan. When they are together, they play two or three games per day.

    “I think [I play chess] the same way I am in tennis,” Khachanov said, cracking a laugh. “I try to be the same way.”

    Khachanov is also a basketball fan, who attends NBA games when he can, like he did earlier this year during the Miami Open presented by Itau. The 26-year-old was a big fan of the Miami Heat when he was younger, watching LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh lead the team to glory. He is a big fan of James, which has led him to follow the Los Angeles Lakers more closely, although he is still a Heat fan.

    “I think the way he is, the mentality that he has in the sport, what he [has] achieved already. He’s one of the best athletes. Let’s say [he is like] Cristiano in soccer, Messi in soccer, him, Jordan… like Rafa, Novak and Roger in tennis,” Khachanov said. “He’s one of the best basketball players. I think the way he stays motivated and is still looking forward to play at his best and is still scoring the way that he does, it’s tough to explain sometimes.”

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    On the court, Khachanov has been one of the most consistent players on the circuit in recent years. Since August 2018, he has been lodged in the Top 35 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings without falling from that group.

    “Sometimes you just look forward to being better. Sometimes you can be worse as well, so in a way I never look back and think I’m Top 20, Top 30, Top 35. I always look forward to achieving my goals and try to move forward,” Khachanov said. “I always think of how I can improve to rise up in the rankings, to be back in the Top 10. This is the ultimate goal I have. I’m working every day to try to find out what I need [to do], what I can do better.”

    Khachanov reached his career-high of World No. 8 in July 2019 after winning the Rolex Paris Masters, an ATP Masters 1000 event, the November before.

    But one of his most impressive performances came in a loss. At the 2018 US Open, Khachanov pushed Rafael Nadal to the limit in a four-hour, 23-minute loss over four sets.

    “I always am thinking about New York. It’s one of my favourite Slams, I would say, especially Arthur Ashe Stadium. The match against Rafa that I played in 2018, the emotions, the adrenaline, it is one of the good ones to remember,” Khachanov said. “That’s why coming back to New York I always want to do well.”

    It is performances like those that make Khachanov confident on court. The 27th seed still believes he can compete with anyone on his best day.

    “That’s a very important thing, first of all to believe in yourself, to believe in your abilities, what you can do when you play at your best, where you can be and which players you can beat, how far you can go. That’s obviously one of the mental parts, [the] self-belief that you can do well,” Khachanov said. “You can go out there and still lose a match and there is no shame in losing it. It’s the belief that you can go deep and win it all. That’s what it takes and that’s a really important part of my game and tennis in general.”

    To Khachanov, his game is like a puzzle made of components, with some related to his physical tools and others to the mental side of the sport.

    “All those parts are really important to put together,” Khachanov said. “[With them] I can achieve what I’m dreaming of.”

    The next step in achieving those dreams will be to defeat Montreal champion Pablo Carreno Busta on Sunday at Flushing Meadows.

      

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  • Soccer Match Results – 09/03/2022

    Soccer Match Results – 09/03/2022

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    Albania: Superliga
    Erzeni Shijak 0 – 0 Teuta Durrës
    Kukësi 1 – 2 Kastrioti Krujë

    Algeria: Ligue 1
    HB Chelghoum Laïd 0 – 0 ASO Chlef
    MC Alger 0 – 0 US Biskra
    El Bayadh 2 – 0 Saoura
    ES Sétif 1 – 0 RC Arbaâ

    Argentina: Federal A Tournament
    Crucero del Norte 2 – 1 Unión Sunchales
    Sportivo Peñarol 1 – 1 Juventud Unida Univ.
    Ciudad de Bolívar 1 – 0 Argentino Monte Maíz
    Ituzaingó 2 – 1 Comunicaciones
    San Miguel 3 – 1 JJ Urquiza
    Deportivo Armenio 0 – 0 Argentino Quilmes
    UAI Urquiza 0 – 3 Colegiales
    Defensores Unidos 2 – 0 Talleres Remedios
    Deportivo Madryn 1 – 1 Quilmes
    Gimnasia Mendoza 2 – 1 Chacarita Juniors
    San Martín San Juan 4 – 0 Deportivo Santamarina
    Racing Club 1 – 0 Argentinos Juniors
    Rosario Central 1 – 0 Talleres de Córdoba
    Lanús 1 – 2 Tigre
    Vélez Sarsfield 0 – 1 Newell’s Old Boys
    Aldosivi 1 – 2 Sarmiento

    Armenia: Premier League
    Noah 0 – 0 Ararat
    Pyunik 1 – 0 Lernayin Artsakh

    Australia: Capital Territory NPL
    West Canberra Wanderers 0 – 4 Gungahlin United
    Belconnen United 0 – 2 Cooma Tigers
    O’Connor Knights 1 – 0 Canberra Croatia
    Monaro Panthers 0 – 1 Canberra Olympic
    Lions 2 – 3 Brisbane Olympic
    Port Melbourne 1 – 2 Oakleigh Cannons
    Stirling Macedonia 0 – 2 Sorrento
    Floreat Athena 2 – 1 Perth RedStar

    Austria: Bundesliga
    Salzburg 2 – 0 WSG Tirol
    Austria Vienna 2 – 2 Austria Lustenau
    Sturm Graz 0 – 0 Hartberg
    Krems 3 – 0 Siegendorf
    Mauerwerk 2 – 2 Wiener Viktoria
    Stripfing 3 – 0 Traiskirchen / Tribusw.
    Admira Dornbirn 2 – 1 Röthis
    Göfis 3 – 4 Wolfurt
    Kitzbühel 0 – 1 Silz / Mötz

    Azerbaijan: Premyer Liqa
    Neftchi Baku 3 – 0 Sumqayit
    Shamakhi 0 – 1 Turan

    Belarus: 1. Division
    Ostrovets 1 – 2 Lokomotiv Gomel
    ML Rogachev 4 – 2 Baranovichi
    Osipovichy 1 – 2 Naftan
    Isloch 2 – 3 Energetyk-BGU
    Torpedo BelAZ 1 – 1 Slavia
    Vitebsk 2 – 2 Belshina

    Belgium: First Division A
    Standard Liège 1 – 0 KV Oostende
    Genk 0 – 0 Sint-Truiden
    Mechelen 2 – 3 RFC Seraing
    AS Eupen 0 – 1 Kortrijk
    Lierse K 4 – 1 Deinze
    Club Brugge II 1 – 2 Beerschot

    Bolivia: LFPB
    Independiente 1 – 1 The Strongest

    Bosnia Herzegovina: Premier Liga
    Sloboda Tuzla 4 – 2 Sloga Doboj

    Brazil: Serie A
    Juventude 1 – 1 Avaí
    Guarani 3 – 0 Sampaio Corrêa
    CRB 2 – 0 Sport Recife
    Brusque 1 – 0 Vasco da Gama
    Novorizontino 1 – 1 CSA
    Grêmio 2 – 1 Vila Nova
    Figueirense 2 – 1 Paysandu
    Pouso Alegre 1 – 0 Amazonas

