Friday, September 05, 2025

US.13- The Day Before the Day











=DAY 13 NOTES=
...aside from the invitational held during qualifying week, there haven't been any actual trophies handed out at this slam (I mean, except maybe for those that ESPN hands out to itself on occasion).

That changed today.



With some potential almost-history (as in, Katerina Siniakova getting 3/4 of the way to a Career Doubles Slam with a *second* partner) within the grasp of one team in the women's doubles final, Gaby Dabrowski & Erin Routliffe instead decided to change that narrative and make themselves the stars. Again.

The duo claimed the title in New York for the second time in three years with a 6-4/6-4 win over top-seeded Siniakova & Taylor Townsend.

It's Dabrowski's fourth career slam win (2 WD, 2 MX) -- did someone say, "Canadian Summer?" -- while the win also pushed the CAN/NZL pair perhaps to the top of the heap (they're at least in the mix) for the Doubles Team of the Year. Their three '25 titles tie Errani/Paolini for the tour lead, while Routliffe's fourth title puts her alone in first for the most won by any individual doubles player this season. The Kiwi is 4-0 in '25 finals (3-0 w/ Dabrowski).

...three championships were decided in wheelchair action.

First, Li Xiaohui & Wang Ziying continued to cut a path through the wheelchair doubles competition, taking their third major of the season (AO, WI & US... and they were runners-up at RG) with a 6-4/7-6(4) win in the final over Diede de Groot & Zhu Zhenzhen. Before Li & Wang won in Melbourne in January, no Chinese woman had won a wheelchair slam title.

Meanwhile, de Groot's loss means that 2025 is the first season of her career in which she failed to win either a singles or doubles major (she'd won at least one of *both* every year from 2017-24).



In London, Wang doubled up by also winning the Wimbledon singles title, becoming the first Chinese woman to win a singles slam. At the U.S. Open, Li will take her swing at doing the same this weekend after advancing to her first major singles final today with a win over #2 seed Aniek Van Koot.

Li will face #1 Yui Kamiji, whose 6-4/7-5 win on Friday over Wang mean she's reached the singles final at all four majors in the same season for the first time in her career (winning the AO/RG titles). It'll be her 31st career slam singles final, as she goes for title #11 (third in '25, which would tie her career-best total in '17) to further take advantage of de Groot's ongoing comeback from hip surgery.

Kamiji is a two-time U.S. Open champ, last winning in 2017 before de Groot ran off wins in the last six editions of the wheelchair event at Flushing Meadows before falling vs. Kamiji (in a fourth straight match in the series) in the QF this week.

...in the junior wheelchair event, Sabina Czauz became the first Bannerette roller to claim a girls' slam singles title since the very first such competition (this was the seventh) was held at a major at the 2022 U.S. Open. After losing in the AO and RG finals earlier this season, Czauz defeated #2 seeded Belgian Luna Gryp 7-5/6-2 to take the title. Czauz also teamed with Japan's Seira Matsuoka to win the girls' doubles title.



...meanwhile, the junior girls' singles and doubles finals were set, and Waffle Jeline Vandromme remains alive for a title sweep.

#14-seed Vandromme extended her all-level singles winning streak to 22 matches today with a SF victory over #2 Hannah Klugman, while the other remaining Brit in the draw also went out as Swedish qualifier Lea Nilsson added a win over #9-seeded defending champ Mika Stojsavljevic to her earlier victory over top-seeded Julieta Pareja.

The last (and only) Belgian to win the girls' title at the U.S. Open was Kristen Flipkens in 2003, while no Swedish junior has ever won in New York. In fact, the only girls' singles slam champ that Sweden has produced to date was Lena Sandin at RG in 1979.

Vandromme also advanced to the doubles final alongside Lithuanian Laima Vladson, where they'll mean the Kovackova sisters (Alena and Jana) for the title. The Czech siblings, who've won three pro ITF titles together in '25, reached the girls' RG final (a loss) this past spring, though Alena won the '23 Wimbledon title with another Crusher, Laura Samson.







*WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL*
#1 Aryna Sabalenka/BLR vs. #8 Amanda Anisimova/USA

*WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL*
#3 Dabrowski/Routliffe (CAN/NZL) def. #1 Siniakova/Townsend (CZE/USA) 6-4/6-4

*MIXED DOUBLES FINAL*
(WC) Errani/Vavassori (ITA/ITA) def. #3 Swiatek/Ruud (POL/NOR) 6-3/5-7 [10-6]

*GIRLS SINGLES FINAL*
(Q) Lea Nilsson/SWE vs. #14 Jeline Vandromme/BEL

*GIRLS DOUBLES FINAL*
#3 Kovackova/Kovackova (CZE/CZE) vs. #4 Vandromme/Vladson (BEL/LTU)

*WHEELCHAIR SINGLES FINAL*
#1 Yui Kamiji/JPN vs. #3 Li Xiaohui/CHN

*WHEELCHAIR DOUBLES FINAL*
#2 Li/Wang (CHN/CHN) def. de Groot/Zhu (NED/CHN) 6-4/7-6(4)

*WHEELCHAIR JUNIOR SINGLES FINAL*
Sabina Czauz/USA def. #2 Luna Gryp/BEL 7-5/6-2

*WHEELCHAIR JUNIOR DOUBLES FINAL*
Czauz/Matsuoka (USA/JPN) def. Heald/Porges (USA/GER) 6-0/6-1









...A GREAT SEMIFINAL IMAGE (and another "could be the logo" nominee)... ON DAY 13:





...LATE STAT FROM THURSDAY (it includes you-know-who, so you know it's impressive)... ON DAY 13:




























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*MOST 2025 TOP 10 WINS*
9 - Aryna Sabalenka
8 - Iga Swiatek
7 - Coco Gauff (1 #1 win)
6 - Mirra Andreeva (1), Amanda Anisimova (1)
5 - Ekaterina Alexandrova (1), Madison Keys (1)

*RECENT U.S. OPEN WOMEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS*
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
2024 Lyudmyla Kichenok / Alona Ostapenko, UKR/LAT
2025 Gaby Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe, CAN/NZL

*2025 WTA DOUBLES TITLES*
4 - ERIN ROUTLIFFE, NZL
3 - GABY DABROWSKI, CAN
3 - Sara Errani, ITA
3 - Jasmine Paolini, ITA
3 - Taylor Townsend, USA
[duos]
3...DABROWSKI/ROUTLIFFE
3...Errani/Paolini
2...M.Andreeva/Shnaider
2...Babos/Stefani
2...Dabrowski/Routliffe
2...Guo/Panova
2...Jiang/Wu
2...N.Kichenok/Ninomiya
2...Muhammad/Schuurs
2...Siniakova/Townsend
[2020-25 - individuals]
23 - Katerina Siniakova (1/6/6/3/5/2)
14 - Barbora Krejcikova (1/5/3/4/1/0)
13 - Elise Mertens (1/4/2/2/3/1)
12 - ERIN ROUTLIFFE (0/1/1/3/3/4)
11 - GABY DABROWSKI (0/1/3/2/2/3)
11 - Anna Danilina (0/1/2/1/5/2)
11 - Hsieh Su-wei (4/2/0/2/3/0)
11 - Demi Schuurs (2/2/1/2/2/2)
11 - Laura Siegemund (1/0/3/5/1/1)
[2020-25 - duos]
13..Krejcikova/Siniakova (1/5/3/3/1/0)
8...Aoyama/Shibahara (1/5/0/2/0/0)
8...Errani/Paolini (0/0/0/1/4/3)
7...DABROWSKI/ROUTLIFFE (0/0/0/2/2/3)
7...Siegemund/Zvonareva (1/0/2/4/0/0)
5...Gauff/Pegula (0/0/3/2/0/0)
5...Hsieh/Mertens (0/2/0/0/3/0)
5...Hsieh/Strycova (4/0/-/1 ret.)
5...L.Kichenok/Ostapenko (0/0/2/0/3/0)

