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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are the favourites to meet for the third straight Grand Slam final at the 2025 US Open, and the world No 1 ranking will be on the line if the pair do face off.

In the last four at Flushing Meadows, Sinner will take on world No 27 Felix-Auger Aliassime, while Alcaraz will play seventh seed and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic.

Sinner has been the ATP world No 1 for 65 consecutive weeks since overtaking Djokovic to ascend to top spot for the first time in June 2024 — following last year’s French Open.

Alcaraz became the youngest world No 1 in ATP history after winning his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2022 US Open at the age of 19 years and four months.

The 22-year-old has spent 36 weeks of his career to date as the world’s highest-ranked player, with his most recent spell on top ending in September 2023.

In the last event before the US Open, Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Masters after Sinner was forced to retire due to illness in the first set of the pair’s meeting in the final.

Alcaraz, who is the world No 2, started the US Open on 9,590 points —  1,890 points behind Sinner, who had 11,480.

While this was a sizeable gap, Sinner and Alcaraz’s respective performances at the 2024 US Open created the opportunity for there to be a change at the top of the rankings after this year’s event.

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This is because Sinner is defending 2,000 points as the reigning champion, while Alcaraz is defending just 50 points after a shock second round loss to Botic van de Zandschulp last year.

As things stand before the semi-finals, Alcaraz has increased his points total by 750 to 10,340 points, which has seen him take the No 1 spot from Sinner in the Live ATP Rankings.

Sinner, who is 1,200 points down from his pre-tournament tally, is just 60 points behind Alcaraz on 10,280 points in the live standings.

Therefore, if Sinner were to lose to Auger-Aliassime in the semi-finals, Alcaraz would become world No 1 irrespective of whether he progresses any further.

If Alcaraz were to fall to Djokovic, Sinner could guarantee that he would remain in top spot by reaching the final.

If both Sinner and Alcaraz reach the final, the latter would still hold a 60-point edge, which means the winner would take both the US Open trophy and the world No 1 ranking.

Jannik Sinner US Open points permutations

Wins the title – 11,480 points

Loses in the final – 10,780 points

Loses in the semi-finals – 10,280 points

Carlos Alcaraz US Open points permutations

Wins the title – 11,540 points

Loses in the final – 10,840 points

Loses in the semi-finals – 10,340 points

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Iga Swiatek’s bid to win a second US Open crown at the 2025 edition of the New York Grand Slam ended with a quarter-final loss to Amanda Anisimova, but what did the world No 2 say after the defeat?

The 24-year-old Pole was beaten 6-4, 6-3 by world No 9 Anisimova, who she destroyed 6-0, 6-0 in the Wimbledon final less than two months ago to secure her sixth Grand Slam title.

Swiatek‘s defeat to the 24-year-old American snapped her nine-match winning streak that included her run to the title at the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati last month.

Here is everything Swiatek said in the English section of her post-match press conference, including a tense exchange with a journalist who asked if she needed a “mental break.”

Q. It’s been a pretty good summer for you. Didn’t end the way you wanted to. Does it take a while after a match like this for you to sort of have that perspective on the quality of the last few months and the results that you put up?

Swiatek: No, because I know what I achieved, so I can’t erase it because I lost today. Yeah. So I kind of am aware. And also I couldn’t win today’s match playing like that, serving like that and with Amanda being so aggressive on the returns. So I kind of get it.

Q. That was kind of my question. Just how do you feel you played today? What were you kind of least satisfied with with your performance?

Swiatek: Well, from the baseline, I felt it was, it was good. But yeah, I think the serve made the difference. She was winning, I guess more points from her serve. And I struggled a bit to sometimes make the first serve in and she returned well from second serve. So I guess that made a difference.

Q. How is it for you going into a match where the last time you played someone, pretty recently too, it was 6-0, 6-0, how is it that you prepare for going to a match, knowing they’re doing something different but not knowing maybe exactly what. It’s an unusual situation to have.