    Bulgaria: First League
    Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1 – 0 Botev Plovdiv
    Spartak Varna 0 – 1 CSKA Sofia
    Dobrudzha 1919 1 – 2 Maritsa Plovdiv
    Krumovgrad 1 – 0 Dunav ot Ruse

    China: China League One
    Qingdao Youth Island 1 – 0 Heilongjiang Ice City
    BIT 0 – 3 Nantong Zhiyun
    Suzhou Dongwu 0 – 0 Nanjing City
    Guangxi Pingguo 1 – 2 Kunshan
    Guangzhou City 2 – 0 Tianjin JMT

    Colombia: Primera B
    Boca Juniors de Cali 1 – 0 Deportes Quindío
    Boyacá Chicó 1 – 0 Atlético
    Llaneros 2 – 0 Bogotá
    Tigres 2 – 2 Real Santander
    Valledupar 1 – 1 Real Cartagena

    Croatia: 1. HNL
    Osijek 1 – 1 Šibenik
    Varaždin 2 – 1 HNK Gorica
    Solin 1 – 1 Kustošija
    Rudeš 1 – 0 Dugopolje
    Vukovar 1 – 0 Cibalia
    Orijent 1919 0 – 0 Bijelo Brdo
    Dubrava Zagreb 0 – 1 Jarun

    Cyprus: 1. Division
    Doxa 0 – 1 Apollon
    Omonia Nicosia 3 – 2 AEK Larnaca

    Czech Republic: 3. liga
    Zbuzany 2 – 2 Dukla Praha II
    Viktoria Plzeň II 2 – 1 Loko Vltavín
    Bohemians 1905 II 4 – 2 Písek
    Přeštice 5 – 1 Jiskra Domažlice
    Slavia Karlovy Vary 2 – 3 Sokol Hostouň
    Benešov 1 – 1 Pardubice II
    Jablonec II 1 – 1 Sparta Kolín
    Přepeře 3 – 3 Zápy
    Frýdek-Místek 1 – 2 Slovácko II
    Blansko 0 – 3 Hlučín
    Frýdlant 3 – 3 Kvítkovice
    Baník Ostrava II 1 – 0 Zlín II
    Uherský Brod 1 – 0 Vrchovina
    Vítkovice 1 – 4 Slovan Rosice
    Sparta Prague 0 – 0 Zlín
    Teplice 3 – 2 Jablonec
    Slovan Liberec 0 – 1 Viktoria Plzen
    České Budějovice 0 – 2 Mladá Boleslav
    Příbram 1 – 0 Dukla Praha
    Vyškov 2 – 1 Karviná
    Chrudim 0 – 0 Líšeň

    Denmark: 1st Division
    Vejle 1 – 2 HB Køge
    Kolding 2 – 0 Esbjerg
    Roskilde 4 – 6 Aarhus Fremad
    Frem 1 – 1 Thisted
    Skive 2 – 1 Brabrand
    B 93 3 – 0 Jammerbugt

