07/09/2026
US Open 🇺🇸 🏆
Flushing Meadows
New York
All eyes this week have been on Flushing Meadows, New York, for the opening week of the US Open, the final Grand Slam Tournament of the year.
We certainly have not been disappointed.
It’s been a very entertaining week
We have seen epic five set matches, incredible comeback wins, upset results, long time careers coming to an end, and a well-deserved Tennis Hall of Fame inductee.
14 Australians featured in the singles main draws, with Thanasis Kokkinakis withdrawing late, unable to recover from a rolled ankle from Cincinnati.
Aussie’s in action 🇦🇺
We saw some great results from the Aussie’s in the opening round.
In the Women’s draw, three of our six made it through to the second round.
Kim Birrell came back from a set down to defeat W #73 Petra Marcinko 3-6 7-6 6-3.
Maya Joint also came from a set down to beat W #45 Liudmila Samsonova 3-6 6-2 6-2.
Taylor Preston beat American W #89 Alicia Parks 6-3 6-3.
Thalia Gibson played a great match before going down in three sets to W #36 Donna Vekic 6-2 4-6 6-3.
Daria Kasatkina went down to former Top 10 player Paula Badosa 6-1 6-4.
While Storm Hunter could not match it with W #11 Marta Kostyuk, going down 6-4 6-1.
In the Men's singles opening round,
Alexi Popyrin overcame former W #3 Grigor Dimitrov 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
James Duckworth played an incredible match to overcome #30 seed Italian Matteo Arnaldi 5-7 6-3 6-2 7-6.
Tristan Schoolkate continued his winning streak from the Qualifying rounds, defeating American Basavareddy 7-6 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Dane Sweeny made the most of his Wildcard entry, moving through, while leading Corentin Moutet 7-6 6-4 3-0 before the Frenchman was forced to retire.
#6 seed Alex de Minaur with a comfortable win over Guerrieri 6-2 6-2 6-4.
Alex Vukic lost in an epic five set battle to R Sakamoto 6-4 6-7 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Adam Walton lost to Yibing Wu 7-6 6-2 7-5.
Rinky Hijikata put up a great fight before going down to #3 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5 4-6 6-3 7-5.
Unfortunately for the Aussies, the second round was not so kind.
In the Women’s singles,
Kim Birrell put up a great fight before going down in three sets to #18 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 2-6 6-3.
Maya Joint pushing the #9 seed Elina Svitolina all the way, before going down to the Ukrainian 6-2 6-7 6-4.
Taylor Preston losing to American Taylor Townsend 6-1 6-1.
In the Men’s singles,
Alexi Popyrin took the opening set, before losing to Chillian #25 Alejandro Tabilo 2-6 7-6 7-6 6-2.
James Duckworth struggled to maintain his form, going down to China’s Yibing Wu 7-6 6-3 6-1.
Tristan Schoolkate battled hard before going down to #5 seed, Roland Garros finalist, Italian Flavio Coboli 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5.
#6 seed Alex de Minaur was overwhelmed by big hitting Botic van de Zandschulp from the Netherlands in straight sets 6-4 7-5 6-2.
Dane Sweeny was the only Aussie success in the R2 singles, with an incredible win over #13 seed Italian Lorenzo Musetti, coming back from a set down to win 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-2, making his way into a Grand Slam third round for the first time in his career.
Unfortunately, the Sydney sider lost to #21 seed Luciano Darderi in their R3 clash 6-4 6-3 6-3.
In the Men’s draw, defending Champion Carlos Alcaraz seems to have recovered from wrist surgery, making his way into the second week.
Roland Garros Champion German Alex Zverev, playing as the #1 seed at a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, managed to battle through two tough five set matches before continuing his run.
Novak Djokovic, searching for an incredible 25th Major title struggled in his opening round match, exited the tournament after a tough five set battle with Argentinian Mariano Navone.
Americans Ben Shelton, Francis Tiafoe, Alex Michelson and Tommy Paul have progressed to week 2 on home soil.
While 21 y/o big-hitting Belgian Alex Blockx and Karen Khachanov are slicing through the draw.
The Women’s draw is once again extremely open.
The top 6 seeds have made their way into the second week, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Jes Pegula, Coco Gauff, Roland Garros Champion Mirra Andreeva and Linda Noskova.
Former World #1 Poland’s Iga Swiatek, Olympic Singles Gold medallist, China’s Qinwen Zheng and two time US Open Champion Naomi Osaka are also showing great form.
In the Women’s Doubles Aussie Maya joint once again put an end to Serena Williams Campaign. Pairing up with Hau-Ching Chan, they came back from 5-0 down in the third set Tiebreaker to defeat Serena and sister Venus in the opening round.
Aussie’s Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez join Maya in the Women’s Doubles.
We were sad to see two legends of the game, Swiss Stan Wawrinka and Frenchman Gael Monfils depart in their final US Open matches in the opening round.
While in a beautiful ceremony, Roger Federer was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame.
The second week of the US Open kicks off today.
