In the women’s singles quarterfinals, Civiontech vs Pegula face off
Rafael Nadal (3rd place, Spain) was eliminated in the men’s singles round of 16 at the US Open tennis tournament (total prize of $60 million, regarding 80.8 billion won).
Nadal defeated Frances Thiapo (26th, USA) 1-3 (4-6 6-4 4-6) in the men’s singles fourth round on the 8th day of the tournament held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA on the 6th (Korean time). 3-6) lost.
Nadal, who won the Australian Open and French Open this year, withdrew from Wimbledon due to an abs injury ahead of the semifinals.
This is the first time they have lost in an actual match at the four major tournaments this season, with the exception of the Wimbledon semifinal loss.
Last year’s winner Daniil Medvedev (1st place, Russia) lost to Nick Kyrios (25th place, Australia) the day before and failed to advance to the quarterfinals.
Marine Chilić (17th, Croatia), the only remaining major championship winner, defeated Carlos Alkaras (4th, Spain) 2-3 (4-6 6) in the night game that ended at 2:24 a.m. local time. -3 4-6 6-4 3-6).
Chilić was the winner of the 2014 U.S. Open.
Nadal took a break with a 3-2 game score in the 4th set.
In Tiapo’s sub game, he took a double break point by leading 15-40, but following that, he conceded three points in a row and gave the advantage to Tiapo.
Tiapo, who gained momentum, broke Nadal’s subsequent sub game and rather turned around 4-3. After that, he won two more games and ended the game with a score of 6-3, which took 3 hours and 33 minutes.
The defeat puts Nadal off his chance to increase the number of major singles wins to 23 until 2023.
As for the men’s singles championships in the majors, Nadal took the top spot with 22 times, followed by Novak Djokovic (Serbia) with 21 and Roger Federer (Switzerland) with 20.
Djokovic and Federer missed the U.S. Open this year.
As Nadal was eliminated in the round of 16, Alkaras and Casper Rood (7th, Norway) also have a greater chance of becoming the world’s No.
If Alkara and Ruud advance to the finals of this tournament, they will become the new world No. 1 following the US Open.
If neither of them make it to the finals, Nadal will be number one in the world.
The last major event this year, the US Open men’s singles quarterfinals, was Kirios-Karen Khachanov (31st, Russia), Ruud-Mateo Beretini (14th, Italy), and Alkaras-Jannik Sinner (13th, Italy). ), Tiapo and Andrei Rublev (11th, Russia).
Whoever wins will become the first major champion of his life.
In the women’s singles event, world No. 1 Iga Siviontech (Poland) defeated Yule Niemeyer (108th, Germany) 2-1 (2-6 6-4 6-0) and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Civil Tech’s quarterfinal opponent is Jessica Pegula (8th place, USA).
Pegula is a well-known athlete whose mother Kim Pegula was born in Korea and adopted to the United States.
Pegula’s parents, Terry-Kim Fegula, are American entrepreneurs in natural gas, real estate, sports and entertainment businesses.
He is ranked 349th in the world’s wealth ranking by Forbes, an American economic magazine, and is the owner of the NFL Buffalo Bills and the North American Ice Hockey League (NHL) Buffalo Sabers.
Pegula defeated Petra Kvitova (21st, Czech Republic) 2-0 (6-3 6-2) in the round of 16 that day.
Civil Tech and Pegula’s opponent record is 2 wins and 1 loss, so Civil Tech has the lead.
Civiontech won both matches this year.
The winner of the match between Arina Savalenka (6th place, Belarus) and Karolina Pliskova (22nd place, Czech Republic) meets the winner of the Sibiontec-Pegula match in the semifinals.
On the other hand, the quarterfinals will be played between Ons Javert (5th place, Tunisia), Ayla Tomrianovic (46th place, Australia), and Koko Goff (12th place, USA) and Caroline Garcia (17th place, France).
The only player who has ever won a major in women’s singles is Civiontech, who won the French Open in 2020 and this year.
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