    Ecuador: Liga Pro
    Cuenca 2 – 1 Independiente Valle
    Emelec 1 – 0 Cumbayá

    England: Championship
    Blackburn Rovers 2 – 3 Bristol City
    Luton Town 1 – 2 Wigan Athletic
    Millwall 2 – 0 Cardiff City
    Norwich City 3 – 0 Coventry City
    Preston North End 0 – 1 Birmingham City
    Rotherham United 1 – 1 Watford
    Swansea City 1 – 0 Queens Park Rangers
    Aldershot Town 3 – 1 Barnet
    Bromley 2 – 1 Eastleigh
    Dagenham & Redbridge 0 – 5 Notts County
    Dorking Wanderers 0 – 5 Wrexham
    Gateshead 4 – 1 Maidstone United
    Maidenhead United 1 – 1 Halifax Town
    Oldham Athletic 0 – 2 Chesterfield
    Scunthorpe United 0 – 2 Boreham Wood
    Solihull Moors 5 – 1 Altrincham
    Southend United 1 – 2 Torquay United
    Yeovil Town 0 – 1 York City
    Morpeth Town 2 – 2 Warrington Town
    South Shields 3 – 2 Workington
    Ashton United 0 – 0 Ashington AFC
    Stalybridge Celtic 0 – 0 Lancaster City
    Warrington Rylands 0 – 4 Hyde United
    Bury AFC 2 – 1 North Shields
    Witton Albion 0 – 1 United of Manchester
    Clitheroe 1 – 1 Heaton Stannington
    Charnock Richard 2 – 2 Pontefract Collieries
    Goole 0 – 1 Prescot Cables
    Marske United 2 – 1 Runcorn Linnets
    Bamber Bridge 1 – 0 Whickham
    Whitby Town 5 – 0 Bishop Auckland
    Liversedge 2 – 1 Glossop North End
    Marine 2 – 1 Radcliffe
    Rushall Olympic 1 – 4 Redditch United
    Mickleover 2 – 3 Alvechurch
    Nuneaton Borough 3 – 1 Belper Town
    Barwell 1 – 1 Highgate United
    Shepshed Dynamo 1 – 1 Coalville Town
    Anstey Nomads 3 – 1 Whitchurch Alport
    Hednesford Town 1 – 3 Long Eaton United
    Atherstone Town 3 – 1 Kimberley Miners Welfare
    Gainsborough Trinity 3 – 1 Loughborough University
    Tamworth 6 – 0 Boldmere St. Michaels
    Basford United 5 – 0 Romulus
    Lichfield City 2 – 2 Stourport Swifts
    Bromsgrove Sporting 4 – 3 Stamford
    Matlock Town 0 – 2 Ilkeston Town
    Berkhamsted 2 – 1 Witham Town
    Hitchin Town 0 – 3 Heybridge Swifts
    Hertford Town 0 – 3 Royston Town
    Brightlingsea Regent 3 – 0 Mildenhall Town
    AFC Kempston Rovers 1 – 2 Bedford Town
    Bishop’s Stortford 0 – 2 St Neots Town
    Canvey Island 5 – 1 Enfield Town
    Needham Market 3 – 1 Leiston
    Dereham Town 0 – 1 Biggleswade Town
    Maldon & Tiptree 2 – 1 Haringey Borough
    Wingate & Finchley 1 – 0 Bowers & Pitsea
    Ipswich Wanderers 1 – 3 Hornchurch
    East Thurrock United 2 – 1 Biggleswade
    Carshalton Athletic 5 – 1 VCD Athletic
    Leatherhead 1 – 2 Chichester City
    Phoenix Sports 4 – 1 Rusthall
    Metropolitan Police 2 – 2 Corinthian
    Folkestone Invicta 3 – 1 North Greenford United
    Cray Valley PM 3 – 0 Hastings United
    Bracknell Town 4 – 1 Harrow Borough
    Walton & Hersham 2 – 2 Beaconsfield Town
    Corinthian-Casuals 1 – 2 Burgess Hill Town
    Herne Bay 2 – 1 Horsham
    Bognor Regis Town 2 – 2 Cray Wanderers
    Midhurst & Easebourne 0 – 6 Chatham Town
    Ashford United 2 – 1 Hanworth Villa
    Chesham United 5 – 2 Peacehaven & Telscombe
    Marlow 0 – 1 Uxbridge
    East Grinstead Town 2 – 2 Beckenham Town
    Basingstoke Town 2 – 4 Weston-super-Mare
    Didcot Town 1 – 1 Plymouth Parkway
    Poole Town 0 – 2 Salisbury
    Willand Rovers 1 – 1 Swindon Supermarine
    North Leigh 2 – 2 AFC Stoneham
    Frome Town 0 – 1 Tiverton Town
    Blackfield & Langley 0 – 0 Shepton Mallet
    Torpoint Athletic 1 – 2 Helston Athletic
    Bishop’s Cleeve 3 – 1 Westbury United
    Royal Wootton Bassett 2 – 4 Paulton Rovers
    Slimbridge 0 – 0 Sholing
    Hamworthy United 0 – 0 Gosport Borough
    Merthyr Town 5 – 2 Truro City
    Wimborne Town 0 – 0 Dorchester Town
    Shildon AFC 2 – 1 Penistone Church
    Nantwich Town 0 – 2 Congleton Town
    Stocksbridge Park Steels 2 – 1 Atherton Collieries
    Lye Town 1 – 2 Harborough Town
    Stone Old Alleynians 0 – 1 Chasetown
    Stafford Rangers 0 – 2 Newcastle Town
    Grantham Town 3 – 3 Rugby Town
    St Ives Town 4 – 0 Barking
    Dunstable Town 0 – 2 Shefford Town & Campton
    Potton United 1 – 5 Hendon
    Waltham Abbey 7 – 2 Buckhurst Hill
    Harlow Town 0 – 2 Kings Langley
    Bury Town 0 – 3 AFC Sudbury
    Ashford Town (Middlesex) 2 – 4 Westfield
    Sheppey United 2 – 2 Lewes
    Hythe Town 0 – 2 Hayes & Yeading United
    Eastbourne Town 0 – 2 Hanwell Town
    Fisher 1 – 1 Spelthorne Sports
    Cinderford Town 2 – 3 Laverstock & Ford
    Guiseley 2 – 1 Avro
    Dunston UTS 3 – 0 City of Liverpool
    Worksop Town 5 – 0 Worcester Raiders
    Cleethorpes Town 0 – 4 Stratford Town
    Romford 3 – 2 Hashtag United
    Edgware & Kingsbury 1 – 4 Grays Athletic
    Billericay Town 4 – 1 Leverstock Green
    Sevenoaks Town 2 – 1 Kingstonian
    Larkhall Athletic 0 – 2 Cirencester Town
    Roman Glass St George 0 – 4 Hartley Wintney
    Wincanton Town 2 – 9 AFC Totton
    Lowestoft Town 0 – 1 Sheringham
    Accrington Stanley 0 – 2 Ipswich Town
    Bolton Wanderers 3 – 1 Charlton Athletic
    Bristol Rovers 2 – 2 Morecambe
    Cambridge United 2 – 0 Lincoln City
    Derby County 2 – 3 Plymouth Argyle
    Exeter City 1 – 0 Milton Keynes Dons
    Fleetwood Town 1 – 1 Wycombe Wanderers
    Forest Green Rovers 0 – 2 Shrewsbury Town
    Oxford United 2 – 1 Burton Albion
    Port Vale 2 – 2 Cheltenham Town
    Portsmouth 2 – 1 Peterborough United
    Sheffield Wednesday 0 – 2 Barnsley
    Bradford City 2 – 1 Walsall
    Carlisle United 3 – 3 Rochdale
    Colchester United 1 – 1 Hartlepool United
    Crewe Alexandra 1 – 2 Stevenage
    Doncaster Rovers 1 – 3 Mansfield Town
    Gillingham 0 – 0 Swindon Town
    Leyton Orient 2 – 0 Tranmere Rovers
    Newport County 0 – 2 Grimsby Town
    Northampton Town 3 – 1 Barrow
    Salford City 2 – 2 Crawley Town
    Stockport County 1 – 0 AFC Wimbledon
    Sutton United 2 – 1 Harrogate Town
    Aston Villa 1 – 1 Manchester City
    Brentford 5 – 2 Leeds United
    Chelsea 2 – 1 West Ham United
    Everton 0 – 0 Liverpool
    Newcastle United 0 – 0 Crystal Palace
    Nottingham Forest 2 – 3 AFC Bournemouth
    Tottenham Hotspur 2 – 1 Fulham
    Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 0 Southampton

    Estonia: Meistriliiga
    Trans 0 – 0 Tammeka
    Nõmme Kalju 1 – 2 Paide

    Finland: Kakkonen
    Vaajakoski 1 – 1 OTP
    RoPS 1 – 0 Kraft
    JJK 1 – 0 OLS
    JIPPO 2 – 1 PKKU
    Honka Akatemia 3 – 1 Ilves II
    SalPa 2 – 1 GrIFK
    KuPS 0 – 0 Ilves
    SJK 2 – 0 VPS
    MP 2 – 0 JäPS
    Jaro 4 – 0 PIF
    EIF 0 – 3 KPV
    TPS 5 – 0 Gnistan
    PK-35 0 – 1 KTP
    PEPO 1 – 0 SJK Akatemia

    France: Ligue 1
    Auxerre 0 – 2 Olympique Marseille
    Nantes 0 – 3 PSG
    Olympique Lyonnais 5 – 0 Angers SCO
    Paris FC 1 – 3 Bordeaux

