The US Open
US Open Women’s Day 5
Top seed Iga Swiatek showed no mercy to friend and practice partner Kaja Juvan as the defending champion crushed the Slovene qualifier 6-0, 6-1 on Friday to book a predictable place in the US Open fourth round.
Swiatek, with four Grand Slam titles in her resume, extended her Flushing Meadows win streak to 10 matches as the Pole heads towards the business end of the final major of the season.
Swiatek and the 145th-ranked Juvan are best tennis friends with the pair going back a decade as juniors.
But the top seed put emotion on the back burner as she crushed her longtime mate in just 49 minutes to advance to her third consecutive victory in the one-way series.
“My level was high, and I didn’t make a lot of unforced errors,” Swiatek said. “I’m happy with my performance and overall with the way I started.
“I was disciplined and didn’t change my level till the end of the match.”
Swiatek added: “I wanted to focus on myself, and because I knew it would be a little bit harder for me to focus because (she’s) my best friend,
“I’m happy that I could do that and I was fully professional.”
Swiatek is working to defend a title for the fifth time in her career.
The Pole is also fighting off a challenge to her WTA ranking superiority and must advance one round further here than hot rival Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed.
Swiatek polished off the out-matched Juvan with 21 winners against just two for her opponent, with the winner never facing a break point
The top seed now takes on 2017 Roland Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko – a three-time winner in their series – who defeated Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a third-round encounter.
The comeback of former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki continued at pace, with the Danish mother of two defeating American Jennifer Brady 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, with the 33-year-old winning 10 of the last 11 games.
“I played really, really well the last set and a half,” the Wozniacki said.
“I didn’t play for a very long time (January, 2020). I didn’t even touch my racquets. I didn’t know where they were.
“I didn’t miss (tennis). I’ve played since I was very, very young. It’s been part of my life and my lifestyle for so long. I needed a break.”
American Brady, 28, also has a comeback story (injury) after not playing for two years from late 2021.
“The toughest part is just not knowing when you’re going to compete again. The unknown is something that – it’s scary. It’s tough, but I’m here, I’m feeling pretty good,” the No. 433 said .
.The 10th-seeded Karolina Muchova hammered No. 132 Taylor Townsend 7-6 (0), 6-3 to equal her fourth-round best here from 2020 as she fought back from an early break down.
This season’s Roland Garros and Cincinnati finalist will aim for a breakthrough New York quarter-final in the next round as she plays No. 53 Wang Xinyu, who reached the second week of a major for the first time through a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.
Muchova found 25 winners while Townsend hit 39 unforced errors in defeat.
“The match was played really, really great from the start,: Muchova said. “I’m glad I refocused very well for the (first-set) tiebreak – I played well there.
“At the start of the second set it was a little bit more in my hands.”
Main photo:- Mother of two children, Olivia and James,Caroline Woniacki celebrates victory – by Roger Parker International Sports Fotos Ltd
The Australian Open
Wimbledon goes modern with electronic reviews
Wimbledon will bow to the high-tech future by introducing limited electronic reviews of line calls on major courts at the Championships, the club revealed on Saturday.
The All England Club will allow the technology on showcourts including Centre Court, No. 1 and four others. During controversial moments, competitors will be allowed to ask the chair umpire for a review of the point in question.
The wizardry is coming late to Wimbledon having been used at the US Open since 2023 and later adapted by the Australian Open. Roland Garros relies on marks in its clay surface to determine line calls.
Under the rules, players can ask for the review any number of times, with electronic line-calling now in effect at the grass-court major for a second year after the 2025 elimination of human line judges.
ATP
Sinner claims full house with Indian Wells win
World No. 2 Jannik Sinner became the youngest man to complete the full set of hard-court victories by beating Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (8) 7-6 (7) in the searing heat of Indian Wells.
The 24 year old Italian, didn’t face a break point during the final nor did he drop a set on his way to claiming his first title of the year and his 25th overall.
Sinner has won both hard court Grand Slams, with victories at the Australian Open in 2024 and 2025 and at the US Open in 2024.
In addition he has lifted all six Masters 1000 series hard court titles – adding the Indian Wells title to victories in Miami, Toronto, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris plus the season-ending ATP Finals.
Only Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have achieved the same feat.
Main photo:- Jannik Sinner lifts Indian Wells Trophy – by ATPTour.com
Indian wells
Her way or the highway for Raducanu on court
Emma Raducanu remained defiant at the start of the Indian Wells Masters that if she does hire a new coach, it might not be to try and shape her game.
The Brit who won the 2021 US Open as a qualifier and then suffered a four-year drop in form due to injury, is in the market for a mentor – but only if he or she conforms to her vision for her tennis.
“Right now, it’s more about bringing my instincts back out, getting back in touch with myself,” the 23-year-old told the BBC. “I have had a lot of people telling me what to do, how to play, and it hasn’t necessarily fit.
“So I want to come back to my natural way of playing. That takes time to relearn because that’s something that has been coached out of me a little bit.
“I don’t necessarily want to have one coach in the role because anyone I bring in is straight away going to be scrutinised – even if it’s a trial.
“I might feel the pressure to stick with them, even if it’s not necessarily the right decision.
“I would love to have a coach that works well, but I don’t think it’s necessarily going to be easy to find one person and they are going to check every box.”
Raducanu reached a WTA fiak in early February after exiting in the Australian Open second round. She lost both matches she played last month in the Gulf, at Doha and Dubai.
She is entering the first Masters of the season with former coach Mark Petchey filling in ad hoc in between his TV broadcast commentating duties.
But that solution is temporary. “With Mark I knew he’d be in Indian Wells so I asked him to come out a few days earlier just to do some stuff with me on the court and try to feel back in a better way with my game,” the No. 24 said.
“At the start of the year I didn’t feel too good but the last few days I’ve been feeling better.
“It’s not something that has really been organised going forward but I knew he would be here and it’s been great, I always love being on court with him.”
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