Swiatek: Honestly… well, it didn’t really matter for me. Like I think everybody knows how Amanda can play. Yeah, she didn’t play well on Wimbledon, but it’s not like she always going to do the same mistakes or feel the same. So no, I know that she’s a good player. She can play great tennis. So for me, I was like ready for a tough match and yeah, she won. So I guess, yeah, it didn’t matter.

Q. Iga just how challenging is it when the match before yours goes four hours? Does it throw off your routine or is that a factor at all?

Swiatek: No, you have to be ready for that on a Grand Slam. It’s not convenient, especially when the not befores are… they don’t make sense. Like, you have to be ready to play at one anyway because you have not before one. But then you wait because obviously how many times men’s match is going to finish in like one and a half hour or something, right? So just that’s tennis. You have to adjust to that. No point to overthink it

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Q. Hi Iga. Tough luck today. Can you describe how different Amanda was as an opponent today compared to the Wimbledon final? Did her ball feel different to you? What was different?

Swiatek: She played in. It was totally different. Yeah, but as I said, it’s not a surprise. I practice with her. I know how she can play. And, yeah, it was totally different. Like, she moved better, she played better. Yeah, everything was different.

Q. Talking about the issues with the serve, do you chalk that up to maybe just feeling out of rhythm today, or was that maybe the pressure that Amanda was putting on you with return?

Swiatek: No, I think I kind of maybe didn’t serve the best throughout the whole tournament, but I think because she returned so well that you could see the bigger difference. But on the other hand, I wasn’t practising in between matches anyway, so I kind of have to let it go and just focus on next one.

Q. Just generally, it’s been a lot of tennis the last few weeks. Wimbledon, the American tournaments leading up to this, that now this. How tired are you at the moment?

Iga Swiatek’s response to being asked if she needs a mental break after loss to Anisimova at U.S. Open

Iga: “Do you need a mental break?”

“Sorry?”

Iga: “You look like you need a mental break.”

“I do yeah.”

Iga: “Then what are you doing here?” pic.twitter.com/p8Yfxrv755

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) September 3, 2025

Swiatek: (Long pause) Well, I don’t know. Like, it’s not like my matches were exhausting here.

Q. Do you feel like you need, like, a mental break? I’m not talking about the loss of such.

Swiatek: Why would you say that?

Q. I just wondered, you know, it’s just a lot. A lot in a row, you know, do you look forward to a break?

Swiatek: Well, talk to people responsible for the schedule. We need to adjust. Do you need mental break?

Q. Sorry?

Swiatek: (Points at journalist) You look like you need mental break.

Q. I do, yeah.

Swiatek: Well, then what are you doing here?

Q. Gotta get to the end of the tournament.

Swiatek: Good luck.

Q. What are your thoughts about what Amanda… how she processed the defeat at Wimbledon and came back from that.

Swiatek: Well, I don’t know how she did that because I’m not her. Like, you need to ask her about the whole process, but I guess in tennis, like, you will get, like, heartbreaking losses and you don’t have other option. You just have to move on and try to play good next time.

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As many expected when the draw was revealed, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will face off for a ninth time in the semi-finals of the 2025 US Open.

It will be the first time that the pair have met at the New York event, completing their Grand Slam collection of clashes.

There is much on the line for both, with the Serb looking to make his first Grand Slam final in 14 months and the Spaniard aiming to book his spot in his first US Open final in three years.

Alcaraz is yet to drop a set during the tournament, whilst Djokovic has battled his way through multiple physical issues, but, most recently, collected an impressive victory over world No 4 Taylor Fritz.

A victory in the tournament would allow Alcaraz to return to the world No 1 spot for the first time since August 2023, whilst Djokovic would lift a record-breaking 25^th Grand Slam singles trophy.

2022 Madrid Open SF: Alcaraz 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(5)

The first encounter between the pair was a true thriller in every sense, providing for one of the best matches of the 2022 ATP Tour season – extending to three hours and 36 minutes.

