Sinner, Paolini and much more. On Saturday 31st August there will be a total of five Italians taking to the field in the third round of the Us Openthe fourth and final Slam of the season taking place on the hard courts of Flushing Meadows, New York.
For Sinner there is O’Connell
Starting from the world number one, the opponent is the Australian Christopher O’Connellworld no. 87, who eliminated the other Italian in the second round Bellucci in four sets, thus avoiding an all-Italian derby. Sinner, after some problems in his debut with McDonald, easily beat Michelsen and starts as the favorite. However, the precedents say 1-1: victory for the Alto Adige player this year on the Miami hard court, while three years ago in Atlanta the 30-year-old from Sydney prevailed, who is anything but inexperienced on hard court.
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Cobolli attempts the feat
The other two Italians looking for a place in the eighth finals are Flavio Cobolli e Matthew ArnaldiThe first one needs a feat against the No. 5 seed Daniil Medvedevwinner in 2021. The Russian, in the first round, lost a set to the Serbian Lajovic, before easily beating the Hungarian Marozsan. On paper, the challenge that awaits is more open Matthew Arnaldi against the Australian Jordan Thompsonfresh from an excellent (and surprising) three-set victory over Hurkacz. The 23-year-old Ligurian has played an impeccable tournament so far, not conceding any partials to his opponents Svajda and Safiullin.
Paolini and Errani on the field
After a match that lasted just a handful of minutes due to the immediate withdrawal of Karolina Pliskova, Jasmine Paolini She arrives well rested for the match against Kazakh Yulia Putintsevan.32 in the WTA ranking, who first beat the Czech Noskova and then the Chinese Wang, demonstrating a very good state of form. There is a precedent dating back to 2021 that smiles on the Italian on the Slovenian cement of Portoroz. And then it will be the turn of Sarah Erraniwho wants to continue to amaze: for her one of the most promising tennis players on the circuit, the Russian Diana Shnaider, who on the eve of the US Open reached her best ranking of no. 18.
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Where to watch the US Open on TV and streaming
The US Open will be broadcast in its entirety free to air, free and for everyone, on Supertennis. The offer involves channel 64 of digital terrestrial and 212 of Sky. Thanks to Hbbtv (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Television) technology, you will be able to access every day all the matches scheduled on three other courts from the new multichannel SuperTennis Plus. Alternatively, you can watch the matches live on Sky Sport on channel 203 and on Sky Sport Plus where you can choose the live match you prefer. The matches will be streamed on Now, SkyGo and SupertenniX.
