Serena Williams returns to show up at the US Open. (AFP)
In the third installment of his epic US Open, Serena Williams he faces the Australian on Friday Ajla Tomljanovic for a ticket to the round of 16, something that no tennis player has achieved at his age.
Above all other names, Serena Williams was the undisputed star of the first week of the Grand Slam in New York, where each of her games is lived and suffered as if it were the last of her legendary career.
Surprising the tennis world, who was ready to release her with honors on her debut on Monday, Williams defeated first Montenegrin Danka Kovinic and then Estonian Anett Kontaveit, a true number two in the world rankings.
His rival will be Ajla Tomljanovic, number 46 in the world and without titles in his record at 29, who will compete against the legend and the deafening atmosphere of the largest track in the world (23,800 fans).
If Williams overcomes this hurdle, she will become, at nearly 41, the oldest player to reach the round of 16 of a Grand Slam since the Open era began in 1968.
To do so, he will have to recover from the efforts of a busy week with three games in four days, including the double lost on Thursday night with his older sister, Venus.
Williams, the 23 Grand Slam champion, has announced that she is counting down her career but is reluctant to confirm whether the final farewell will take place in New York.
Pedro Cachín said goodbye to New York
Argentine tennis player Pedro Cachín fell against Frenchman Corentin Moutet 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 and 7-5 and said goodbye to the US Open in what was his best Grand Slam performance since access to the third round, 27 years old.
Cachín, ranked 66th in the ATP world rankings, did not get off to a good start against Moutet (112) on court number 17 at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center complex in the New York neighborhood of Queen’s. It was difficult for him to get his first serve and he died in front of left-handed Moutet’s right, who was very accurate.
For the second chapter, Cachín changed his serve and went from 53 percent effective in the first set to 83 percent in the second. That was the main key to tackling the match against the Frenchman, who started unleashing his annoyance and arguing with his coach, who was watching him in disbelief from the front row.
Cordovan took advantage of one of the two break points they had and took the set 6-4 to revitalize their game and get excited again. But in the third Moutet regains concentration and the Argentine has a long gap in the game (poor effectiveness with the first serve, 12 unforced errors and few responses to the right of the rival).
The fourth set was tied. Cachín swept away, went 4-0 and had a chance to extend the lead but allowed Moutet to wake up. At the service he arrives at 5-4, but a perfect pass by the Frenchman and a double fault by the Argentine were very hard blows. Moutet served for 6-5.
With his serve, Cachín had to adjust his first serve to force the tiebreaker. But it was difficult for him to stay focused and Moutet, the most underdog with his winning shot, managed to take the match point and didn’t waste it to win the match and end the Argentine’s dream week.
The tennis player born in the Cordovan city of Bell Ville 27 years ago confirmed in New York how well he had done during the year, with his four Challengers titles in Madrid, Prague, Todi (Italy) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).
Cachín had settled in the third round of the US Open after beating Slovenian Aljaz Bedene (347) and local Brandon Holt (303). But before Moutet he couldn’t put together a new smile and greeted New York with a bittersweet taste for defeat, but happy with the performance.
Source: Clarin
