US Open | Murray turned around the lost match, Muguruza goes on. Kuzněcov and Pironkovová are celebrating a great return

Andy Murray celebrates advancing to the second round of the US Open

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Former world number one Andy Murray showed a great turnaround. He lost 0: 2 to the sets with the Japanese Yoshihit Nishioka, in the fourth set he deflected the match and finally won 4: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6 and 6: 4 in four hours and 38 minutes. Tournament duo Sofia Kenin defeated Belgian Yanina Wickmayer twice 6: 2 without any problems.

“I’m really tired. My thumbs on both feet are the worst. I need an ice bath,” Murray said on the court. “At the beginning I hit the punches late and made a mistake. Then I found the rhythm and at the end served better,” said the 2012 US Open winner, who is playing singles in the 2019 Australian Open singles slam for the first time in 2019.

Garbina Muguruza advanced to the second round at the US Open

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Pironkova challenges Muguruza

Bulgarian Pironkova’s next rival will be two-time grand slam champion Garbiňa Muguruza from Spain. Kuznetsov, who played the tournament at the Stvanice Challenger for the first time in a long time before his trip to New York, will meet compatriot Karen Chachanov, who defeated the Italian rising star of 19-year-old Jannik Sinner in a five-hundredth battle.

Kuznetsov is the first non-ranked player in the world rankings in 13 years to win a grand slam match. He had hip problems since he was 16, and three years ago they got so bad that he had to interrupt his career. The year before, the former 39th player in the world tried one tournament, but suffered from pain on the court.

It hurt even though I was lying

“It was a horror in 2018. I couldn’t walk, it hurt even if I was just lying,” he said in New York now. Kuznetsov rejected the operation, which twice underwent British star Andy Murray, despite the advice of the surroundings. He took a break and after about a year he became better.

“I started running and gradually accelerating. I proceeded step by step and it took two years. In February this year, I already felt quite good and started training for myself,” said the 29-year-old tennis player.

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In the meantime, he commented on tennis for television, coached juniors, got married and has been raising a son since last December. He had planned to return in the spring, but the coronavirus pandemic prevented him. At least he could rehabilitate in Spain for another five months and get rid of the pain completely. Before returning, he trained several times with the world number one Serb Novak Djokovic.

He was eliminated in the first round of the Prague challenger with the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, but he surprised the 45th player of the world Querrey at the US Open. “I was sure that I would return, I just didn’t know how long it would take. I thought it could be three years, but also five years. I don’t know if I would still have motivation,” said Kuznetsov, whose maximum There are three semi-finals in ATP tournaments.

Pironkova celebrates a successful comeback

Pironkova announced her return after her maternity leave in March, but she also had to wait for him. The semifinalist of Wimbledon from 2010 gave birth to a son in April last year, the last match she previously played at Wimbledon 2017. She entered the US Open, where she was in the eighth final in 2012, with a smooth win over the 120th woman in the world rankings, Samson.

After the match, she praised herself for fast courts in Flushing Meadows. “At the beginning, I trained on more distant courts, which were even faster. I said to myself: yeah, great. It’s a little slower here, but still very fast. It suits me. Previously, the courts were much much slower,” said Pironkova.