Alcaraz became the first player to beat Rafael Nadal and Djokovic in the same clay-court tournament, at just 19 years old, en route to the title (defeating Alexander Zverev in the final).

2023 Roland Garros SF: Djokovic 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1

More than 12 months later, Djokovic and Alcaraz – who was now the world No 1 – met again, this time at Grand Slam level.

The pair traded the first two sets with multiple breaks for both, with many of the points reminiscent of their Madrid clash, before the Spaniard suffered from major cramps in the third game of the third set.

From there, Djokovic was simply ruthless, dropping just one addtional game, to move into yet another French Open final.

2023 Wimbledon Final: Alcaraz 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4

Entering the 2023 SW19 final, Djokovic was on a 34-match winning streak at the event, having also not lost a match on Centre Court for 10 years.

The first set saw Alcaraz looking lost, claiming just one game, before the Serb failed to convert on two set points in a crucial second-set tiebreak – with the Spaniard claiming it with a sensational backhand return winner.

Alcaraz continued to momentum to take the third and looked firmly in control, however, in typical fashion, Djokovic extended it to a deciding set.

The Spaniard broke in the third game of the fifth, ultimately serving it out on his first opportunity to claim his first Wimbledon title.

2023 Cincinnati Open Final: Djokovic 5-7, 7-6(7), 7-6(4)

Just a few weeks later, the pair would contest the longest Masters 1000 final in ATP Tour history, with a three-hour, 49-minute clash.

Alcaraz recovered from an early break to take the opener against an ailing Djokovic, before the roles were reversed in the second, with the latter saving a championship point via an impressive volley before sending the match to a third set.

The decider would be a microcosm for the two sets that had preceded it as Djokovic would get off to a quicker start, but failed to serve out the match with Alcaraz saving a championship point before breaking back.

Djokovic would be the more stable player in the tiebreak, with a return from the Spaniard going long as the champion fell to his back in exhaustion – and relief.

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After four matches in which both players won at least one set, their meeting in Turin would be a vastly different story.

Djokovic, the defending champion, displayed his vast indoor experience to simply suffocate Alcaraz’s more physical game, reaching what was his ninth final at the year-end championships.

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In a rematch of their final 12 months prior, Alcaraz and Djokovic reached the final in starkly different forms.

The Serb had suffered a meniscus tear during his French Open campaign a few weeks prior, having to undergo surgery.

Meanwhile, the Spaniard was coming off a maiden French Open title and looked like the man to beat at SW19.

Ultimately, unlike their 2023 encounter, the compromised Djokovic was no match for Alcaraz, who claimed his fourth Grand Slam.

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Just three weeks after their Wimbledon final, Djokovic produced one of the best showpiece match performances in his career to claim the singles gold medal in Paris.

Neither player was broken in the final, with Alcaraz unable to match the consistent barrage of groundstroke aggression that was coming from the Serb’s racket.

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The beginning of the 2025 season observed an eighth encounter between Djokovic and Alcaraz, one which contained much drama.

Djokovic, who failed to win a Grand Slam in the season prior, led by an early break, before sustaining a hamstring injury, which aided an Alcaraz comeback to claim the first set.

From there, the Serb never looked second best, marginally outplaying the Spaniard in nearly every category to claim an unlikely victory at 37 years old.

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Naomi Osaka is one of the most famous tennis players and athletes in the world, and is never afraid to make a big statement on or off the court.

And, after her headline-making kit at the 2024 US Open, the former world No 1 and four-time Grand Slam champion’s outfit at the 2025 US Open has also attracted huge attention.

Osaka’s outfit has been one of the best kits of this year’s US Open and has been one of the key talking points of her successful campaign, with the Japanese star back in top form.

Here, we look at all you need to know about Osaka’s stunning kit on display in New York.

Who designed Osaka’s US Open outfit?

Osaka has been sponsored by Nike for the vast majority of her career, but — like in several of her major tournament appearances — the star has a custom kit on display in New York.

