
Purcell with Matthew Ebden in doubles at the 2022 US Open.
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FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Less than 24 hours after a disappointing loss in singles on the Grandstand, Leylah Fernandez returned to … the Grandstand.
She and partner Daria Saville took on the No. 2 seeds, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula. Which is no mean feat. And beat them.
And doubles took centre stage on Ashe with the Williams sisters, and on Louis Armstrong with Kyrgios and Kokkinakis.
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US Open
Location: Flushing Meadows, NY
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 29- Sept. 11, 2022
Draws: WD64 – MD64 – XD32
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022
Final results
Men’s doubles, first round
Matthew Ebden / Max Purcell (AUS) def [14] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Andre Molteni (ARG) 76 (7) 67 (8) 61
[6] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) def [WC] Brandon Holt / Govind Ninda (USA) 63 64
[7] Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Austin Krajicek (USA) def. Tommy Paul / Jack Sock (USA) [ALT] Daniel Altmeier (GER) / Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 75 62
[8] Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios (AUS) def Hugo Gaston (FRA) / Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 46 63 64
[10] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA) def. [WC] Hunter Reese / Max Schnur (USA) 63 63
Diego Hidalgo (ECU) / Fabien Reboul (FRA) def Rafael Matos (BRA) / David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 36 76 (4) 76 [10-7]
[WC] Nicholas Godsick / Ethan Quinn (USA) def. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) / Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) 76 (1) 64
Feliciano Lopez / Jaume Munar (ESP) def. Benjamin Bonzi / Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 62 64
[WC] Christopher Eubanks / Ben Shelton (USA) def Pedro Cachin / Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 36 76 (8) 62
Robert Galloway / Alex Lawson (USA) def Aljaz Bedene (SLO) / Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 63 63
Andre Goransson (SWE) / Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def Ben McLachlan (JPN) / Franko Skugor (CRO) 67 (6) 63 76 [10-7]
Hugo Nys (MON) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def. Fabrice Martin (FRA) / Jonny O’Mara (GBR) 76 (6) 61
Nuño Borges / Francisco Cabral (POR) def. Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 64 62
[WC] Nicholas Monroe / Keegan Smith (USA) def Marton Fucsovics (HUN) / Alex Molcan (SVK) 76 (6) 63
Women’s doubles, first round
Lucie Hradecka / Linda Noskova (CZE) def [WC] Serena Williams / Venus Williams (USA) 76 (5) 64
Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Daria Saville (AUS) def [2] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) 36 75 76 [10-5]
[1] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) / Donna Vekic (CRO) 61 62
[3] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def. Monica Niculescu / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 63 16 63
[4] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def. Panna Udvardy (HUN) / Tamara Zidansek (SLO) 63 67 (5) 76 [10-6]
[7] Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) def Han Xinyun (CHN) / Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 36 61 62
[11] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)64 64
[12] Caroline Dolehide (USA) / Storm Sanders (AUS) def Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) / Camila Osorio (COL) 60 60
[14] Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) def. Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yana Sizikova (RUS) 63 16 63
[15] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) def. [WC] Robin Montgomery (USA) / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 64 63
[WC] Hailey Baptiste / Whitney Osuigwe (USA) def Sofia Kenin (USA) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 63 26 64
Ana Bogdan (ROU) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) def. [WC] Elizabeth Mandlik / Katrina Scott (USA) 67 (6) 63 63
Dalma Galfi (HUN) / Bernarda Pera (USA) def Maryna Zanevska / Kimberley Zimmerman (BEL) 61 36 63
Miyu Kato (JPN) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) def Latisha Shan (TPE) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) 61 63Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) / Elena Rybakina (KAZ) [ALT] Catherine Harrison / Ingrid Neel (USA) def Harriet Dart (GBR) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 64 64
Mixed doubles, first round
Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Max Purcell (AUS) def [6] Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) 75 75
Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Kevin Krawietz (GER) def Alizé Cornet / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [ALT] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Andreas Mies (GER) 76 (2) 76 (4)
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def [3] Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) 64 64
[7] Ellen Perez (AUS) / Michael Venus (NZL) def. Laura Siegemund (GER) / Jamie Murray (GBR) 62 76 (5)
Madison Keys / Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) def. [WC] Jaeda Daniel / Richard Ciamarra (USA) 64 62
Noskova was impressive in doubles, and so were Fernandez & Saville.
They won, yes.
Nice win today for Gaby over Bopanna…. I did not see the match, but do you think she brought up to him how he blew her off for another gal at one of the GS mixed events after they had such great results in the previous events?? Most tennis players have long memories about being dumped…. 🙂
…. No?
Not everyone is as immature and childish on a court, playing a tennis match, as people online.