    Germany: 2. Bundesliga
    Greuther Fürth 2 – 2 St. Pauli
    Hamburg 1 – 0 Karlsruhe
    Paderborn 1 – 0 Magdeburg
    Jahn Regensburg 0 – 0 Holstein Kiel
    VfB Oldenburg 4 – 3 Osnabrück
    1860 München 4 – 1 MSV Duisburg
    Waldhof Mannheim 2 – 1 Bayreuth
    Hallescher FC 5 – 1 Verl
    Dynamo Dresden 3 – 0 Borussia Dortmund II
    Freiburg II 1 – 0 Ingolstadt
    Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 3 Freiburg
    Union Berlin 1 – 1 Bayern Munich
    Eintracht Frankfurt 4 – 0 RB Leipzig
    Wolfsburg 2 – 4 Koln
    Bochum 0 – 2 Werder Bremen
    Stuttgart 1 – 1 Schalke 04
    Schermbeck 2 – 3 Bövinghausen
    Stuttgarter Kickers 6 – 1 Oberachern
    Göppinger SV 3 – 0 Hollenbach
    Freiburger FC 0 – 4 CfR Pforzheim
    FC Holzhausen 4 – 0 Backnang
    SF Baumberg 1 – 3 Uerdingen
    Ramlingen / Ehlershausen 1 – 1 Pattensen
    Dassendorf 2 – 0 HEBC
    Buchholz 2 – 1 Harksheide
    Baunatal 1 – 3 FC Gießen
    Weidenhausen 1 – 2 Rot-Weiß Walldorf
    Fernwald 3 – 3 FC 1906 Erlensee
    Bayern Alzenau 3 – 0 TSV Steinbach II
    Dietkirchen 3 – 3 Unter-Flockenbach
    Arminia Ludwigshafen 0 – 2 Jägersburg
    Pfeddersheim 0 – 2 Koblenz
    Pirmasens 7 – 0 Diefflen
    Hertha Wiesbach 2 – 2 Dudenhofen
    Karbach 5 – 1 Alemannia Waldalgesheim
    FV Engers 07 1 – 1 Gonsenheim
    Elversberg II 3 – 0 Morlautern
    Pansdorf 1 – 1 GW Siebenbäumen
    Union Neumünster 5 – 1 Husumer SV
    Oldenburger SV 2 – 4 Heider SV
    Großbardorf 4 – 2 DJK Bamberg
    Cham 1 – 2 Würzburger FV
    Schwaben Augsburg 0 – 2 1860 München II
    Landsberg 1 – 1 Schalding-Heining
    Ismaning 1 – 2 1860 Rosenheim
    Gundelfingen 0 – 0 Deisenhofen
    Nördlingen 1 – 3 Türkspor Augsburg
    Kottern 1 – 0 Dachau
    Blumenthaler SV 0 – 2 Komet Arsten
    BTS Neustadt 1 – 3 Aumund-Vegesack
    Brinkumer SV 3 – 0 Werder Bremen III
    Woltmershausen 3 – 1 Schwachhausen
    TuSpo Surheide 1 – 4 OSC Bremerhaven
    Barockstadt Fulda-Lehn. 4 – 1 Bahlinger SC
    Rot-Weiß Koblenz 1 – 1 Stuttgart II
    Hoffenheim II 1 – 3 Ulm
    SGV Freiberg 2 – 2 Kickers Offenbach
    Preußen Münster 4 – 2 Köln II
    Fortuna Düsseldorf II 3 – 1 Lippstadt 08
    Düren Merzenich 0 – 2 Roding
    Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1 – 3 Schalke 04 II
    Wiedenbrück 2 – 1 1. FC Bocholt
    Rot Weiss Ahlen 1 – 2 Borussia M’gladbach II
    Vilzing 2 – 2 Pipinsried
    Ansbach 3 – 1 Rain / Lech
    Augsburg II 1 – 0 Bayern München II
    Eichstätt 2 – 4 Türkgücü München
    Wuppertaler SV 2 – 1 Straelen
    Weiche Flensburg 0 – 2 Werder Bremen II
    Teutonia Ottensen 4 – 1 BW Lohne
    Kickers Emden 3 – 0 Bremer SV
    Schwarz-Weiß Rehden 2 – 1 St. Pauli II
    Jeddeloh 1 – 0 Holstein Kiel II

    Greece: Super League
    Olympiakos 3 – 1 Ionikos
    Lamia 0 – 0 Asteras Tripolis
    Panathinaikos 1 – 0 Levadiakos

    Guatemala: Liga Nacional
    Municipal 1 – 1 Xelajú

    Hungary: NB I
    Debrecen 1 – 0 Fehervar
    Kecskeméti TE 3 – 1 Paksi FC
    Vasas 1 – 1 Puskas

    Indonesia: Liga 1
    Persis Solo 0 – 0 PSIS Semarang
    Persikabo 1973 3 – 2 Borneo
    Persija 2 – 1 Bhayangkara

    Ireland: Premier Division
    Sligo Rovers 2 – 0 Drogheda United

    Italy: Serie A
    Fiorentina 1 – 1 Juventus
    Lazio 1 – 2 Napoli
    Milan 3 – 2 Internazionale
    Ascoli 0 – 0 Cittadella
    Bari 2 – 2 SPAL
    Brescia 2 – 1 Perugia
    Frosinone 2 – 0 Como
    Genoa 3 – 3 Parma
    Reggina 3 – 0 Palermo
    Ternana 1 – 1 Cosenza
    Venezia 0 – 2 Benevento

    Japan: J1 League
    Kashima Antlers 2 – 2 Urawa Reds
    Tokyo 2 – 2 Yokohama F. Marinos
    Shonan Bellmare 2 – 1 Kawasaki Frontale
    Júbilo Iwata 2 – 2 Kashiwa Reysol
    Kyoto Sanga 2 – 0 Vissel Kobe
    Gamba Osaka 0 – 3 Sagan Tosu
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 – 0 Shimizu S-Pulse
    Avispa Fukuoka 2 – 3 Nagoya Grampus
    Vegalta Sendai 1 – 2 Mito Hollyhock
    Montedio Yamagata 4 – 1 Iwate Grulla Morioka
    JEF United 0 – 1 V-Varen Nagasaki
    Albirex Niigata 0 – 1 Oita Trinita
    Zweigen Kanazawa 2 – 1 Tokyo Verdy
    Renofa Yamaguchi 3 – 3 Yokohama
    Tokushima Vortis 2 – 0 Ventforet Kofu
    Ryūkyū 0 – 1 Blaublitz Akita

    Latvia: 1. Liga
    Salaspils 0 – 1 Skanste
    Smiltene 0 – 5 Riga FC II
    Dinamo Rīga 1 – 6 Rīgas FS II
    Spartaks Jūrmala 1 – 3 Tukums

    Lithuania: 1 Lyga
    Atmosfera 1 – 2 Panevėžys II
    Babrungas 4 – 1 Marijampolė City
    Minija 0 – 1 Garliava
    BFA 1 – 1 Be1 NFA
    Džiugas Telšiai 1 – 1 Zalgiris
    Riteriai 2 – 1 Jonava

    Malawi: Super League
    Dedza Dynamos 1 – 0 Rumphi United
    MAFCO 2 – 1 CIVO United
    Mighty Tigers 3 – 1 Ekwendeni Hammers

    Malaysia: Premier League
    UiTM 2 – 1 Perak
    Skuad Projek 1 – 0 PDRM
    Terengganu 5 – 0 Melaka United
    Selangor 1 – 1 Johor Darul Ta’zim

    Mexico: Liga MX
    Necaxa 3 – 2 León
    Juárez 2 – 2 Cruz Azul

    Moldova: Divizia Nationala
    Petrocub 4 – 0 Dinamo-Auto
    Dacia-Buiucani 0 – 2 Sheriff

    Montenegro: First League
    Iskra 2 – 1 Jezero
    Decic 2 – 4 Arsenal Tivat
    Rudar 0 – 0 Sutjeska

    Morocco: Botola Pro
    Maghreb Fès 0 – 0 Moghreb Tétouan
    Ittihad Tanger 0 – 1 JS Soualem