The 23rd seed walked onto the court for her opening-round match against Greet Minnen wearing a custom red glitter kit, with an accompanying jacket and hair accessory.

The outfit naturally attracted huge attention, and the 27-year-old delivered the performance to match it, prevailing in straight sets against the Belgian.

Speaking after the match, the 2018 and 2020 US Open champion opened up about her special choice of outfit.

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“It was really elaborate, because the crystals are really hard to do on a performance outfit,” said Osaka.

“I just thought it would be really fun to do a New York under the lights. I’m glad that my first match was a night match, because this outfit was really fun to play.

“This is my night outfit, so hopefully I’ll wear my day outfit next time.”

Osaka got her wish to showcase her day outfit, with her next three matches taking place during afternoon sessions in New York.

Wearing a purple version of her kit, the Japanese defeated Hailey Baptiste in the second round, before eye-catching wins over 15th seed Daria Kasatkina and third seed Coco Gauff.

However, after three straight day matches, Osaka will return to night session action at the US Open on Wednesday, for her quarter-final clash against 11th seed Karolina Muchova.

How much does Osaka’s kit cost?

Because Osaka’s kit is custom-made, fans are unfortunately unable to buy it through Nike.

However, they can still buy other parts of the former world No 1’s outfit.

The red version of the Nike GP Challenge 1 “Naomi Osaka” shoes is available to purchase, priced at $170 through the official Nike website.

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Novak Djokovic has once again suggested that he is not 100% fit after his win over Taylor Fritz at the US Open, but he has vowed that he is “not going with the white flag on the court” when he faces Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-final.

The 24-time Grand Slam has struggled with several niggles – from blisters to a back injury to a shoulder problem – so far at the hard-court major, but he is safely into the last four after he maintained his unblemished record against Fritz.

Djokovic increased his lead in their head-to-head rivalry to 11-0, but he did drop a set against the American before winning 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Aged 38, the former world No 1 would have loved to wrap it up in three sets, but he acknowledged that Fritz was the better player for most of the second and third sets and, in the end, he was happy to get the win.

“It was an incredibly close match. It was really anybody’s match. I thought I was lucky to really save crucial breakpoints in the second set,” the four-time US Open champion said.

“For most of the second and third set he was the better player. In these kinds of matches, few points decide the winner. It was fortunately coming on my side, particularly at the end of the fourth set.”

He will return to action on Friday for the semi-final against Alcaraz in what will be their ninth career meeting. The veteran leads their H2H 5-3 with his two most recent wins coming at this year’s Australian Open and the gold medal match of the 2024 Paris Olympics last August.

Djokovic, though, is starting to feel his age.

“Good thing about the schedule is now that I have two days without a match, so that helps a lot,” he said. “So I don’t feel very fresh at the moment. But hopefully in two days will be different.

The seventh seed added: “It’s not going to get easier, I tell you that. But look, as I said, I’m going to try to take one day at a time, really take care of my body, try to relax and recover.

“The next couple of days is really key for me to really get my body in shape and ready to battle five sets if it’s needed. So I just would really love that, would love to be fit enough to play and to play, you know, potentially five sets with Carlos. And I know that my best tennis is going to be required, but I rise to the occasion.

“Normally, I like to play the big matches on a big stage. It’s just that I’m not really sure how the body is going to feel in the next few days. But, you know, I’m going to do my very best with my team to be fit for that. There’s going to be a lot of running involved, that’s for sure. I mean, there’s not going to be short points.”

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Alcaraz and defending US Open champion Jannik Sinner were the two pre-tournament favourites and many believe they will meet in the final at Flushing Meadows. Should the form book hold, it will be their third consecutive Grand Slam final as Alcaraz won their showpiece match at Roland Garros before Sinner turned the tables at Wimbledon.

Djokovic, though, wants to spoil the party.

“We don’t need to spend words about two of them. You know, we know that they’re two best players in the world,” he said.

