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FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – The first major final of the final Grand Slam tournament of the season gets under way at noon, when No. 1 seeds Ram and Salisbury met No. 2 Koolhof and Skupski in the men’s doubles final.
The toughest thing to do in tennis is to repeat a major title. And Ram and Salisbury did it.
On the Canadian side, 16-year-old Victoria Mboko took on No. 10 seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines, who has been a highly-touted junior prospect for what seems like years now, in the girls’ singles semifinals.
Mboko made a run in the second set, but ultimately fell in two.
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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
Friday, Sept. 9, 2022
Final results
Men’s doubles final
[1] Rajeev Ram (USA) / Joe Salisbury (GBR) def. [2] Wesley Koolhoff (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) 76 (4) 75
Women’s doubles semifinal
Caty McNally / Taylor Townsend (USA) def [12] Caroline Dolehide (USA) / Storm Sanders (AUS) 16 63 63
Girls’ singles, semifinal
[10] Alexandra Eala (PHI) def [9] Victoria Mboko (CAN) 61 76 (5)
Girls’ doubles, semifinal
Carolina Kuhl / Ella Seidel (GER) def Alexis Blokhina (USA) / Annabelle Xu (CAN) 75 64
Girls’ doubles, quarterfinals
Alexis Blokhina (USA) / Annabelle Xu (CAN) def. Katherine Hui / Eleana Yu (USA) 75 46 [10-8]
Carolina Kuhl / Ella Seidel (GER) def Mia Kupres (CAN) / Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBR) 46 75 [10-8]
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Too bad that Mboko shares with Dubois, A. Xu (who seems to have corrected it in part), and many other Canadian juniors a technique error which has been mentioned by experts for over twenty years – her elbow is too low wrt the shoulder line during and after the trophy pose. One should look at Federer, Sampras and Swiatek clips for a right model. Also, one may want to search for this posting at Youtube: “The Physical Limitations Associated with Low Elbow in the Tennis Serve.” She’s penalized with a lower trajectory of the a ball (more difficult coverage of the service area), less power, more frequent double faults (see the one at the end of the SFs today).
She also can fire her first serve at 115mph and more. And her second serve close to or at 100 mph on a regular basis. So …
She doesn’t doublefault that much. Especially given how much she goes for the second serve. And I’ve seen her play a lot.
Sadly junior coaches these days look at results, not the long term. It’s better for their job security.
I find Swiatek’s serve rather hitchy, to be honest.