    Netherlands: Eredivisie
    Ajax 4 – 0 Cambuur
    Twente 2 – 1 PSV
    Sparta Rotterdam 4 – 0 Volendam
    Go Ahead Eagles 3 – 4 Feyenoord
    Sparta Rotterdam II 1 – 1 Volendam II
    Lisse 1 – 1 Excelsior Maassluis
    HHC 4 – 0 Quick Boys
    Rijnsburgse Boys 3 – 0 OFC
    Kozakken Boys 5 – 5 Spakenburg
    IJsselmeervogels 1 – 3 De Treffers
    Katwijk 1 – 0 Scheveningen
    Koninklijke HFC 0 – 1 Noordwijk

    North Macedonia: Second League
    Aresimi 0 – 1 Pelister
    Ohrid Lihnidos 0 – 0 Kozhuf Gevgelija
    Detonit Plachkovica 1 – 1 Vardar Skopje
    Borec Veles 2 – 4 Teteks
    Karaorman Struga 3 – 1 Belasica
    Kamenica Sasa 0 – 4 Voska Sport
    Besa Dobërdoll 1 – 1 KF Gostivari

    Northern Ireland: Championship 1
    Ballinamallard United 1 – 2 Dundela
    Ballyclare Comrades 3 – 2 Knockbreda
    H&W Welders 5 – 0 Institute
    Loughgall 1 – 0 Dergview
    Newington Youth 1 – 4 Annagh United
    Warrenpoint Town 2 – 1 Ards
    Ballymena United 0 – 4 Linfield
    Glenavon 2 – 2 Carrick Rangers
    Glentoran 3 – 0 Newry City
    Portadown 1 – 2 Cliftonville

    Norway: 1. Division
    Åsane 0 – 2 Brann
    Arendal 4 – 0 Moss
    Egersund 1 – 1 Vard
    Kvik Halden 2 – 0 Ullern
    Staal Jørpeland 2 – 2 Strømmen
    Asker 3 – 2 Levanger
    Eidsvold 1 – 3 Bærum
    Kjelsås 0 – 1 Alta
    Træff 1 – 2 Hødd
    Ullensaker / Kisa 8 – 1 Frigg
    Bodø / Glimt 1 – 4 Molde

    Paraguay: Division Profesional
    Sol de América 1 – 1 Sportivo Ameliano

    Peru: Primera División
    Deportivo Municipal 0 – 3 Sporting Cristal
    Cienciano 2 – 0 Carlos Mannucci

    Poland: Ekstraklasa
    Cracovia 3 – 0 Rakow Czestochowa
    Lechia Gdańsk 0 – 0 Warta Poznań
    Stal Mielec 2 – 0 Slask Wroclaw
    Nieciecza 2 – 2 Chojniczanka Chojnice
    Sandecja Nowy Sącz 0 – 1 Chrobry Głogów
    Resovia Rzeszów 1 – 2 SKRA Częstochowa

    Portugal: Primeira Liga
    Gil Vicente 0 – 2 Porto
    Sporting Braga 1 – 0 Vitoria Guimaraes

    Romania: Liga I
    UTA Arad 1 – 1 Chindia Târgovişte
    Voluntari 0 – 1 Rapid
    Oţelul 1 – 0 SSU Poli Timişoara
    Viitorul P. Târgu Jiu 1 – 0 1599 Şelimbăr
    Unirea Dej 2 – 1 Unirea Constanța
    Unirea Slobozia 0 – 1 Csikszereda
    Minaur Baia Mare 2 – 1 Slatina
    Ripensia Timişoara 2 – 1 Metaloglobus

    Russia: Premier League
    Krasnodar 2 – 1 Sochi
    Dinamo Moscow 2 – 1 Ural
    Orenburg 3 – 1 Khimki
    Nizhny Novgorod 3 – 1 Fakel

    Scotland: Championship
    Arbroath 0 – 2 Partick Thistle
    Cove Rangers 2 – 2 Hamilton Academical
    Dundee 3 – 0 Queen’s Park
    Greenock Morton 1 – 2 Ayr United
    Raith Rovers 0 – 2 Inverness CT
    Airdrieonians 0 – 6 FC Edinburgh
    Clyde 2 – 4 Alloa Athletic
    Kelty Hearts 2 – 0 Falkirk
    Peterhead 0 – 2 Montrose
    Queen of the South 0 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic
    Annan Athletic 2 – 1 Forfar Athletic
    East Fife 0 – 1 Dumbarton
    Elgin City 2 – 0 Bonnyrigg Rose
    Stenhousemuir 3 – 1 Stranraer
    Stirling Albion 1 – 1 Albion Rovers
    Celtic 4 – 0 Rangers
    Hibernian 1 – 0 Kilmarnock
    Livingston 1 – 0 Hearts
    Motherwell 0 – 0 Dundee United
    Ross County 1 – 1 Aberdeen
    St. Johnstone 3 – 0 St. Mirren

    Serbia: Super Liga
    Radnički Niš 1 – 1 Mladost Novi Sad
    Spartak Subotica 1 – 2 Napredak
    DAC 1904 1 – 0 Zemplín Michalovce
    Liptovský Mikuláš 0 – 0 Skalica
    Dukla Banská Bystrica 0 – 1 Slovan Bratislava
    Zlaté Moravce 1 – 0 Trenčín

    Slovenia: 1. SNL
    Maribor 2 – 2 Tabor Sežana
    Rudar 2 – 0 Brinje Grosuplje
    Beltinci 0 – 1 Krka
    Dekani 0 – 1 Primorje
    Dob 1 – 2 Bilje

    South Africa: PSL
    Golden Arrows 3 – 2 Chippa United
    Stellenbosch 1 – 2 Richards Bay
    Kaizer Chiefs 0 – 0 AmaZulu
    Sekhukhune United 1 – 2 Royal AM
    TS Galaxy 0 – 1 Cape Town City

    South Korea: K League Classic
    Pohang Steelers 4 – 1 Daegu
    Gimcheon Sangmu 2 – 2 Jeonbuk Motors
    Siheung Citizen 1 – 2 Cheonan City
    Gyeongju HNP 1 – 1 Yangju Citizen
    Pocheon 0 – 0 Changwon City

    Spain: La Liga
    Real Sociedad 1 – 1 Atletico Madrid
    Sevilla 0 – 3 Barcelona
    Real Madrid 2 – 1 Real Betis
    Mallorca 1 – 1 Girona
    Deportivo La Coruña 2 – 1 Linense
    Algeciras 2 – 1 Rayo Majadahonda
    Badajoz 1 – 1 San Fernando CD
    SS Reyes 2 – 0 Pontevedra
    Eldense 0 – 0 Numancia
    La Nucía 1 – 1 Gimnàstic Tarragona
    UD Logroñés 0 – 1 Athletic Club II
    Deportivo Alavés 1 – 1 Las Palmas
    Ponferradina 1 – 3 Sporting Gijon
    Villarreal II 3 – 0 Mirandes
    Tenerife 1 – 0 Racing Santander