“Everybody’s probably expecting and anticipating the finals between two of them. I’m going to try to, you know, mess up the plans of most of the people and let’s see, you know, Sinner still has to win a couple of matches to get to the finals, but they are playing definitely the best tennis of any player here.

“They’ve been the dominant force since the beginning of the tournament, but, you know, I definitely am not going with the white flag on the court. I don’t think anybody does, really, when they play them, but particularly not me.

“I put myself in another semi-final of a Grand Slam this year. I’ve been very consistent, mostly consistent on the Slams this season, and that’s what I said at the beginning of the year, where I would like to perform my best tennis and make the best results.”

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The past few weeks have been difficult for Coco Gauff as the extra training she spent on court to fix her serve had been mentally and physically taxing, but she is determined to continue to learn on the job.

Following her decision to part ways with Matt Daly after the Cincinnati Open in order to bring in biomechanical coach Gavin MacMillan, Gauff was forced to put in the hard yards ahead of the US Open, as the main goal is to completely change her service motion.

But the two-week period between the WTA 1000 event and the US Open was never going to be long enough for such a big change, and the two-time Grand Slam winner struggled during the season-ending Grand Slam.

After needing three sets to defeat Ajla Tomljanovic in the first round, she revealed that the training with MacMillan was often brutal as her shoulder would hurt after sessions.

There were also tears during her second-round win over Donna Vekic and following her two-set fourth-round defeat to Naomi Osaka, she admitted that she broke down following her exit in New York.

Some suggested the 21-year-old should take an extended break – both to recharge and to continue working with MacMillan – but Gauff has confirmed that she will head to Asia later in September for the China Open.

“I have no choice but to do a training block between now and Beijing, just the next tournament I’m signed up for,” she said.

“And like, I’ve said this every year after US Open, for me, it’s just improvement mode and to get ready for Australia. I had good results last year after US Open, and I think that’s just because I didn’t, I don’t want to say didn’t care because those tournaments obviously deserve effort, but I don’t know, it’s just that your mindset is different once the Slams are over.”

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Gauff is the defending champion in Beijing and that 2024 title run came at the perfect time as she struggled during the North American hard-court swing, failing to defend her Cincinnati and US Open titles, before turning her season around with her second WTA 1000 title.

The American followed that up with the WTA Finals title in Saudi Arabia in November.

The reigning French Open champion added: “So whatever happens for the rest of the year, I just want it to be an improvement. I don’t care, results-wise. Last year, if he told me I would go win in Beijing and WTA Finals, I would have been like, whatever, as I didn’t really care going into it.

“I’m going to probably have that same mindset. And if I do well, I’ll do well like I did last year. And if not, if not. But I think for me, main improvements I get are from how I do in the Slams.”

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Carlos Alcaraz has confirmed he will continue his unusual post-match routine after he stormed into the semi-finals with a thrilling win against Jiri Lehecka.

Alcaraz moved into the semi-finals of a Grand Slam without dropping a set for the first time in his career and he has followed an unconventional plan between his matches at Flushing Meadows.

Eyebrows were raised when Alcaraz played golf with Andy Murray and Tim Henman during Wimbledon in July, but it didn’t appear to impact his performance as he made it through to another final at the All England Club.

Now he is following a similar script, after revealing he has played golf on each of his days off at the US Open, even though some may suggest playing a very different sport during a Grand Slam tournament is something of a risk.

Golfers can suffer from back issues from playing too much, but Alcaraz is eager to get back onto the course and he is set to play with Spanish legend Sergio Garcia.

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“I am 100% going to play golf,” declared Alcaraz after his 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win against Lehecka.

“It’s something that is working well, so why should I change the routine? Every day off I just go to try and play some golf. Tomorrow I have a really difficult round with Sergio Garcia. I will play, for sure.

“He has to give me ten of 15 shots, I think. I’m not that great Sergio, come on.”

