THE SCAN SPORT – The final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will finally start at 8:30 p.m. instead of 8 p.m., due to the “security measures” set up around this match with the presence of US President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump appeared in a courtyard of the court Arthur-Ashe shortly after 7:40 p.m. According to theAFP, It was greeted by a mixture of applause and whistles, largely covered by the music broadcast in the stadium. He then entered inside a series of the stadium. He had left the White House after 6 p.m. It is the first time since 2000 that the US President has attended a US Open final. The latest American president who has attended this Grand Chelem tournament is Bill Clinton, for the 2000 ladies’ final, won by Venus Williams. With the arrival of the American president to Flushing Meadows, an additional security check was established Sunday at the Entrance Grids of the Court.
Donald Trump, a great lover of sports competitions, has already been a spectator this year of the final of the American football championship, the Superbowl, and in the final of the World Cup of football clubs. According to several American media, the organizers of the tournament asked TV broadcasters of the final of “Refrain from showing any disruption vis-à-vis the presence of the president, in any way whatsoever”.
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It must be said that lhe 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. “It is a privilege for tournaments to welcome a president, whatever the country he directs”said Carlos Alcaraz after his victory against Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals on Friday.
