The 2023 US open got here to an in depth as Coco Gauff earned her first main title and Novak Djokovic made historical past together with his twenty fourth Grand Slam trophy. Their victories present an ideal combination of youth and expertise within the present state of tennis.
Djokovic, 36, grew to become the oldest man to win the US Open within the skilled period. In the meantime, the 19-year-old Gauff is now the youngest American — man or lady — to win the title since Serena Williams did so in 1999 at 17 years outdated. Coincidentally, each Djokovic and Gauff gained the Cincinnati Masters 1000 final month.
This weekend, the US Open winners every earned a $3 million paycheck because the event celebrated its fiftieth anniversary of equal prize cash.
Djokovic collected a 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 victory against Daniil Medvedev on Sunday. A 3-set victory is a bit deceptive, as a result of Medvedev — the present world No. 3 — fought onerous and gave Djokovic a second set that lasted one hour and 45 minutes. However, the Serbian veteran prevailed and gained his fourth title at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Djokovic’s twenty fourth title means he’s now tied with Margaret Courtroom for probably the most main singles titles ever. He arrived to this competitors because the world No. 2 however will enhance to No. 1 within the subsequent rankings, extending his file complete of 389 weeks on the high.
Within the girls’s competitors, Gauff defeated upcoming world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday. Gauff is the primary lady to win the Cincinnati Masters 1000 and US Open in the identical 12 months since Williams in 2014.
Previous to Sunday, Sabalenka had solely misplaced one set on this event. She gained the primary set in opposition to Gauff, however the American rising star pulled off the comeback after shaking off some nerves. Gauff landed in New York because the No. 6 participant on this planet however shall be climbing to a career-best No. 3 when the subsequent rankings get launched.
Notable absences on this 12 months’s event included 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios resulting from damage.
Right here is all you’ll want to know concerning the 2023 US Open:
Males’s ultimate
- No. 2 Novak Djokovic def. No. 3 Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Girls’s ultimate
- No. 6 Coco Gauff def. No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Males’s singles seeds
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Novak Djokovic
- Daniil Medvedev
- Holger Rune
- Casper Ruud
- Jannik Sinner
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Andrey Rublev
- Taylor Fritz
- Frances Tiafoe
- Karen Khachanov
- Alexander Zverev
- Alex de Minaur
- Tommy Paul
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Cameron Norrie
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Adrian Mannarino
- Nicolas Jarry
- Tallon Griekspoor
- Alexander Bublik
- Dan Evans
- Borna Coric
- Christopher Eubanks
- Ugo Humbert
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Sebastian Korda
- Laslo Djere
Girls’s singles seeds
- Iga Swiatek
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Jessica Pegula
- Elena Rybakina
- Ons Jabeur
- Coco Gauff
- Caroline Garcia
- Maria Sakkari
- Marketa Vondrousova
- Karolina Muchova
- Petra Kvitova
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Daria Kasatkina
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Belinda Bencic
- Veronika Kudermetova
- Madison Keys
- Victoria Azarenka
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Jeļena Ostapenko
- Donna Vekic
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Zheng Qinwen
- Magda Linette
- Karolina Pliskova
- Elina Svitolina
- Anastasia Potapova
- Anhelina Kalinina
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Sorana Cirstea
- Marie Bouzkova
- Elise Mertens
