Sinner and Swiatek continue winning at the US Open

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New York, Jannik Sinner broke serve for the first time at the US Open. He even lost the first set and fell far behind in the third.

“I'm not a machine, you know,” he said with a slight smile. “Sometimes it's hard for me, too.”

Still, Sinner is the world number one in men's tennis and has won the last three Grand Slams played on hard courts, so it was no surprise when he overcame a few mistakes and beat number 27 Denis Shapovalov 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to take his title defense at Flushing Meadows to the fourth round.

Sinner's latest triumph extended her unbeaten streak on major hard courts to 24 matches, spanning the 2024 US Open and the 2024 and 2025 Australian Open championships.

“We were in a one-on-one. It was a very close match. A lot of games were very close,” said Shapovalov, a Canadian left-hander who was a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2021. “He’s number one for a reason. He handled it very well. He wrestles wonderfully. He did a tremendous job coming back from 3-0 down in the third set.”

For the first time at this US Open, Coco Gauff didn't double fault in her opening game and wasn't broken early on.

The No. 3 seed delivered her strongest performance yet yesterday, defeating Poland's Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-1 to reach the fourth round of a tournament she won in 2023.

“It’s been a very emotional week, but I think I needed those tough moments to keep me going,” said Gauff, who will face four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka tomorrow for a spot in the quarterfinals.

World number two Iga Swiatek struggled in the first set but ultimately won 7-6, 7-4 over Anna Kalinskaya. The Pole will next face Yekaterina Aleksandrova in the round of 16.

Santiago González falls

Mexican Santiago González was eliminated in the first round of doubles along with his partner Austin Krajicek.

The Cordoban and the American fell to Machi González and Andrés Molteni with scores of 6-1 and 6-4.

With Santiago's defeat, Mexico is left with two representatives in the pairs category: Renata Zarazúa and Giuliana Olmos.

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Zandvoort. After three months without a pole , Oscar Piastri took pole position for the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix. The Australian driver found a new rhythm to edge out his McLaren teammate Lando Norris in qualifying yesterday by just over one-hundredth of a second.

Piastri set the pace at the start of the final part of qualifying for the race and Norris was unable to match him, falling 0.012 seconds off the pace as the title battle between the two McLaren teammates intensifies.

It was the Australian's fifth pole of the year, but his first since the Spanish Grand Prix, six races ago.

Norris, who won the Dutch Grand Prix last year and was fastest in all three practice sessions this week, said starting second was “not the end of the world,” and suggested small changes in the wind could have decided the outcome.

Piastri has nine points more than Norris in the drivers' standings with 10 races remaining in the season. Norris has closed the gap in recent months with wins in three of the last four races.

Defending champion Max Verstappen is set to start third at his home race. And although he's third in the standings, the 97-point gap to Piastri means his title chances are slim.

Isack Hadjar was a surprise fourth for Racing Bulls, the best qualifying result of his career for the French rookie, who is considered a candidate for a promotion to Red Bull next season as Verstappen's teammate.

George Russell is fifth for Mercedes, while Charles Leclerc will start sixth again, having qualified ahead of his Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was seventh.

Yuki Tsunoda, who is filling the seat vacated by Sergio Perez, finished 12th, a result that does nothing to help his efforts to prove he can stay at Red Bull for next season.