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Sunday, September 10, 2023

New York, New York... (music plays out)


The festivities are over. Now comes the clean-up.








1. Coco Gauff, USA ...the Summer of Coco ended the only way it really *should* have, with the 19-year old winning her maiden slam title at Flushing Meadows to end an 18-1 hard court run that included three titles, a 1000 SF, a win over the world #1, another over the would-be world #1, and *all three* of the other '23 slam winners.
2. Diede de Groot, NED (WC) ...another year, another Grand Slam. De Groot went 11-0 in the 3Q, winning the European Para Championships and her sixth straight U.S. Open (and *12th* straight slam) singles title. Her 20th career slam singles crown is one away from Esther Vergeer's women's record, and she leaves NYC on a 122-match win streak. Yeah, 1-2-2.
3. Jessie Pegula, USA ...though she went out in the Open Round of 16 (so no adding another "L" to that slam QF record), she added her second career 1000 title (Montreal), got a win over then-#1 Swiatek (her second of '23, but this one was in a real event) *and* reached the U.S. MX final. Oh, and she'll be co-#1 in doubles with Gauff on Monday.
4. Karolina Muchova, CZE ...first off, she made it through the end of summer without another big injury (score!) She also reached a 1000 final in Cincinnati (her first), a SF in New York (the third SF+ slam result in her carer) and improved to 2-0 (w/ Cincy SF win) on the summer vs. new #1 Sabalenka.
5. Aryna Sabalenka, BLR ...she didn't win a title, but did enough to replace Swiatek as the world #1, reaching the Cincinnati semis and her second '23 slam final, posting a SF+ result in a fifth consecutive major (and in 7 of the last 9 she's played).
6. Iga Swiatek, POL ...won a title in Warsaw, reached SF in 1000s Montreal/Cincinnati (losing in 3 to both eventual champs) and reached the second week in her U.S. Open title defense (oh, am I allowed to say "defense?"... I'll have to check the updated Iga Rules & Regulations, tennis' version of Newspeak), but it still wasn't enough to continue to hold off Sabalenka's almost year-long chase for the #1 ranking.
7. Dabrowski/Routliffe, CAN/NZL ...picked up a maiden slam WD crown (for both) in New York, defeating RG winners Hsieh/Wang Xinyu in the SF and '20 Open champs Siegemund/Zvonareva in the final.
8. Zheng Qinwen, CHN ...the 20-year old knocked down a trio of career firsts with her maiden tour title (Palermo), slam QF (U.S.) and Top 10 win (Jabeur/4r) in a major. More is sure to come.
9. Madison Keys, USA ...was mediocre at best (3-2 with a w/o L) in the Open lead-up, but played like slam champion in New York until, well, she reminded everyone precisely why she's yet to become a slam winner, failing to put away a SF vs. Sabalenka after serving up 6-0/5-3 (then leading 4-2 in the 3rd), losing a pair of TB by a combined score of 17-6.
10. Liudmila Samsonova, RUS ...lost in three sets in the U.S. 3rd Rd. to Keys, but reached the Washington SF (L to Gauff) and Montreal final (L to Pegula, in her biggest career final), getting wins over Zheng, Sabalenka, Bencic and a compromised Rybakina.
HM- LL champions ...over a span of six weeks, *three* lucky losers were crowned WTA singles champions: Maria Timofeeva in Budapest (in her tour MD debut), Nao Hibino two weeks later in Prague, then Sara Sorribes Tormo just before the U.S. Open in Cleveland.


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1. Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
...was trending even (or slightly behind) Iga coming into NYC for *WTA* PoY (w/ de Groot ready to pounce for Ms.B), but outpaced Swiatek at the Open to keep her post-SW19 lead as she assumes the #1 singles ranking and everyone points toward the finish line.

2. Diede de Groot, NED (WC)
...unbeaten, untied and still unbelievable. Pity the Paralympic apparatus -- the same one that pushed Marjolein Buis into retirement because of a classification change -- come next year will resume hampering the exposure of what is the most high-profile WC sport (tennis) on earth (see below).

3. Iga Swiatek, POL
...the bar (her '22 season) was always too high to completely overcome this season. I mean, she's not Diede de Groot.

