"Just after the match finished, along came thunder, lightning and torrential rain, just to add to the tension before the women's final. At least Arthur Ashe has a roof. So this match will feel more like a night match, even though it gets under way at about 4pm in New York. Share Already today, Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski have fallen agonisingly short in their attempt to become the first all-British pair since 1903 to win the men's doubles title."
"56 days ago Amanda Anisimova was whitewashed in the Wimbledon final 6-0, 6-0 by Iga Swiatek as she froze in the headlights in the biggest match of her life. It was the most public and painful of humiliations from which most of us, if put in the same position, would not recover, let alone have the character to return to the tour less than three weeks later as she started her preparations for the US Open."
"And now here the 24-year-old is in the final of her home grand slam, having gained the sweetest of revenge against Swiatek in the quarter-finals, and she'll be fortified by the knowledge she can beat Aryna Sabalenka when it matters, having defeated the Belarusian in three sets in their Wimbledon semi-final. Get the better of Sabalenka again and Anisimova's redemption story would rank among the greatest in tennis,"
Thunder, lightning and torrential rain arrived just after the match, adding tension before the women's final at Arthur Ashe, which has a roof and will play like a night match despite a roughly 4pm start. Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski missed three match points and were narrowly defeated 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 by Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos, who also won the French Open together this year. Amanda Anisimova was previously whitewashed 6-0, 6-0 by Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon but returned to the tour quickly and reached the home grand slam final after beating Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka.
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