At the 2024 US Open, the Americans were pleased to see a number of players advance far, with both the men's and women's singles finals featuring the host nation. However, both Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz could not retain the championship trophy.
Because their opponents - Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner , are both too strong for the top seeds.
Early morning of September 9 (Vietnam time), Sinner defeated Fritz after 3 sets with scores of 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 to win the championship for the first time in New York.
Fritz was expected to end America's 21-year Grand Slam drought, and he himself claimed to be in a good mood. However, in the first service game, the break belonged to Sinner.
Although Fritz later broke to lead 3-2, Sinner was still too brave at the baseline to win 4 consecutive games, closing set 1.
In the second set, both players played well, making the most of their serve games. There was not a single game that was a draw, Fritz even had more straight wins (2-1), but in the deciding game, the break belonged to Sinner so that even though the score was 6-4, the playing time of set 2 was shorter than set 1 (35 minutes compared to 42 minutes).
Being down 2 sets was obviously a disadvantage for Fritz, but he could have turned things around if he had taken advantage of the 3 break opportunities in the first game of set 3. Then there was a period when Sinner slumped when he lost 3 games in a row and was down 5-3.
But once again, at the crucial moment, Fritz could not materialize the service game and lost 2 consecutive breaks.
Sinner won 4 games in a row and ended set 3 with a score of 7-5, ending the match and winning his second Grand Slam in his career.
"I've had a lot of big wins this season, starting in Australia and playing so well there has given me confidence until now," Sinner said after the final.
Sinner came to this year's US Open amid controversy after testing positive for banned substances twice but was not banned from competing. However, the 23-year-old Italian maintained his mental stability to go through the rounds.
By the end of the final, the world No. 1 tennis player had only lost 2 sets (in the first round and the quarterfinals). Of course, with this victory, Sinner maintained his No. 1 position on the ATP rankings, far ahead of the second-placed Alexander Zverev…