4. Coco Gauff, USA
...suddenly there's a new contender looking over everyone's shoulders (even if there's likely not enough time to rise to the top)

5. Elena Rybakina, KAZ
...a slam final, near Sunshine Double and Iga mastery still holds a lot of sway. Picked up "backbone points" this summer, if not ground in the Ms.B race.

6. Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
...Cincinnati/US QF runs were a nice follow-up to her Wimbledon title

7. Petra Kvitova, CZE
...this hard court season was definitely not the Summer of Petra

8. Karolina Muchova, CZE
...further proving that if she can stay healthy, she'll eventually get hers

9. Jessie Pegula, USA
...the only person to defeat Gauff on hard court this summer

10. Ons Jabeur, TUN
...by force of will

HM- Barbora Krejcikova, CZE
...it's becoming harder and harder to recall how well she was playing early this season








=DAY 14 NOTES=
...on a rainy day in New York, roofed courts saved the day as the remaining matches to be played were all held in a dry environment.

Maybe the least unexpected result of this entire Open turned out to be one of its last, as Diede de Groot picked up her sixth straight U.S. Open wheelchair singles crown (career slam #20, just one away from Esther Vergeer's all-time women's record) with a 6-2/6-2 win in the final over Yui Kamiji. De Groot's 12th consecutive slam title -- completing a third straight Grand Slam season with a sweep of the year's slam singles crowns -- extends her match winning streak to 122.

New Hall of Famer Vergeer, de Groot's mentor early in her career, presented her with the trophy on Armstrong.



48-0 on the year, de Groot has won her last 32 singles events dating back to early in the 2021 season. She's now won 23 straight matches over #2 Kamiji.



One of de Groot's three Grand Slam seasons was a "Golden Slam" in 2021 with a Paralympic Gold Medal thrown into the mix. That won't be happening next year, though, as the shortsighted conflicting schedules of next summer's Paralympics (held August 28 through September 8) and the U.S. Open (August 26 through September 8) means there won't be a wheelchair competition at Flushing Meadows in '24. This isn't a new thing, as for years that was the case for the same reason.

That changed when the 2020 Paralympics were postponed until '21, and the rescheduled games finished up during the first week of the Open, allowing the rollers to head to New York to compete. It resulted in Golden Slam seasons for both de Groot and men's quad WC star Dylan Alcott, and garnered some nice publicity for the sport.

One wondered if it all might lead to the schedule conflicts being avoided in the future, but no.

It's a truly wrongheaded situation for wheelchair athletics, as tennis is probably the *most* mainstream para event on earth, with the tennis slams the only major sporting events that I know of where WC athletes compete side by side with able-bodied players in the same sport, on the same day and on the same grounds, rather than in a separate, set aside event held elsewhere or at a different time (ala the Paralympics, held in the Olympic city weeks after those games have ended).

The U.S Open is a grand stage for wheelchair athletes, and why the Paralympic movement conspires to damage what is really its most high profile non-Paralympic sport/event by taking it away from a marquee stage on a regular basis is hard to fathom. With the events taking place over the same two-week stretch, you'd think that a schedule could be constructed that would allow the Paralympic tennis event to be completed in time for the competitors to play both events, as happened in '21. But no.

Hopefully the USTA will still hold the junior wheelchair event, at least.

...in the doubles final, Gaby Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe claimed their maiden slam WD titles (Dabrowski has won a MX crown) with a 7-6(9)/6-3 victory over '20 Open champs Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva. For Routliffe, she's the first New Zealand woman to win a U.S. Open title, and the first to win any slam crown since 1979 (Judy Connor, AO doubles).



...in the 125 in Bari (ITA), Tamara Zidansek defeated Rebecca Sramkova in three sets in the final, her biggest win since she claimed her lone tour-level title in Lausanne in July 2021.

...on the ITF circuit, Viktorija Golubic defeated Wang Xiyu in three sets in Tokyo, taking home her first career $100K challenger crown. She's won one WTA title (2016 Gstaad) and a pair of 125 events.

