Who Won The 2018 Us Open Tennis?
The 2018 US Open Tennis Tournament was held from August 27th to September 9th at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Rafael Nadal of Spain won the Men’s Singles title, while Naomi Osaka of Japan won the Women’s Singles title.
Introduction
The 2018 US Open was the 138th edition of tennis’ US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Sloane Stephens was the defending champion in the women’s singles event, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Anastasija Sevastova. In the men’s singles event, Rafael Nadal was the two-time defending champion, but he withdrew before his third-round match against Marin Čilić due to a knee injury.
On the men’s side, Juan Martín del Potro won his second US Open and third Grand Slam title, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3 to become the first Argentine man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Guillermo Vilas at the 1977 French Open. This was also Djokovic’s first US Open final loss since 2010. In defeating Nadal en route to his second US Open final, del Potro became only the fifth man ever to defeat both Nadal and Roger Federer at a Grand Slam (joining Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Stefan Edberg). On the women’s side, Naomi Osaka won her first major singles title, defeating Serena Williams in straight sets in a controversial final that saw Williams receive three code violations. This was also Osaka’s first WTA Tour title.
2018 Us Open Tennis Tournament
The 2018 US Open Tennis Tournament was a hard-fought affair with many close matches. In the end, it was Novak Djokovic who triumphed over Juan Martin del Potro in the final to lift the trophy. This was Djokovic’s third US Open title and he also regained the world No. 1 ranking as a result.
Draw
The draw for the 2018 US Open was announced on Thursday, and there are a few tantalizing match-ups in the early rounds.
In the men’s singles draw, Rafael Nadal will face David Goffin in the first round, while Juan Martin del Potro will take on Justin Gimelstob.
Defending champion Sloane Stephens will start her title defence against Evgeniya Rodina, while Serena Williams will face Magda Linette.
In the men’s doubles, top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah will take on Christopher Eubanks and Austin Krajicek.
In the women’s doubles, top seeds Latisha Chan and Ekaterina Makarova will take on Arina Rodionova and Alexandra Panova.
Results
The 2018 US Open Tennis tournament was held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City from August 27 to September 9, 2018. The tournament consisted of five main events: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and the mixed doubles.
In the men’s singles event, Novak Djokovic won his third US Open title and his 14th Grand Slam singles title overall, defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the final, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3. In doing so, Djokovic became only the sixth player in tennis history to win all four Grand Slam singles titles on three or more occasions.
In the women’s singles event, Naomi Osaka won her first Grand Slam singles title defeating Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–4. This was also Osaka’s first WTA Premier 5 level tournament victory.
In the men’s doubles event, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić won their first Grand Slam doubles title defeating Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in the final, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [10–8].
In the women’s doubles event, Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan won their second consecutive Grand Slam women’s doubles title (and Dabrowski’s third overall) defeating Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya in straight sets in the final. This was Dabrowski and Yifan’s fourth consecutive tournament victory (and fifth overall).
finally In the mixed doubles event, Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won their second consecutive mixed doubles Grand Slam title (and Murray’s third overall) defeating Zheng Saisai and Fangzhou Liu in straight sets in the final.
Conclusion
After a stunning upset in the semifinals, Serena Williams was denied the chance to compete for her 24th Grand Slam title when she fell to Naomi Osaka in straight sets in the U.S. Open final.
