{"id":17719,"date":"2025-08-25T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=17719"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:01:35","slug":"us-open-tennis-day-two-draper-norrie-and-keys-in-action-live-us-open-tennis-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=17719","title":{"rendered":"US Open tennis day two: Draper, Norrie and Keys in action \u2013 live | US Open Tennis 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cam Norrie has three chances to break against Sebastian Korda<\/strong> \u2026 and he needs just one. Korda, up to the net, goes wide with a forehand and Norrie will serve for the first set: he\u2019s up 6-5.<\/p>\n

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Barbora Krejcikova has taken the first set against Victoria Mboko 6-3.<\/strong> The first point of the second set should be Mboko\u2019s \u2026 but she overhits a volley.<\/p>\n

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Korda goes long \u2013 <\/strong>just<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 with a forehand and Norrie has break point.<\/strong> But Korda matches Norrie\u2019s trick in the previous game, launching an ace to get out of trouble. A passing forehand, from way behind the baseline, puts a smile on Norrie\u2019s face: he\u2019s got another break point. And it\u2019s another <\/em>ace from Korda! That\u2019s his 10th of the match. Norrie gets his third chance to break with a backhand down the line but Korda\u2019s serve is a serious force. The American battles on to take a 5-4 lead in the first set.<\/p>\n

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Korda has a break point against Norrie<\/strong> \u2026 but out comes an ace down the middle. Norrie\u2019s then up to the net, a delightfully delicate volley bringing him the advantage. He escapes danger and we\u2019re 4-4 in this rather even fight.<\/p>\n

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Victoria Mboko has a chance to break against Barbora Krejcikova<\/strong>, but a backhand slice finds the net. Mboko goes long with a forehand to give her opponent a 4-2 lead in the first set.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Victoria Mboko powers a forehand to Barbora Krejcikova.<\/span> Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth\/APShare<\/p>\n

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Diane Parry has won the first set 6-1 against Petra Kvitova.<\/strong> Here\u2019s a great interview Kvitova \u2013 two-time Wimbledon champion \u2013 did before the tournament.<\/p>\n

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Yep, there\u2019s that big serve.<\/strong> Korda sends down two more aces to go 3-2 up against Norrie in the first set.<\/p>\n

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Norrie holds to go 2-2 but he\u2019s got a proper challenge against Korda\u2019s serve,<\/strong> the 25-year-old American reeling off aces \u2013 he\u2019s ticked off six inside the opening 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Cam Norrie is 1-1 with Sebastian Korda, the latter on serve.<\/strong> Norrie takes him to deuce, but Korda responds with an ace \u2026 and then a double fault. Deuce once again. Korda advances inside the baseline to sweep a backhand winner but Norrie\u2019s passing forehand brings deuce again. Korda holds his nerve after four deuces and leads 2-1 in the first set.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Sebastian Korda with a backhand to Cameron Norrie.<\/span> Photograph: Yuki Iwamura\/APShare<\/p>\n

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Mboko, the 22nd seed, has a nervy start and is broken in the first game by Krejcikova. <\/strong>Petra Kvitova, who will retire from tennis after this tournament, is a break down against Diane Parry of France.<\/p>\n

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The future is here at Louis Armstrong Stadium. <\/strong>Victoria Mboko of Canada, the 18-year-old who triumphed in Montreal this month, beating Naomi Osaka in the final, is up against Barbora Krejcikova, Wimbledon champion last year. Mboko won\u2019t be fazed by another slam winner.<\/p>\n

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Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to the second day of singles action at Flushing Meadows \u2013 hopefully Daniil Medvedev\u2019s calmed down by now. Venus Williams, 45 years young, will be up on Arthur Ashe in the evening but before then we\u2019ve got plenty of names to keep an eye on: Madison Keys, Jack Draper, Petra Kvitova and Cam Norrie are in action over the next few hours.<\/p>\n

Drop me a line with your thoughts, queries and anything I\u2019ve missed \u2013 there\u2019s only so many screens I can use. Let\u2019s get going.<\/p>\n

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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Cam Norrie has three chances to break against Sebastian Korda \u2026 and he needs just one. Korda, up to the net, goes wide with a forehand and Norrie will serve for the first set: he\u2019s up 6-5. Share Barbora Krejcikova has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[919,131,10735,2690,132,2688,3866,1262],"class_list":{"0":"post-17719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-action","9":"tag-day","10":"tag-draper","11":"tag-keys","12":"tag-live","13":"tag-norrie","14":"tag-open","15":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}