Other winners included Anna Bondar ($60K Montreux, SUI), Tena Lukas ($60K Vienna, AUT) and Solana Sierra ($25K Zaragoza, ESP).

...with the new rankings coming out Monday, a quick update on the new state of things...

* - Sabalenka replaces Swiatek at #1, while Iga falls to #2. Perhaps you've heard.

* - Gauff moves from #6 to a career high #3, becoming the new U.S. #1 (Pegula falls 2 to #5)

* - new career highs for Czechs Vondrousova (#6) and Muchova (#8)

* - yes, Sakkari (#9) and Garcia (#10) are STILL in the Top 10. Does anyone have a wooden stake handy?

* - Azarenka (#25) falls out of the Top 20, replaced by Ostapenko (#16)

* - Zheng Qinwen inches up one to #22, while Zhu Lin (+9) is back in the Top 35 (2 off her career high), and Wang Xinyu (up 14) cracks the Top 40 for the first time

* - New to the Top 50 w/ career highs: #44 Stearns, #50 Boulter

* - Out of the Top 51: #52 Badosa (-2, but just one spot behind ESP #1 Sorribes Tormo), #54 Siniakova (-5), #64 Andreescu (-13, but still the CAN #1)

* - Biggest risers in the Top 100: #87 Zidansek (+31), #69 Minnen (+28) and #96 Wang Yafan (+18)

* - Back in the Top 100: Sofia "Last Straw" Kenin (up 8 to #93)

* - Almost There: #103 Birrell (+8), #104 Townsend (+28), #106 Juvan (+39) and #107 Golubic (+28)

* - Falls: Cornet (-18) to #97 and Niemeier (-45) to #136... but she's ranked *below* Zhang Shuai (-42 to #122), who has lost 16 straight matches

* - Also: Wozniacki (+380) is at #243, Brady at #263 (+170), and Saville at #266 (+56).

The top-ranked Pickleballer is #218 (but she *did* manage to defeat the eventual U.S. Open girls' champ, Katherine Hui, in the opening round of Open qualifying a couple of weeks ago... but that's her only *actual tennis* win since June).






*WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL*
#6 Coco Gauff/USA def. #2 Aryna Sabalenka/BLR 2-6/6-3/6-2

*WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL*
#16 Dabrowski/Routliffe (CAN/NZL) def. #12 Siegemund/Zvonareva (GER/RUS) 7-6(9)/6-3

*MIXED DOUBLES FINAL*
Danilina/Heliovaara (KAZ/FIN) def. #1 Pegula/Krajicek (USA/USA) 6-3/6-4

*WHEELCHAIR WOMEN'S FINAL*
#1 Diede de Groot/NED def. #2 Yui Kamiji/JPN 6-2/6-2

*WHEELCHAIR WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL*
#2 Kamiji/Montjane (JPN/RSA) def. #1 de Groot/Griffioen (NED/NED) walkover

*WHEELCHAIR JUNIOR SINGLES FINAL*
#2 Ksenia Chasteau/FRA def. #1 Maylee Phelps/USA 6-3/6-1

*WHEELCHAIR JUNIOR DOUBLES FINAL*
#1 Chasteau/Phelps (FRA/USA) def. Czauz/Takamuro (USA/JPN) 7-5/6-0

*GIRLS SINGLES FINAL*
(WC) Katherine Hui/USA def. #9 Tereza Valentova/CZE 6-4/6-4

*GIRLS DOUBLES FINAL*
#8 Gae/Gureva (ROU/RUS) def. N.Saito/S.Saito (JPN/JPN) 1-6/7-5 [10-8]







...IS THIS THE FIRST YEAR THAT... ON DAY 14:

...the "wall of champions" has been featured at this slam? I'm not sure I remember it from last year.



It's not a bad "steal" from Wimbledon, but it feels too staid. It's needs a little more "New York" put into it.


...NOT SURE WHY THIS IS INTERESTING (BUT IT ALWAYS KINDA IS)... ON DAY 14:





...AIR TIME (BUT BAD CAMERA WORK)... ON DAY 14:





...NUMBERS GUY WAS WATCHING THE NFL, SO... ON DAY 14:


[NOTHING TO SEE HERE]


But enjoy Diane's usual slam Top 10...

