    Sweden: Division 1
    Gefle 6 – 0 Sylvia
    Motala 2 – 1 Haninge
    Piteå Women 2 – 1 IF Karlstad
    Stockholm Inter 2 – 2 Forward
    Oddevold 1 – 0 IFK Malmö
    Lund 1 – 0 Ljungskile
    Oskarshamns AIK 0 – 1 GAIS
    Åtvidaberg 3 – 2 Qviding FIF
    Örgryte 0 – 1 Landskrona
    Östersunds FK 2 – 2 Västerås SK

    Switzerland: Challenge League
    Aarau 2 – 1 Wil
    Stade Lausanne-Ouchy 2 – 1 Neuchâtel Xamax
    Sion 2 – 1 Basel
    Zürich 1 – 2 Lugano

    Thailand: Thai Premier League
    Khonkaen United 1 – 0 Lampang
    Bangkok United 3 – 0 Nakhonratchasima
    Prachuap 2 – 1 Chiangrai United

    Turkey: 1. Lig
    Yeni Malatyaspor 0 – 4 Rizespor
    Bodrumspor 3 – 0 Eyüpspor
    Tuzlaspor 4 – 1 Erzurumspor FK
    Ankaraspor 3 – 1 Menemen
    Sarıyer 2 – 1 Kastamonuspor
    1461 Trabzon FK 0 – 0 Zonguldak Kömürspor
    Sivasspor 0 – 0 Fatih Karagümrük
    Istanbul Basaksehir 2 – 0 Alanyaspor
    Fenerbahce 2 – 0 Kayserispor
    Giresunspor 0 – 1 Konyaspor

    Ukraine: Persha Liga
    Epitsentr Dunayivtsi 1 – 2 Polissya
    Metalurh Zaporizhya 2 – 1 LNZ Cherkasy
    Obolon’ Kyiv 2 – 1 SK Poltava
    Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 3 – 2 Vorskla
    Dnipro-1 2 – 0 Veres Rivne
    Zorya 3 – 2 Dinamo Kiev

    United Arab Emirates: Arabian Gulf League
    Al Dhafra 1 – 1 Al Nasr
    Al Jazira 2 – 0 Dibba Al Fujairah
    Shabab Al Ahli 0 – 2 Sharjah

    USA: MLS
    Minnesota United 0 – 3 Dallas
    New Mexico United 1 – 2 El Paso Locomotive

    Venezuela: Primera División
    Monagas 0 – 1 Deportivo Lara

    Vietnam: V.League 1
    Thanh Hóa 2 – 0 Song Lam Nghe An
    Hoang Anh Gia Lai 1 – 1 Sai Gon

    Wales: Premier League
    Cardiff MU 1 – 0 Flint Town United
    Connah’s Quay 2 – 0 Penybont
    Haverfordwest County 2 – 3 Newtown
    Pontypridd United 0 – 2 The New Saints

    Zambia: Super League
    Maestro United Zambia 3 – 2 Chambishi
    Green Eagles 1 – 0 Power Dynamos
    Nchanga Rangers 0 – 0 Green Buffaloes
    Lumwana Radiants 1 – 0 NAPSA Stars
    Nkwazi 0 – 1 ZESCO United
    Forest Rangers 1 – 1 Buildcon

    Zimbabwe: Premier Soccer League
    Cranborne Bullets 3 – 1 Whawha
    Chicken Inn 1 – 2 Ngezi Platinum
    CAPS United 1 – 1 Herentals
    Platinum 2 – 0 Manica Diamonds

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  • Rublev Edges Shapovalov In Five-Set Thriller

    Rublev Edges Shapovalov In Five-Set Thriller

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    With the pressure on, Andrey Rublev stepped up and delivered Saturday, clawing past Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-6(10-7) in a US Open thriller.

    In a mammoth clash on Grandstand, the ninth seed battled through an epic 10-minute game on serve to clinch the fourth set. He then recovered from squandering three match points on serve at 5-4 in the decider, eventually advancing after four hours and 10 minutes to reach the fourth round in New York for the fourth time.

    The 24-year-old fired 38 winners and let out a roar after sealing his hard-earned win on his fifth match point. Rublev also survived in five sets in his first-round match against Laslo Djere and now holds a 2-1 record in deciding-set matches at the hard-court major.

    [ATP APP]

    The 24-year-old has improved to 3-2 in his ATP Head2Head series against the Canadian and will next play seventh-seeded Briton Cameron Norrie after the 26-year-old downed Holger Rune 7-5, 6-4, 6-1.

    If Rublev can overcome Norrie, he will equal his best performance in New York. The ninth seed enjoyed runs to the quarter-finals in 2017 and 2020, defeating Matteo Berrettini en route to the last eight two years ago.

    Rublev is up to sixth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin following his standout Match Tie-break victory. He has lifted tour-level trophies in Marseille, Dubai and Belgrade this season and is seeking his maiden Grand Slam crown this fortnight in New York.

      

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  • Norrie Dispatches Rune In New York

    Norrie Dispatches Rune In New York

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    Cameron Norrie maintained his perfect record at this year’s US Open on Saturday, overcoming #NextGenATP Dane Holger Rune 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the fourth round in New York for the first time.

    The seventh-seeded Briton defeated Benoit Paire and Joao Sousa in straight sets in his opening two matches and looked in control again against Rune. Norrie fired 22 winners, struck his groundstrokes consistently and soaked up the 19-year-old’s heavy-hitting to advance after two hours and 13 minutes.

    “Holger is not easy. He can go through patches where he is playing pretty passively and then he hits aggressively, so you have to be ready for anything,” Norrie said. “He has great hands and defends really well at times. I think I stayed a lot calmer than he did throughout the big moments in the match.

    “My goal today was to get to two hours and then start the match from then. When it hit two hours I broke to go 2-1 in the third and I pointed to Facu and said, ‘Now the match starts’…I feel great.”

    [ATP APP]

    The 26-year-old has improved to 3-0 in his ATP Head2Head series against Rune, having defeated the Munich champion in Cincinnati last month. Norrie, who is making his sixth appearance at the hard-court major, will next play ninth seed Andrey Rublev or 19th seed Denis Shapovalov.

    Norrie arrived in New York in good form after he advanced to the semi-finals in Cincinnati, where he lost to eventual champion Borna Coric. The four-time tour-level titlist is up to No. 11 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin as he looks to finish the season strongly and qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals in November.

    [NEWSLETTER FORM]

    In a tight first set, Norrie recovered from squandering two set points at 5-3 and a break advantage as he regained his focus to eventually clinch the opener after 49 minutes when Rune hit a forehand long. The seventh seed forced the Dane into errors in the second set with his watertight groundstrokes before he committed just one unforced error in the third set to race away to victory.

    Rune, who is fourth in the Pepperstone Live Race To Milan, was aiming to reach the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the second time after he enjoyed a dream run to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros in June.

