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US OPEN 2021: Osaka begins title defense in Slam return

(AP) — A glance at the rematch of the 2017 final. Dominic Thiem, is side-
U.S. Open, the last Grand lined with an injured right
Slam tennis tournament They will be followed by wrist and will not be back to
of 2021: Andy Murray, the 2012 U.S. defend his title, and for the
Open champion, against second year in a row, Roger
Surface: Hard courts. No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsi- Federer and Rafael Nadal are
Site: USTA Billie Jean King pas. Another top contender, sitting out the U.S. Open.
National Tennis Center in No. 2 seed and 2019 run- Federer needs another opera-
Flushing Meadows. ner-up Daniil Medvedev, tion on his right knee; Nadal
faces French veteran Rich- has an injured left foot. Both
Schedule ard Gasquet in a night match are done for the year. They
The 14-day tournament be- on Ashe. Coco Gauff, the share the men's record of 20
gins Monday. The women's 17-year-old American seeded Grand Slam singles trophies
singles final is Saturday, Sept. 21st, faces Poland's Magda with Djokovic, who again is
11; the men's singles final is Linette in the last match of seeded No. 1 in New York.
Sunday, Sept. 12. There are the day session on Armstrong Also absent: Serena Williams,
separate day and night ses- Stadium before No. 2 seed owner of 23 major singles
sions. Aryna Sabalenka plays Nina championships, and Venus
Stojankovic there at night. Williams, owner of seven.
Spectators She's followed by Nick Kyr-
Fans will be allowed back at gios against 18th-seeded Ro- Key statistic I
the tournament — they don't berto Bautista Agut. 1969 — The last time a man
need to wear masks at match- (Rod Laver) won all four
es but must show proof of Two-time Grand Slam cham- Grand Slam singles titles in
having had at least one CO- pion Simona Halep, who had one season. Novak Djokovic
VID-19 shot — a year after consecutive first-round loss- will be bidding to match that
all spectators were banned es in New York in 2017-18, feat after winning the Aus-
because of the coronavirus has another potential tough tralian Open in February, the
pandemic. test to start. The No. 12 seed French Open in June and
faces Italian Camila Giorgi, Wimbledon in July. Djokovic
Lookahead to monday who won a hard-court title also will be trying to claim
Naomi Osaka begins her in Montreal, in the opening the 21st Grand Slam singles
U.S. Open title defense in match on the Grandstand. trophy of his career, which
the opening night match in Then No. 5 seed Andrey would surpass the mark he
Arthur Ashe Stadium, fac- Rublev will have to deal with holds with Federer and Nad-
ing Marie Bouzkova of the big-serving Ivo Karlovic, al. Djokovic plays his first
Czech Republic. For Osaka, who came through qualifying match Tuesday night against
the No. 3 seed who won to earn his spot in the main qualifier Holger Rune.
her second title at Flushing draw.
Meadows last year, it's her Key statistic II
first Grand Slam match since Monday forecast 24 — Number of years
she pulled out of the French Partly cloudy with afternoon since a Grand Slam tourna-
Open after one round for thunderstorms. High of 84 ment was held without any lion, awarded in 2019.
mental health reasons. An- degrees Fahrenheit (29 Cel- of Serena Williams, Venus Prize money Men's and women's singles
other past champion, Sloane sius). Williams, Roger Federer or Total player compensation: champions: $2.5 million
Stephens, plays the leadoff Rafael Nadal participating; $57.5 million, up from $53.4 each, a drop of $500,000 from
match on Ashe against fellow Who's missing it last happened at the 1997 million in 2020 and from the last year and $1.35 million —
American Madison Keys in a Last year's men's champion, Australian Open. previous record of $57.2 mil- 35% — from 2019.

Depay leads Barcelona to 2-1 victory over Getafe in Spain

(AP) — Memphis Depay has won two of its first three him a new contract because victory."
continued his good run matches in its first season of its financial struggles. More than 26,000 fans were
with Barcelona, scoring without Lionel Messi in Depay, Barcelona's biggest Getafe, which has lost three allowed at the Camp Nou.
the winner in a 2-1 victory nearly two decades. offseason signing, had also straight to start the league,
over Getafe in the Spanish scored in the team's 1-1 draw equalized with a shot from Barcelona was without vet-
league on Sunday. Messi was expected to make at Athletic Bilbao last week- Sandro Ramírez in the 18th. eran defender Gerard Piqué
his debut with Paris Saint- end. He found the net Sun- It was Getafe's first league because of a muscle injury.
It was Depay's second league Germain later Sunday after day after a neat move in front goal of the season. The Catalan club has seven
goal for Barcelona, which the Catalan club failed to give of a defender inside the area, points, the same as rival Real
sending a low shot inside the "It's been a tough start to the Madrid which won 1-0 at
near post in the 30th minute. season for us but we have to Real Betis on Saturday. Sevil-
Sergi Roberto had opened keep working hard to try to la, Valencia and Mallorca also
the scoring two minutes into recover," said Ramírez, a for- have seven points.
the match at the Camp Nou mer Barcelona player.
Stadium after a cross by Jordi Defending champion Atlé-
Alba. Barcelona forward Mar- tico Madrid can become the
tin Braithwaite, who scored only team with three straight
"We were coming off a draw twice in the opener against victories to start the league
so we needed the win no Sociedad, had a goal disal- if it defeats Villarreal at the
matter what ahead of the in- lowed for offside near the Wanda Metropolitano Sta-
ternational break," said Ro- end of the match. dium later Sunday.
berto, who had also scored in
Barcelona's 4-2 win against Depay nearly added his sec- Sevilla also entered the week-
Real Sociedad in the opener. ond from close range in the end with two wins but was
"It was a difficult match but 85th, but sent the ball over held to a 1-1 draw at Elche
we came through with the the crossbar. on Saturday.