US Open, Lorenzo Sonego starts well but closes poorly

The Turin native won the first two sets, then collapsed

Sonego’s adventure at the US Open is already over. The Italian surrendered to Thompson in the first round of the American tournament. After winning (deservedly) the first two sets (6-2, 6-1), the Piedmontese lost the right concentration, allowing the Australian, number 102 in the ATP ranking; to come back and win the match (6-2, 6-4, 6-4 the partials in favor of Thompson).

Since 1968, that is, since the tournament was opened to professionals, three tennis players have won it five times: the Americans Jimmy Connors (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982 and 1983) and Pete Sampras (1990, 1993, 1995, 1996 and 2002) and the Swiss Roger Federer, who won it from 2004 to 2008. In 2020 it was won by Austrian Dominic Thiem, who in a comeback beat Alexander Zverev in the final in five sets by the score of 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. Last year Novak Djokovic, who came within a whisker of a Grand Slam thanks to successes in Australia, France and England, succumbed in the final against Medvedev.