Former Masters champion Garcia was in the crowd watching Alcaraz turn on the style to beat Lehecka in front of a packed crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova was among those expressing her surprise at Alcaraz’s relaxation methods, with the traditionalists suggesting he should use his two days off before the semi-final to relax and ensure he is ready for action on Friday.

Yet Alcaraz believes his method of switching off from tennis gives him his best chance to succeed.

“I love hitting the golf ball as well and he has found the perfect balance for himself,” Navratilova told Sky Sports.

“That speaks for his state of mind. He is mature enough to know what he needs to do now and it will help his longevity as well.”

When asked to give Alcaraz a grade for his performance against Lehecka, Navratilova didn’t hold back as she gave him top marks.

“It’s all A’s for Alcaraz in this tournament so far,” she added. “He can only play as well as his opponent forces him to play, but he’s clicking on all cylinders so far.

“He is playing better with every match and winning comfortably.”

Former British No 1 Tim Henman was also impressed with Alcaraz, as he claimed the joy he brings onto court helps him to perform at his best.

“He is playing with such freedom out there,” said Henman on Sky Sports. “At times, it feels like an exhibition out there, as he is playing with so much joy.

“He is challenging himself to come up with better shots to impress himself and entertain his team. It was just a magical performance.”

Alcaraz’s is coming to the boil perfectly and he will now have a couple of days off to play golf before he lights up the US Open stage once again in the semi-finals.

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Emma Raducanu secured a raft of big-money sponsorship deals after her US Open win in 2021 and she continues to attract interest from leading brands.

Dior, Porsche, Tiffany, British Airways, Vodafone and Evian were among the marquee brands that wanted to be a part of the Raducanu story, but the success in August 2021 was not backed up by success on court.

Injuries and a dip in form saw Raducanu slide down the WTA Rankings and it took her almost four years to find her feet on the senior tour after her initial breakthrough.

Now Raducanu is starting to climb the rankings again, with her current career path putting a more realistic perspective on her ambitions on court.

The money is still rolling in off court as well, as she is still attached to some of the brands that initially added her as an ambassador back in 2021 and she remains an attractive option for new clients.

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Her 2.9m followers on Instagram make her a big tennis influencer and she used her time in New York around the US Open to film an advert for her latest sponsor, sustainable personal care brand Wild.

The brand unveiled Raducanu as their new brand ambassador with a glossy new advert, which was filmed at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York.

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Raducanu was criticised for taking on too many sponsorship deals in the initial stages of her career, but she stated at the back end of last year that she has learned from her initial errors to ensure her focus will always be on tennis.

“Especially straight after I did really well, for the next few years it was very much like there was so much communication about things off the court,” said Raducanu.

“And I would always, always give my 100 per cent on the court. I was always working really hard, but I just think that I wasn’t prepared as well for the other things that inevitably do take some energy out of you.

“I think now I’m a lot more structured. I’ll be like: ‘OK, I have this time where one hour we will talk about business. And now I’m going to go train for the rest of the week’.

“Also I think I’ve learned how to say no a bit more. Initially, I felt really bad for letting people down. I’d always want to do extra for whatever partner or magazine or whatever I’m shooting for.”

Raducanu’s career earnings on court current stands at a little over $5.5m, with her sponsorship income of the last four years certain to have been much more than that.

The Brit suffered a disappointing exit at the US Open as she was well beaten by Elena Rybakina in the third round, but her star power is enduring.

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A different Jannik Sinner emerged on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night and we were given a chilling warning of what was to come before a ball was struck.

There was great anticipation ahead of Sinner’s re-match against Alexander Bublik, with the Kazakhstan player the last to beat Sinner in a completed match when he got the better of him at the Halle grass court event in June.

Sinner was reminded of that defeat when he spoke to Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, prior to the last-16 clash in New York and he rounded off the discussion by saying: “Now it’s time for revenge.”

A comment like that would generally be given with a smile, but Sinner made the comment with all the menace of a James Bond villain and the mindset he had when he took to the court confirmed he was serious.

