Bopanna-Sutjiadi pair into US Open semis: Top seeds Sinner and Switek into singles quarterfinals

Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi have entered the semi-finals of the US Open 2024 mixed doubles category. The pair defeated Australia's Matthew Ebden and Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova 7-6, 2-6, 10-7 in a match that lasted one hour and 33 minutes. In the men's singles of the last Grand Slam of the ongoing year in New York, Italian player Janic Sinner made a place in the quarterfinals by defeating Tommy Paul of America 7-6, 7-6, 6-1. Along with this, Australia's Alex de Minaur defeated his countryman Jordan Thompson 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the top-8. In women's singles, top seed Iga Svitek defeated Russia's Ludmila Samsonova 6-4, 6-1 and Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia defeated Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. 44-year-old Bopanna and 29-year-old Sutjiadi will face the American pair in the semi-finals against American Taylor Townsend and Donald Young, who defeated Finland's Harry Heliovara and Kazakhstan's Anna Danilina 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 10-8 in the quarter-finals. . Sinner to face fifth seed Medvedev Top seed Janic Sinner has reached the quarterfinals of the US Open. After a slow start, Sinner defeated No. 14 Tommy Paul 7-6, 7-6, 6-1 in a tiebreaker at the end of the first two sets. He will face fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in the quarter finals. Switek won the match in straight sets as top seed and world No. 1 Iga Switek made it to the top-8 of women's singles. She will face American sixth seed Jessica Pegula. Polish star Switek tied Russia's Samsonova 4-4 in the first set, then reeled off a seven-game winning streak to seal victory. Here, Jessica Pegula won 6-4, 6-2 over Russia's Diana Snyder. Pegula has reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the seventh time.

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