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*RECENT U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS*
2010 Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova, USA/KAZ
2011 Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond, USA/USA
2012 Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, ITA/ITA
2013 Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka, CZE/CZE
2014 Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, RUS/RUS
2015 Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza, SUI/IND
2016 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Safarova, USA/CZE
2017 Latisha Chan / Martina Hingis, TPE/SUI
2018 Ash Barty / CoCo Vandeweghe, AUS/USA
2019 Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka, BEL/BLR
2020 Laura Siegemund / Vera Zvonareva, GER/RUS
2021 Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai, AUS/CHN
2022 Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova, CZE/CZE
2023 Gaby Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe, CAN/NZL

*RECENT WD SLAM CHAMPIONS*
[2018]
AO: Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (HUN/FRA)
RG: Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (CZE/CZE)
WI: Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (CZE/CZE)
US: Ash Barty/CoCo Vandeweghe (AUS/USA)
[2019]
AO: Samantha Stosur/Zhang Shuai (AUS/CHN)
RG: Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (HUN/FRA)
WI: Hsieh Su-wei/Barbora Strycova (TPE/CZE)
US: Elise Mertens/Aryna Sabalenka (BEL/BLR)
[2020]
AO: Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (HUN/FRA)
US: Laura Siegemund/Vera Zvonareva (GER/RUS)
RG: Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic (HUN/FRA)
[2021]
AO: Elise Mertens/Aryna Sabalenka (BEL/BLR)
RG: Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (CZE/CZE)
WI: Hsieh Su-wei/Elise Mertens (TPE/BEL)
US: Samantha Stosur/Zhang Shuai (AUS/CHN)
[2022]
AO: Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (CZE/CZE)
RG: Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA/FRA)
WI: Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (CZE/CZE)
US: Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (CZE/CZE)
[2023]
AO: Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova (CZE/CZE)
RG: Hsieh Su-wei/Wang Xinyu (TPE/CHN)
WI: Hsieh Su-wei/Barbora Strycova (TPE/CZE)
US: Gaby Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe (CAN/NZL)

*2023 MAIDEN SLAM CHAMPIONS*
AO
GS WS - Aryna Sabalenka, BLR
GS MX - Luisa Stefani, BRA
RG
GS WD - Wang Xinyu, CHN
GS MX - Miyu Kato, JPN
WI
GS WS - Marketa Vondrousova, CZE
GS MX - Lyudmyla Kichenok, UKR
US
GS WS - Coco Gauff, USA
GS WD - Gaby Dabrowski, CAN
GS WD - Erin Routliffe, NZL
GS MX - Anna Danilina, KAZ

*U.S. OPEN WHEELCHAIR CHAMPIONS*
[singles]
2005 Esther Vergeer, NED
2006 Esther Vergeer, NED
2007 Esther Vergeer, NED
2008 --
2009 Esther Vergeer, NED
2010 Esther Vergeer, NED
2011 Esther Vergeer, NED
2012 --
2013 Aniek van Koot, NED
2014 Yui Kamiji, JPN
2015 Jordanne Whiley, GBR
2016 --
2017 Yui Kamiji, JPN
2018 Diede de Groot, NED
2019 Diede de Groot, NED
2020 Diede de Groot, NED
2021 Diede de Groot, NED
2022 Diede de Groot, NED
2023 Diede de Groot, NED

*WC SLAM SINGLES FINALS - active*
26 - YUI KAMIJI, JPN (8-18)
23 - DIEDE DE GROOT, NED (20-3)
14 - Aniek Van Koot, NED (3-11)
7 - Jiske Griffioen, NED (4-3)
1 - Kgothatso Montjane, RSA (0-1)
1 - Momoko Ohtani, JPN (0-1)

*WHEELCHAIR SLAM SINGLES TITLES*
21 - Esther Vergeer, NED [9-6-0-6]
20 - DIEDE DE GROOT, NED [5-4-5-6]*
8 - Yui Kamiji, JPN [2-4-0-2]...[1+0]*
4 - Jiske Griffioen, NED [2-1-1-0]*
3 - Aniek van Koot, NED [1-0-1-1]*
3 - Monique Kalkman, NED [0-0-0-3]