*2025 WTA DOUBLES FINALS*
6 (2-4) = Anna Danilina
5 (3-2) = TAYLOR TOWNSEND
5 (2-3) = Alona Ostapenko
5 (2-3) = Guo Hanyu
5 (1-4) = Zhang Shuai
4 (4-0) = ERIN ROUTLIFFE
4 (3-1) = Sara Errani
4 (3-1) = Jasmine Paolini
4 (2-2) = Jiang Xinyu
4 (2-2) = Aleksandra Krunic
4 (2-2) = Alexandra Panova
4 (0-4) = Hsieh Su-wei
[2025 finals - duos]
4...Errani/Paolini (3-1)
4...Guo/Panova (2-2)
3...DABROWSKI/ROUTLIFFE (3-0)
3...Jiang/Wu (2-1)
3...SINIAKOVA/TOWNSEND (2-1)
3...V.Kudermetova/Mertens (1-2)
3...Hsieh/Ostapenko (0-3)

*WC SLAM SINGLES FINALS - active*
31 - YUI KAMIJI, JPN (10-20)
26 - Diede de Groot, NED (23-3)
17 - Aniek Van Koot, NED (3-14)
7 - Jiske Griffioen, NED (4-3)
1 - Wang Ziying, CHN (1-0)
1 - LI XIAOHUI, CHN (0-0)
1 - Kgothatso Montjane, RSA (0-1)
1 - Momoko Ohtani, JPN (0-1)
1 - Zhu Zhenzhen, CHN (0-1)

*U.S. OPEN WHEELCHAIR CHAMPIONS*
[doubles]
2005 Korie Homan & Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2006 Jiske Griffioen & Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2007 Jiske Griffioen & Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2008 --
2009 Korie Homan & Esther Vergeer, NED/NED
2010 Esther Vergeer & Sharon Walraven, NED/NED
2011 Esther Vergeer & Sharon Walraven, NED/NED
2012 --
2013 Jiske Griffioen & Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2014 Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR
2015 Jiske Griffioen & Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2016 --
2017 Marjolein Buis & Diede de Groot, NED/NED
2018 Diede de Groot & Yui Kamiji, NED/JPN
2019 Diede de Groot & Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2020 Yui Kamiji & Jordanne Whiley, JPN/GBR
2021 Diede de Groot & Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2022 Diede de Groot & Aniek van Koot, NED/NED
2023 Yui Kamiji & Kgothatso Montjane, JPN/RSA
2024 --
2025 Li Xiaohui & Wang Ziying, CHN/CHN
--
NOTE: event not held in 2008/12/16/24 (Paralympics)

*JUNIOR WHEELCHAIR CHAMPIONS*
[singles]
2022 US: Jade Moreira Lanai BRA
2023 US: Ksenia Chasteau, FRA
2024 RG: Ksenia Chasteau, FRA
2024 US: Yuma Takamuro, JPN
2025 AO: Vitoria Miranda, BRA
2025 RG: Vitoria Miranda, BRA
2025 US: Sabina Czauz, USA
[doubles]
2022 US: Jade Moreira Lanai/Maylie Phelps, BRA/USA
2023 US: Ksenia Chasteau/Maylie Phelps, FRA/USA
2024 RG: Ksenia Chasteau/Maylie Phelps, FRA/USA
2024 US: Rio Okano/Yuma Takamuro, JPN/JPN
2025 AO: Luna Gryp/Vitoria Miranda, BEL/BRA
2025 RG: Luna Gryp/Vitoria Miranda, BEL/BRA
2025 US: Sabina Czauz/Seira Matsuoka, USA/JPN

*SLAM WHEELCHAIR JR. GIRLS' SINGLES FINALS*
2022 US: Jade Moreira Lanai/BRA def. Yuma Takamuro/JPN
2023 US: Ksenia Chasteau/FRA def. Maylee Phelps/USA
2024 RG: Ksenia Chasteau/FRA def. Maylee Phelps/USA
2024 US: Yuna Takamuro/JPN def. Vitoria Miranda/BRA
2025 AO: Vitoria Miranda/BRA def. Sabina Czauz/USA
2025 RG: Vitoria Miranda/BRA def. Sabina Czauz/USA
2025 US: Sabina Czauz/USA def. Luna Gryp/BEL

