US Open Tennis Day One: Raducanu in the first action, Plus Shelton and Sabalenka – Live | US Open Tennis 2025
Key events
Shibahara develops in the competition … But it is probably too late. She looked more comfortable during the advance towards the net and rose 40-15 … before the double bankruptcy. A beautiful serve in the middle gives the game to Shibahara. Raducanu leads 6-1, 5-2.
Raducanu goes widely with a forehand to start the game And Shibahara pumps her fist … but her frustration comes back when she goes for a long time to do 15 years. But Shibahara fights, and a stolen of reverse gives him a chance to break … Raducanu does not have time for a return. She wishes to set up 6-1, 5-1.
On Arthur Ashe, Ben Shelton is preparing to start against Ignasio Buse.
Shibahara finally has a certain joyGo 40-0 as she holds her nerve to the net, and a winner of a forehand brings a new respite. Raducanu leads 6-1, 4-1.
A Ace completes another dominant game of Raducanu, Extending his advance to 6-1, 4-0.
Unspecified errors continue from Shibahara and Raducanu to two breaking points. She is ready to attack the second service and dictate the game; The Shibahara and Raducanu nets are up 6-1, 3-0, the walk continuing.
Raducanu clearly has afternoon plans. She crosses her service, leading 6-1, 2-0.
Elsewhere, in male singles, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the 18th seeded, sails against Alexander Shevchenko. He took the first set 6-1 and served in the second, 2-0. Raducanu has two break points to start the second set But Shibahara resists, dragging the game into Deuce. Shibahara’s right blow in middle thermages in the net … but she continues to continue with a whipped setback. Deule again. Raducanu capitalizes on the mistakes of his opponent, pause. She leads 6-1, 1-0.
Raducanu manages to settle the point after Shibahara loses all the power with his forehand. The first rises to the net to break and finish. Raducanu wins the first set 6-1 in half an hour, no dramas.
The double shibahara flaw allows Raducanu to do it 15-all, And a forehand in the net gives Raducanu the following point. But Shibahara is finally on the board, a forehand on the whole line providing him with a certain relief. Raducanu leads 5-1.
Shibahara finds the net while trying to turn a slice of reverse And takes place long a few moments later, allowing Raducanu to set up 5-0.
Well, it was fast. Raducanu breaks once again with little or no discomfort, Shibahara is down 15-40. The Briton No. 1 seems to have too much power for his opponent right now. Raducanu leads 4-0.
Shibahara finally launches during the second Raducanu service And Wallops a deep forehand to do it 15-30. The first takes the game to Deucus after having found confidence with its forehand … Well, just as I type that, it sends a way out of the limits. Raducanu holds to go 3-0.
The first point of the Shibahara match is set up by a tidy drop shot. It is overtaken to reach 30-30, and again again – a chance for Raducanu to break. Shibahara finds the net with a forehand and Raducanu rises 2-0.
And we are finally operational, with Raducanu to serve. An ace is his first act of the tournament, and it is fast at 40-0, this service looking in good condition. She is up to the net while Shibahara is quickly controlled. Raducanu leads 1-0 in the first set.
Raducanu has already played in ShibaharaBounding 6-1, 6-4 in Nottingham last year. Shibahara is best known for her double work, after winning the mixed event at the France 2022 Open. She reached the second round of the simple here last year.
If you want to indulge in a certain nostalgia.
Fast: Stay in the overview of Tumaini Carayol. Swiatek and Sinner lead the pack.
Preamble
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to the last home of the season. We had the more flashy version of mixed doubles; Now at the solo show, the tournament enjoying its first start on Sunday.
Ben Shelton, Aryna Sabalenka and Taylor Fritz are among the big names ready to start in the coming hours, but our first goal will be on the 2021 champion Emma Raducanu. She has not won a match at Flushing Meadows since this triumph that changes her life, but has good vibrations in this year’s draw; The world n ° 36 pushed Sabalenka to a break in equality of third set in Cincinnati this month. She faces Ena Shibahara in Japan at the Louis Armstrong stadium at 4 p.m. BST / 11 a.m. local time.
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