From first point to last, Sinner put a less than fully fit Bublik to the sword and he showed no mercy with his dismantling of the world No 17.

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The response from Bublik was laced with humour as he suggested Sinner was “AI-generated” as he said: “You’re so good, this is insane. I’m not bad.”

In response, Sinner suggested his opponent was at less than full pace after his long and draining match against Tommy Paul in the previous round.

“He had a very tough match the last match,” said Sinner. “He didn’t serve as well as he usually does. I’m very happy. The first time this year I can play the night match here and it makes so, so big difference.”

He also commented on Bublik’s less-than-committed performance as he appeared to give up long before the end of the match as he added: “Sometimes we have some days off, where certain things don’t work. Some players have some problems behind the scenes, you never know.

“At the end of the day we try to make the sport as interesting as possible. At times I felt today I was playing some great tennis.

“I managed to break him very early. It gave me then the confidence to serve a little bit better and play from the back of the court a bit better.

“It was a fast match but at the same time from my point of view it is good. People come here to see some great tennis matches, some great battles and it’s not always that is the case.

“I don’t know what he said or if he was in here, but I can just judge from my point of view and how I managed to play and it was a good performance from my side.”

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Bublik had not faced a single break in the 59 times he served at this US Open until this match, but Sinner took precisely two minutes to break him and he didn’t take his foot off the pedal for the rest of the match.

All this after tennis aficionados looked forward to this match with an expectation that Sinner may be vulnerable after his uncharacteristically lacklustre display against Denis Shapovalov in the previous round.

The Italian suggested he was “not a machine” when questions came about his dip in form after that match, but it was clear that he was a man on a mission against Bublik.

Any suggestions that his dominance was waning were banished in a blitz of brilliance that confirmed he is still the man to beat on a hard court, as he extended his Grand Slam winning run on the surface to 25 matches.

And while Sinner is generally saluted as being a champion who is polite and generous to his opponents, that comment offered up to Wintour highlighted the champion mindset he brings with him into battle.

We may be heading towards another Sinner showdown with his great rival Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s US Open final and if that is to be the finale of this compelling tournament, the reigning champion will be ready for battle.

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Former world No 1 Justine Henin has proclaimed that the “lack of evolution” in Coco Gauff’s game worries her after the American star’s exit from the 2025 US Open.

Gauff suffered a crushing 3-6, 2-6 defeat to 23rd seed and four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the last 16 at Flushing Meadows in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.

In a lopsided contest, Gauff hit eight winners, but lost a mammoth 33 of the 88 points in the match with unforced errors, five of which were double faults.

The world No 3 won only 54% of her service points as she was broken four times in her nine service games by her Japanese rival.

Former world No 1 Osaka won 94% of points behind her first serve and lost only six of 38 total points on her serve, while she had only one service game where she lost more than a single point.

In the week before the US Open, Gauff took the big decision to replace her coach Matt Daly with biomechanics expert Gavin MacMillan — with the aim of solving her serving struggles.

The 21-year-old, who is a two-time major winner, changed her service motion despite the short window before her home Grand Slam tournament began.

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Gauff showed immense resilience to battle through major issues with her game and stress in her first two matches against Ajla Tomljanovic and Donna Vekic before claiming a routine third round win over Magdalena Frech.

Speaking to Eurosport France, Henin described Gauff’s forehand as “catastrophic” against Osaka as she voiced her concerns over the American’s development.

“Osaka did what she had to do by also playing with her experience,” said the Belgian tennis legend, who won seven Grand Slam titles.

“She didn’t have to force her talent today either, showing solidity and being present.

“We felt from the start of the match that Coco Gauff had fallen back into her old ways, not especially in terms of her serve but in terms of her forehand, it was catastrophic.

“Obviously, this enormous pressure at the US Open is special for her, but I still think overall, over the whole season, and not so much on the results, what worries me is the lack of evolution in her game. At that age, you’re still progressing, you’re still developing.”

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