*WHEELCHAIR SLAM TITLES*
[singles/doubles]
42 - Esther Vergeer, NED (21/21)
37 - DIEDE DE GROOT, NED (20/17)*
28 - YUI KAMIJI, JPN (8/20)*
26 - Aniek Van Koot, NED (3/23)*
19 - Jiske Griffioen, NED (4/15)*
13 - Jordanne Whiley, GBR (1/12)

*WHEELCHAIR SEASON GRAND SLAMS*
[singles 4/4]
2021 Diede de Groot, NED (Golden Slam)
2022 Diede de Groot, NED
2023 Diede de Groot, NED
[doubles 4/4]
2009 Esther Vergeer & Korie Homan, NED/NED
2011 Esther Vergeer & Sharon Walraven, NED/NED
2013 Aniek Van Koot & Jiske Griffioen, NED/NED
2014 Yui Kamji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR
2019 Diede de Groot & Aniek Van Koot, NED/NED

*DIEDE DE GROOT vs. IN STREAK*
[122-0, + 1 w/o W]
23 - Yui Kamiji, JPN (+1 w/o)
15 - Kgothatso Montjane, RSA
13 - Aniek Van Koot, NED
10 - Momoko Ohtani, JPN
7 - Angelica Bernal, COL
6 - Dana Mathewson, USA
5 - Jiske Griffioen, NED
5 - Lucy Shuker, GBR
4 - Katharina Kruger, GER
4 - Jordanne Whiley, GBR
3 - Macarena Cabrillana, CHI
3 - Pauline Deroulede, FRA
3 - Emmanuelle Morch, FRA
3 - Zhu Zhenzhen, CHN
2 - Viktoriia Lvova, RUS
2 - Cornelia Oosthuizan, GBR
2 - Saki Takamuro, JPN
2 - Manami Tanaka, JPN
2 - Maayan Zikri, ISR
1 - Shelby Baron, USA
1 - Nalani Buob, SUI
1 - Charlotte Fairbank, FRA
1 - Huang Jinlian, CHN
1 - Busra Un, TUR
1 - Britta Wend, GER
1 - Louie Charlotte Willerslev-Olsen, DEN
1 - Wang Ziying, CHN

*RECENT U.S. OPEN "DOUBLES STAR" WINNERS*
2014 Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR (WC)
2015 Martina Hingis, SUI
2016 Laura Siegemund, GER
2017 Martina Hingis, SUI
2018 Ash Barty & CoCo Vandeweghe, AUS/USA
2019 Diede de Groot & Aniek Van Koot, NED/NED (WC)
2020 Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR (WC)
2021 Desirae Krawczyk, USA
2022 Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, CZE/CZE
2023

*RECENT U.S. OPEN "IT" WINNERS*
2011 Esther Vergeer, NED [Wheelchair]
2012 [Brit] Laura Robson, GBR
2013 [Bannerette] Vicky Duval, USA
2014 [Girl] CiCi Bellis, USA
2015 [Kiki] Kristina Mladenovic, FRA
2016 [Teen] Ana Konjuh, CRO
2017 [Jr. Wild Card] Coco Gauff, USA
2018 [Court] (new) Louis Armstrong Stadium
2019 [Canadian] Bianca Andreescu, CAN
2020 [Champion Moms] Vera Zvonareva/RUS and Jordanne Whiley/GBR
2021 [Teens] Leylah Fernandez/CAN and Emma Raducanu/GBR
2022 [Diede Slam] Diede de Groot, NED [WC]
2023 [Summer Star] Coco Gauff, USA

RECENT U.S. OPEN "Ms. OPPORTUNITY" WINNERS*
2013 Li Na, CHN
2014 Peng Shuai, CHN
2015 Roberta Vinci, ITA
2016 Anastasija Sevastova, LAT
2017 All-Bannerette SF: Keys,Stephens,Vandeweghe,V.Williams
2018 Naomi Osaka, JPN and Anastasija Sevastova, LAT
2019 Belinda Bencic, SUI
2020 Laura Siegemund & Vera Zvonareva, GER/RUS
2021 Diede de Groot, NED [WC Golden Slam]
2022 Ons Jabeur, TUN
2023 Diede de Groot, NED [Grand Slam x 3]

