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The 2023 US open came to a near as Coco Gauff earned her first major title and Novak Djokovic made history with his 24th Grand Slam trophy. Their victories show a perfect mixture of youth and experience in the current state of tennis.
Djokovic, 36, became the oldest man to win america Open in the professional era. Meantime, the 19-year-old Gauff is now the youngest American — man or woman — to win the title since Serena Williams did so in 1999 at 17 years old. Coincidentally, both Djokovic and Gauff won the Cincinnati Masters 1000 final month.
This weekend, america Open winners every earned a $3 million paycheck as the tournament celebrated its 50th anniversary of equal prize money.
Djokovic collected a 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 victory against Daniil Medvedev on Sunday. A three-set victory is a bit deceptive, because Medvedev — the current world No. 3 — fought tough and gave Djokovic a second set that lasted one hour and 45 minutes. Nevertheless, the Serbian veteran prevailed and won his fourth title at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Djokovic’s 24th title means he’s now tied with Margaret Court for the most major singles titles ever. He arrived to this competition as the world No. 2 but will support to No. 1 in the next rankings, extending his record complete of 389 weeks at the top.
In the women’s competition, Gauff defeated upcoming world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday. Gauff is the first woman to win the Cincinnati Masters 1000 and US Open in the same year since Williams in 2014.
Prior to Sunday, Sabalenka had only missing one set in this tournament. She won the first set against Gauff, but the American rising star pulled off the comeback after shaking off some nerves. Gauff landed in New York as the No. 6 player on the planet but will be climbing to a career-best No. 3 when the next rankings get released.
Notable absences in this year’s tournament included 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios because of injury.
Here is all you want to realize approximately the 2023 US Open:
Men’s finalNo. 2 Novak Djokovic def. No. 3 Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Women’s finalNo. 6 Coco Gauff def. No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2Men’s singles seeds
Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Daniil Medvedev
Holger Rune
Casper Ruud
Jannik Sinner
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Andrey Rublev
Taylor Fritz
Frances Tiafoe
Karen Khachanov
Alexander Zverev
Alex de Minaur
Tommy Paul
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Cameron Norrie
Hubert Hurkacz
Lorenzo Musetti
Grigor Dimitrov
Francisco Cerundolo
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Adrian Mannarino
Nicolas Jarry
Tallon Griekspoor
Alexander Bublik
Dan Evans
Borna Coric
Christopher Eubanks
Ugo Humbert
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Sebastian Korda
Laslo Djere
Women’s singles seedsIga Swiatek
Aryna Sabalenka
Jessica Pegula
Elena Rybakina
Ons Jabeur
Coco Gauff
Caroline Garcia
Maria Sakkari
Marketa Vondrousova
Karolina Muchova
Petra Kvitova
Barbora Krejcikova
Daria Kasatkina
Liudmila Samsonova
Belinda Bencic
Veronika Kudermetova
Madison Keys
Victoria Azarenka
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Jeļena Ostapenko
Donna Vekic
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Zheng Qinwen
Magda Linette
Karolina Pliskova
Elina Svitolina
Anastasia Potapova
Anhelina Kalinina
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Sorana Cirstea
Marie Bouzkova
Elise Mertens