Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Carlos Alcaraz isn’t the only Spanish teenager making noise in New York. Martin Landaluce, a 16-year-old from Madrid, just won the US Open boys’ singles title with a 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2 win over Belgium’s Gilles Arnaud Bailly in front of a packed crowd. in Court 11. The No 5 seed missed a golden opportunity to serve for the championship in the second set, letting second-seeded Bailly slip from his serve at 5-5, 15-40. But he broke the Belgian in the first two service games of the decider and crossed the finish line after 2 hours and 13 minutes. Landaluce’s win makes it clear for the juniors from Rafael Nadal’s academy at this year’s US Open. Alex Eala, who also trains at the Mallorca club, won the girls’ title earlier today, becoming the first Filipino to win any major singles championship. Martin Landaluce returns a shot during the US Open boys final on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP The 21-year-old Swiatek is the first No. 1 to reach the US Open women’s final since Serena Williams in 2014. She is also the first woman to reach the Roland Garros and US Open finals in the same season since Serena a year earlier. This is her third grand slam final, having previously won the French Open titles in 2020 and 2022. Jabeur is the first woman to reach both the Wimbledon and US Open finals in the same season since Serena in 2019. The 28-year-old Tunisian is one of four African women in history to reach a major final and the first in the Open era. The other three were South Africans Irene Peacock (1927 Roland Garros), Renee Schuurman (1959 Australian Open) and Sandra Reynolds (1960 Wimbledon), each of whom fell in the final.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to Flushing Meadows for today’s US Open Women’s Final. We reserve a match between the two best players in the world today: Iga Swiatek, the world No. 1 and top Pole who has already won six titles this year, and Ons Jabeur, the Wimbledon runner-up and Madrid champion who has reached a total of five finals in 2022. Tumaini Carayol has more on the stylistic matchup: They play different styles, but one thing they have in common is that they have created diverse, viable games that give them a number of different options, making them far more adaptable and reliable than their opponents. That was evident on Thursday as Swiatek and Jabeur faced Aryna Sabalenka and Caroline Garcia in their respective semifinals, both challengers basing their success on the all-around attack. When nerves hit, initially for Garcia and with Sabalenka leading 4-2 in the third set, neither could adjust. Swiatek is one of the best gymnasts in the world and possesses some of the most devastating weapons off the ground and is increasingly finding that balance again. Jabeur, meanwhile, is blessed with a complete game and a huge variety of shots. She can suffocate opponents with her serve and forehand, she can slice them, pepper them with drop shots and she has also improved her fitness massively. In the past, Jabeur had so many options it was overwhelming. He often struggled to make the right choices on the court. But now he is slowly learning how to use them, adapt to matches and know when to be disciplined and play more instinctively. “When I talk to my coach before the games, I feel that now I can do everything I can and want to do on the pitch, which is a surprise for me and I am surprised so many times,” said the 28-year-old . The players should be on the field in just over half an hour. Many more will follow between now and then. Updated at 20.33 BST