*RECENT U.S. OPEN "DOUBLES STAR" WINNERS*
2014 Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR (WC)
2015 Martina Hingis, SUI
2016 Laura Siegemund, GER
2017 Martina Hingis, SUI
2018 Ash Barty & CoCo Vandeweghe, AUS/USA
2019 Diede de Groot & Aniek Van Koot, NED/NED (WC)
2020 Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR (WC)
2021 Desirae Krawczyk, USA
2022 Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova, CZE/CZE
2023 Erin Routliffe, NZL






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TOP QUALIFIER: #15 Wang Yafan/CHN
TOP EARLY-ROUND (1r-2r): #6 Coco Gauff/USA
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): #2 Aryna Sabalenka/BLR
TOP LATE-ROUND (SF-F): #6 Coco Gauff/USA
TOP QUALIFYING MATCH: Q2 - Elsa Jacquemot/FRA def. #2 Diana Shnaider/RUS 6-7(5)/7-5/6-3 - down 7-6/5-3, saved 7 MP in 2nd set (trailed 5-4, 40/love)
TOP EARLY-RD. MATCH (1r-2r): 1st Rd. - #32 Elise Mertens/BEL def. Mirjam Bjorklund/SWE 3-6/6-3/7-6(10-3) - down 3 MP at 4-5, love/40 in 3rd, won 4 con. pts to hold; wins TB 10-3
TOP MIDDLE-RD. MATCH (3r-QF): 4th Rd. - #20 Alona Ostapenko/LAT def. #1 Iga Swiatek/POL 3-6/6-3/6-1 (improves to 4-0 in head-to-head; Sabalenka replaces Swiatek as singles #1)
TOP LATE-RD. MATCH (SF-F): SF - #2 Aryna Sabalenka/BLR def. #17 Madison Keys/USA 0-6/7-6(1)/7-6(10-5) - Keys served 6-0/5-3, led up 4-2 in 3rd
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FIRST VICTORY: #10 Karolina Muchova/CZE (def. WC Hunter)
FIRST SEED OUT: #8 Maria Sakkari/GRE (1r- lost to Masarova/ESP)
FIRST CAREER SLAM MD WINS: Eva Lys/GER, Lily Miyazaki/GBR
PROTECTED RANKING MD WINS: Jennifer Brady/USA (3rd Rd.); Dasha Saville/AUS (2nd Rd.), Patricia Maria Tig/ROU (2nd Rd.)
LUCKY LOSER MD WINS: Yanina Wickmayer/BEL (2nd Rd.)
UPSET QUEENS: United States
REVELATION LADIES: China
NATION OF POOR SOULS: France (1-6 in 1st; 9 of FRA Top 10 out Q/1r)
CRASH & BURN: #8 Maria Sakkari/GRE (3 consecutive slam 1st Rd. losses)
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF NEW YORK: #32 Elise Mertens/BEL (5 MP saved 1r/2r; 4-5, love/40 in 3rd vs. Bjorklund/SWE 1r; 2 MP 2nd set TB vs. Collins/USA 2r)
IT ("Summer Star"): Coco Gauff, USA
Ms.OPPORTUNITY: Diede de Groot, NED (Grand Slam Season x 3)
LAST QUALIFIER STANDING: Kaja Juvan/SLO, Greet Minnen/BEL (3rd Rd.)
LAST WILD CARD STANDING: Caroline Wozniacki/DEN (4r)
LAST BANNERETTE STANDING: Coco Gauff/USA (W)
COMEBACK: Caroline Wozniacki/DEN
VETERAN PLAYER (KIMIKO CUP): Sorana Cirstea/ROU
DOUBLES STAR: Erin Routliffe/NZL
BIG APPLE BANNERETTE BREAKTHROUGH: Peyton Stearns/USA
BROADWAY-BOUND: "Jabeurwocky"
LADY OF THE EVENING: Alona Ostapenko/LAT
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: Katherine Hui/USA (wild card to finalist)







All for now. 3Q Awards this week.
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