Tennis
Khachanov – Rudd 1-3: With a terrible performance he made it to the final of the US Open
With an incredible performance, Kasper Ruud reached his second Grand Slam final in 2022, beating Karen Khachanov 3-1 in the semifinals of the US Open.
Kasper Ruud (No. 7) put in another terrific performance in New York, reaching his 2nd Grand Slam final with a four-set win over Karen Khachanov (No. 31) in 2022 and is now just a breath away from his math climb up 1st place in the world rankings.
The 23-year-old Norwegian, who played dominant tennis and served superbly for most of the match, didn’t leave much room for doubt to his Russian opponent to win the qualifier after three hours of competition.
Rudd prevailed 7-6(5), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 and will win the first Major title of his career against Carlos Alcarath on Sunday (9/11).
Rudd hit more winners than Khachanov (52v43) and made fewer unforced errors (34v39) and was in complete control of the semifinals almost from start to finish.
Despite falling behind with a break in the opening set (3-4), the Norwegian found a way back, sending it into the tie-breaker and taking the all-important 1-0 lead after a grueling 55-stroke rally.
Khachanov, obviously affected by the development and the end of the 1st set, never entered the court in the 2nd part of the game.
In combination with the very high psyche of the 23-year-old Norwegian, the 2-0 came in no time at all. Rude was terrific, winning 16/16 points behind serve and counting 4/4 love service games. The 2/5 break chances were enough to give him the set comfortably at 6-2.
Although the 26-year-old Russian showed a reaction in game 3, holding serve the whole time and “hitting” Rudd in game 12 to reduce it to 2-1 (5-7), that was the level of tennis he caught not enough to bother the Norwegian any further. More… Ruud lost, although Khachanov still won the 3rd set.
And that was already evident in the next part of the semifinals. Another emphatic half hour for this year’s Roland Garros finalist. Just two lost games and sixth straight win at Flushing Meadows.
With 80/108 points won behind serve and 6/13 break points, Ruud finished the match doing… half the work to become the new ATR World No. 1 next Monday (12/9).
Now Rood and Alkarath will claim the No. 1 title in addition to their first Major title of their careers.
At the same time, Karen Khachanov’s excellent run at this year’s US Open ensured his return to the top 20 in the world rankings. He will gain 13 spots and move up to 18th in the world.
Source: Tennis24
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Tennis
22-28.12 Schedule and results of matches between Ukrainians and Ukrainians at ITF tournaments
Sport.ua presents the schedule and results of matches of Ukrainian tennis players at the ITF World Tour tournaments from December 15 to 21
men
M15 Antalya (Türkiye – location), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Ibrahim Yego (Kenya) – absent
- Filip Pavic (Kosovo) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – without
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Stefanos Schinas (Greece, 15) – 23.12, at 10:00 at the latest
- Alexandru Balan (Canada, 6) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – 23.12, 12:30 at the latest
Singles, first round
- TVA – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine, 6) –TVA
- TVA – Ilya Biloborodko (Ukraine) –TVA
- TVA – Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 2) –TVA
Doubles, first round
- Dillon Beckles (USA) and Alexander Wagner (Austria) – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine) and Alp Horoz (Türkiye) – TVA
- William Mirarchi (Italy) and Daniil Stepanov – Mihai Marinescu (Romania) and Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 4) –TVA
M15 Monastir (Tunisia – difficult), FTT by Magic Hotel Tours
Singles, elimination, first round
- Kazuki Nishiwaki (Japan, 6) – Arseniy Mironov (Ukraine) – 6:0, 6:0
Women
W15 Antalya (Türkiye – ground), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Anastasia Necule (Romania) – Yaroslava Sribnaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) – Naz Kaynak (Türkiye) – TVA
- Jamie Collinson (Australia) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) –TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Öykü Şahbaz (Ukraine) – none
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine, 6) – Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) or Alisa Aksiyanova – TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Sabina Shaidullina or Ema Garayda (Czech Republic, 14) – TVA
Doubles, first round
- Asylzhan Arystanbekova (Kazakhstan) and Ingkar Dyusebay (Kazakhstan) – Sara Balan (Romania) and Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Nanari Katsumi (Romania) and Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) and Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) –TVA
Source: Sport UA
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20-year-old American tennis player Lerner Tien (ATP 28) Became the winner of the ATP 2025 Junior Final Tournament.
The Americans were defeated in the final of the competition held on indoor courts in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Alexander Blox (Belgium, ATP 116) 1 hour 1 minute.
Next Generation ATP Finals 2025. Final, December 21
Lerner Tien (AMERICA) [1] –Alexander Blox (Belgium) [2] – 4:3 (7:4), 4:2, 4:1
Tien played in the Next Generation finals for the second time. He lost to João Fonseca in the decisive match in 2024.
Lerner suffered one defeat, losing to Rafael Hodar in the first round of the group stage in Jeddah. He then defeated Blox as well as Martin Landaluse, Nikolay Budkov Kjaer and Nishesh Basavareddy.
Tien becomes the second Youth Finals champion after Brandon Nakashima – Nakashima won the Next Gen award in 2022.
Lerner Thien received $502,250 in prize money for his victory at the Next Gen ATP Finals 2025.
Photo gallery of the award ceremony
Source: Sport UA
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The final match will be held on December 21 ATP Youth Final Tournament 2025 In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Net Gen ATP Finals cup will be played on: Alexander Blocks (Belgium, ATP 116) and Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 28). The starting time of the meeting is 19.00 Kyiv time.
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This will be the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals at Tour level and the third if you take into account the junior competitions (1:1).
The winner of the match will receive the Junior Final award.
Source: Sport UA
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