      

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  • Medvedev To Put No. 1 On Line vs. Kyrgios

    Medvedev To Put No. 1 On Line vs. Kyrgios

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    Top seed and defending champion Daniil Medvedev has set a blockbuster fourth-round US Open showdown with red-hot Australian Nick Kyrgios after defeating China’s Wu Yibing in the early hours of Saturday morning at Flushing Meadows.

    Beginning the match close to 11pm after Serena William’s pulsating three-hour final match against Ajla Tomljanovic inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, Medvedev dismissed Wu 6-4 6-2 6-2 to reach the second week for the fourth consecutive year.
    After Medvedev won a 35-shot rally – the longest of the tournament – to avoid dropping serve in the final game of the second set, the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals champion raced to the finish line, closing out the match in one hour, 55 minutes.

    Medvedev will put his World No. 1 Pepperstone ATP Ranking on the line against Kyrgios, who defeated the 26-year-old last month at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Montreal, where he extended his ATP Head2Head lead over Medvedev to 3-1. The 2021 US Open champion currently finds himself behind Rafael Nadal in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings and will surrender his No. 1 crown after the tournament if he falls to Kyrgios.

    “We’ve played great matches. I think all have been quite tight on the scoreboard,” Medvedev said. “It’s 3-1 to him but I will try to do better this time and it will be a great match for people to watch.”

    [ATP APP]

    Attempting to become the first player to win back-to-back US Opens since Roger Federer won five straight between 2004-08, Medvedev has advanced to the fourth round without dropping a set in the first week. He is also seeking his third appearance in the final at Flushing Meadows, having pushed Nadal to five sets in the 2019 title match.

    Medvedev has spent a total of 16 weeks at World No. 1 since February.

    Wu is the first Chinese man in the history of the tournament (since 1881) to reach the third round. He has moved to a career-high No. 129 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings as he continues his battle with countryman Zhang Zhizhen (120) to become the first Chinese man to crack the Top 100.

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  • Murray: ‘I Think I’m Improving This Year’

    Murray: ‘I Think I’m Improving This Year’

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    Former US Open champion and World No. 1 Andy Murray remains determined to keep working his way back to the top of the men’s game, inspired by some positive signs in a gruelling four-set loss to Matteo Berrettini at Flushing Meadows Friday.

    “I want to push and see how far I can go,” Murray said after the 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(1), 6-3 loss.

    “I think I’m improving this year. You know, my ranking, I don’t even know what I was at the beginning of the year, but I’m now around 40-ish in the world and still going hard.

    “That will be motivational for me and interesting to see, because lots of people told me I wouldn’t be able to play again, and lots of people told me I’d be able to hit tennis balls but not compete professionally again. That was nonsense, and I want to see how close I can get back to the top of the game. That’s what the motivation is.”

    [ATP APP]

    In Friday’s three hour, 47 minute encounter with Berrettini, Murray felt the Italian’s serve was the difference maker. Berrettini fired 18 aces to Murray’s four and won 90/131 points off his heavy first delivery.

    “I served pretty poorly for a large part of the match, which hurt me a lot… I hung in really well in the third set and could see from the stats and stuff that were coming up that when I was getting into rallies I was getting comfortably the better of those exchanges when I got past the first few shots.

    “He served extremely well, got loads of free points on his serve. I didn’t. That was the difference.”

    The two-time Olympic gold medallist departs from New York as the World No. 43 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings. Since Wimbledon 2017, when Murray was competing as defending champion and World No. 1, the Brit’s hip procedures have impacted his movement.

    Despite playing with a metal hip, Murray is poised to continue competing on the ATP Tour. Having not been within the Top 40 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings since his extended injury break in 2017, he believes there is nothing stopping him from getting to the level he was at five years ago.

    “A lot of the things feel the same, but obviously I’m just not quite capable of the sort of movement and physicality that I was five, six years ago. I mean, that’s pretty obvious. I shouldn’t expect to be.

    “I think if you watch Rafa and Novak moving around the court now, who are similar age, I think they’re moving pretty similar to how they were five, six years ago, whereas for me there’s obviously been a bit of a drop-off there. That can affect you in terms of how you have to play the points. Maybe you just don’t track as many balls down as before. Maybe the reach isn’t just quite as much as it was. But in terms of the shots and everything, there is nothing that is stopping me from hitting the same shots as I did before.”

    Murray leaves New York boasting a 22-15 record in 2022, the most wins he’s claimed in a season since collecting 25 wins in 2017. The 35-year-old is next due to play Davis Cup in his hometown, Glasgow, beginning 14 September and will also compete for Team Europe at the Laver Cup 23-25 September.

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  • Focussed Kyrgios Fires Into Fourth Round

    Focussed Kyrgios Fires Into Fourth Round

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    Perhaps only Nick Kyrgios can be showman and business-like at the same time.

    The electrifying Aussie charged into the fourth round of the US Open Friday night with plenty of flair and exaggerated celebrations, but with far fewer of his bad-boy antics during a largely focussed 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 win over American J. J. Wolf.

    The Wimbledon finalist could next meet World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in a blockbuster match Sunday as he attempts to reach the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows for the first time.

    The 23rd seed fended off all seven break points he faced, including three at 0/40 in his opening service game of the third set, needing one hour, 54 minutes to sail to victory in front of raucous fans on Louis Armstrong Stadium.

    Both players entertained the crowd as they engaged in a tug-of-war contest from the baseline, including several passing shots that raised fans to their feet. Kyrgios struck 21 aces en route to victory, often painting the lines and hitting his targets at ease.

    Kyrgios, who improves to 34-9 this season and is 13-2 since his maiden Grand Slam final at the All England Club, has already moved up three places this week to No. 22 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings. Should he advance to the quarter-finals, the 27-year-old would return to the Top 20 for the first time since February 2020.

    The Canberra native is inching closer towards regaining his status as the Australian No. 1, a mark that Alex de Minaur currently holds as No. 19 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings.

    Wolf, who upset 16th seed Roberto Bautista Agut on day one, equalled his career-best Grand Slam result by reaching the third round this week in New York.

    Kyrgios conquered the third round at the season’s final Slam for the first time in five tries Friday night. He will next face the winner of Medvedev and Wu Yibing Sunday.

      

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  • Arevalo/Rojer Enjoy Crushing Win At US Open

    Arevalo/Rojer Enjoy Crushing Win At US Open

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    Third seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer strengthened their claim for a spot at the eight-team Nitto ATP Finals Friday, needing just 64 minutes to cruise to a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi in the second round of the US Open.

    Dutchman Rojer and El Salvador’s Arevalo have captured three titles this season, including triumphing at Roland Garros to capture their first Grand Slam as a pair. During an 11-match winning streak earlier this season, the pair also collected the title at the ATP 250 events in Dallas, Texas and Delray Beach, Florida.

    The duo is second in the Pepperstone ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings and will face Frenchmen Quentin Halys and Adrian Mannarino in the third round.

