A senior White House official indicates this Friday to AFP that the American president will be in the stands of Flushing Meadows for the final.
Donald Trump will attend the US Open Gentlemen in New York on Sunday, a senior White House official said, confirming information from the American press. The American president, a great lover of sports competitions, has already attended this year the final of the American football championship, the Superbowl, and the final of the World Cup of football clubs.
The 79 -year -old Republican had been hoa by the public when he had come to see in September 2015 a match of the US Open, a year before winning his first presidential election to the surprise.
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A first from Clinton
The latest American president who has attended this Grand Chelem tournament is Bill Clinton, for the 2000 ladies’ final, won by Venus Williams. Donald Trump and the Democratic President were also seen that year on the sidelines of the competition. A photograph published by the official archives of Bill Clinton, at the request of the Politico site, shows the two men in a lodge, very smiling and in the company of two women, including Melania Knauss, future wife of Donald Trump and current first lady.
On Sunday, the final of the US Open will see the respective winner of the two semi-finals on Friday between Novak Djokovic (7th in the world) and Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) on the one hand, and between Jannik Sinner (1st) and Félix Auger-Aliassime (27th) on the other.