*BEST U.S. OPEN GIRLS/WOMEN'S RESULTS*
[won Girls & Women's titles]
Lindsay Davenport (1992 Jr. Champion; 1998 Women's champion)
[champion+finalist]
Martina Hingis (1994 Junior RU; 1997 Women's champion)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (2001 Junior RU; 2004 Women's champion)
Victoria Azarenka (2005 Junior champion; 2012-13/20 Women's RU)
Coco Gauff (2017 Junior RU; 2023 Women's champion)
AMANDA ANISIMOVA (2017 Junior champion; in Women's final)

*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
2024 Lyudmyla Kichenok & Alona Ostapenko, UKR/LAT
2025 Li Xiaohui & Wang Ziying, CHN/CHN (WC)










TOP QUALIFIER: Janice Tjen, INA
TOP EARLY-ROUND (1r-2r): Emma Raducanu/GBR
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): #23 Naomi Osaka/JPN
TOP LATE-ROUND (SF-F): x
TOP QUALIFYING MATCH: Q2: Dominika Salkova/CZE def. Kristina Dmitruk/BLR 6-3/5-7/7-6(10-8) - saved 4 MP on serve at 6-5 in the 3rd, then trailed 4-1 in MTB
TOP EARLY-RD. MATCH (1r-2r): 1st Rd. - Alex Eala/PHI def. #14 Clara Tauson/DEN 6-3/2-6/7-6(13-11) - comeback from 5-1 down in 3rd; first PHI w/ GS MD win
TOP MIDDLE-RD. MATCH (3r-QF): 4th Rd. - Barbora Krejcikova/CZE def. Taylor Townsend/USA 1-6/7-6(13)/6-3 - saves 8 MP
TOP LATE-RD. MATCH (SF-F): x
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FIRST VICTORY: Polina Kudermetova/RUS (def. Parrizas Diaz/ESP, ret. after 2-2 in 1st set)
FIRST SEED OUT: #24 Veronika Kudermetova/RUS (1r, lost to qualifier Tjen/INA)
FIRST CAREER SLAM MD WINS: Alex Eala/PHI (3rd GS MD), Polina Kudermetova/RUS (5th MD) and Janice Tjen/INA (1st MD)
PROTECTED RANKING MD WINS: Sorana Cirstea/ROU (2nd Rd.)
LUCKY LOSER MD WINS: no LL in MD
UPSET QUEENS: Asia (seeded upsets by Tjen/INA, Eala/PHI; Uchijima saved 7 MP vs. Danilovic)
REVELATION LADIES: Russia (10-3 1r; first slam MD W by P.Kudermetova, and first US wins by Blinkova and Zakharova)
NATION OF POOR SOULS: China (1-5 1st Rd.; 0-5 start; Zheng Qinwen DNP)
CRASH & BURN: #6 Madison Keys/USA (AO champ loses 1r to Zarazua; second US 1r exit in 12 years)
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF NEW YORK: Moyuka Uchijima/JPN (1r- saved 7 MP, down triple MP twice vs. Danilovic)
IT ("?"): Nominees: Anisimova, Vandromme (jr.), Nilsson (jr.), Kovackova/Kovackova
Ms.OPPORTUNITY: Nominee: Anisimova, Kamiji (WC), Li (WC)
LAST QUALIFIER STANDING: Priscilla Hon/AUS (3rd Rd.)
LAST WILD CARD STANDING: Caty McNally/USA (2nd Rd.)
LAST BANNERETTE STANDING: Amanda Anisimova (in Final)
COMEBACK: Naomi Osaka/JPN
VETERAN PLAYER (KIMIKO CUP): Barbora Krejcikova/CZE
DOUBLES STAR: Li Xiaohui/Wang Ziying, CHN/CHN (WC)
BIG APPLE BANNERETTE BREAKTHROUGH: Taylor Townsend/USA
BROADWAY-BOUND: "Naomi Osaka presents 'Labubus Take New York'"
LADY OF THE EVENING: Maria Sharapova ("Exquisitely Back in the City," received Hall of Fame ring on Ashe 19 years after won title there)
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: Nominees: Nilsson, Vandromme, Kovackova/Kovackova







All for Day 13. More tomorrow.

posted by Todd.Spiker @ 11:01 PM 

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