    [ATP APP]

    Defending champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury backed up their comfortable first-round victory with another dominant performance Friday, defeating Aslan Karatsev and Luke Saville 6-4, 6-3. 

    Top seeds Ram and Salisbury have collected two titles this season: Monte-Carlo and Cincinnati. Should they claim back-to-back titles at Flushing Meadows, the duo would claim its third major title (Australian Open ‘20, US Open ‘21). They will meet Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the third round.

    Poland’s Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinsk won 45/51 points off their first serve to upset 2016 US Open champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 7-6(2), 7-6(8).

    The Polish duo held its nerve to fend off three set points in the second set to claim a spot in the third round at Flushing Meadows.

    Ariel Behar and Gonzolo Escobar rallied from a set down in a marathon two hour, 26 minute upset over seventh seeds Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(10-5).

    Germany’s Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies, seeded 12th, were also ousted in Friday’s action, falling to Philipp Oswald and Robin Haase 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 6-3.

      

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  • Gasquet Looks To Channel His ‘Inner Vitas’ Against Nadal

    Gasquet Looks To Channel His ‘Inner Vitas’ Against Nadal

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    Rafael Nadal has dominated many opponents during his illustrious career, but no player moreso than Richard Gasquet.

    “Let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row!”

    Vitas Gerulaitis said that after snapping a 16-match losing streak against Jimmy Connors at the 1979 year-end Masters at Madison Square Garden. Gasquet will hope to say, “Nobody beats Richard Gasquet 18 times in a row” on Saturday when he faces Nadal in the third round of the US Open.

    Based on history, the Frenchman will have a lot to overcome against the 22-time major winner. Nadal has not just won their 17 ATP Head2Head clashes — he has done so convincingly.

    The Spaniard has not lost a set against Gasquet since 2008 in Canada, and has claimed 31 consecutive sets in their rivalry. Only two of those sets have gone to a tie-break, and 20 of the 31 have been decided by a margin of 6-3 or greater.

    [ATP APP]

    Gasquet is not a low-ranked player whom Nadal has just happened to face many times. The Frenchman has won 582 tour-level matches, good for fifth-most among active players. The only active players who have won more are the “Big Four” of Roger Federer, Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

    Gasquet has won 15 ATP Tour titles, reached a career-high No. 7 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings and earned 35 victories against Top 10 opponents. None of those have come against Nadal. 

    During Gerulaitis’ 16-match losing streak against Connors, he won seven sets. Gasquet has claimed four sets against Nadal, with the most recent coming when World No. 4 Carlos Alcaraz was five years old.

    Gasquet and Nadal, both 36, have been linked since before they were teens. There is a famous video of them playing at the age of 12 at Les Petits As, a premier junior tournament in which Gasquet defeated Nadal.

    “The comparison was not that long… when we were 13, 14, but when we got [to] 18, the comparison was not there anymore,” Gasquet once said. “That’s a bit of a problem that there was a comparison with Rafa Nadal, but there was.”

    Nadal’s Top 5 Perfect Records

     Opponent

     Record

     1) Richard Gasquet
     17-0

     2) Paul-Henri Mathieu
     10-0

     T3) Karen Khachanov
     8-0

     T3) Pablo Carreno Busta
     8-0

     T3) Jarkko Nieminen
     8-0

    Nadal has played 313 different opponents in tour-level matches. After Gasquet, the most wins Nadal has earned against a player without losing is Paul-Henri Mathieu, whom he defeated 10 times. After that, Nadal has beaten Karen Khachanov, Pablo Carreno Busta and Jarkko Nieminen eight times each without suffering a loss against any of them.

    Nadal has enjoyed lopsided rivalries against many more of his contemporaries, but those are men against whom he has tasted defeat. Examples include his 26-6 record against Spaniard David Ferrer, 20-4 mark against Czech Tomas Berdych and 19-3 record against Swiss Stan Wawrinka. All three of those men cracked the Top 5 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

    For now, Nadal will focus on extending his winning streak against Gasquet to 18, with a place in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows at stake.

    Did You Know?
    Novak Djokovic owns an 18-0 ATP Head2Head record against Gael Monfils and Roger Federer won all 17 of his matches against both David Ferrer and Mikhail Youzhny.

      

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  • Remembering Paulo Pereira, Longtime ATP Chair Umpire & Tournament Supervisor

    Remembering Paulo Pereira, Longtime ATP Chair Umpire & Tournament Supervisor

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    The tennis world is remembering longtime ATP chair umpire and tournament supervisor Paulo Pereira, who passed away earlier this month.

    After 32 years with the ATP, including 2,540 professional matches officiated and more than 360 tournaments supervised, the Brazilian stepped down from his position as supervisor in 2013 but remained involved in the sport.

    “I do not want to stop working with sports, mainly tennis, but I’m looking for new challenges, because to stop would be to leave behind a piece of myself with each passing year,” Pereira said at the time. “I want to stay active, looking for opportunities to help others with everything I have learned in all my years on the Tour.”

    Internationally known and highly regarded for his work on behalf of the sport of tennis, he was a popular figure in his travels and considered the strong relationships he developed the most meaningful aspect of his tenure.

    “Throughout my time with ATP, I’ve made many friends, among them my colleagues, tournament directors, players and coaches, and this means more to me than any other accomplishments that I have attained from the sport,” he added.

    A supervisor for 15 years from 1998-2013, Pereira’s next chapter saw him serve as the Sao Paolo ATP 250 tournament director in 2014. He also held other roles in the Rules & Competition department after leaving his full-time post, including a role as a designation coordinator.

    Pereira, who began a career in civil engineering prior to his work in tennis, said he was “permanently seduced” by the world of sport, which caused him to abandon that path in favour of a full-time commitment to tennis.

    He is survived by his wife Marisa.

    Pereira Remembered By ATP Friends & Colleagues

    Carlos Bernardes, Longtime ATP umpire

    Paulo was our mentor and a great friend. He was an inspiration to all of us. If we have many Brazilians, South American chair umpires, and line umpires working worldwide, we need to thank Paulo for that. I have many special memories of working with Paulo, but I will never forget how he was always there when any of us needed it. To congratulate or criticise, give some advice or even just listen. Paulo was always there. A great tennis official and an unforgettable friend. Rest in peace, my friend.”

    Carlos Sanches, ATP Supervisor
    “Paulo was not only a colleague for me but also one of my closest friends. He was also my mentor at the beginning of my career and I will never forget his very special sense of humour. He will be deeply missed.”

    Laura Wawrin, Senior Manager, Rules & Competition
    “Paulo touched my life in all the best ways. I am forever grateful to have had him as a true friend and mentor. I will miss him dearly.“ 

    Ricardo Reis, Longtime tennis official
    “Our trailblazer, our guide, our friend. An example of dedication, honesty and professionalism. We were very lucky to have him as our leader for so many years. On behalf of the South American officiating, we express our gratitude, our respect and admiration for his trajectory.”

      

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