Zarazua makes Australia’s open championship key frustrating in our open first round
NEW YORK – Australian Open champion Madison Keys was revoked by 89 non-compulsory turnovers and was frustrated at the first round of the U.S. Open in Mexico on Monday.
The key to the sixth seed was the runner-up at Flushing Meadows in 2017, making many mistakes, including 14 doubles, so much so that Zarazua only had to win eight winners to win the biggest win of her career.
No. 82 Zarazuwa lost the first or second round in all eight matches of her previous Grand Slams.
Keys won her first major title in January at Melbourne Park, beating No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
Besides running in the New York finals eight years ago, Case was also a semi-finalist for the 2018 and 2023 U.S. Open.
But on Monday, the keys of the big hit struggled at Arthur Ashe Stadium, defeating the 5-foot-3 Zarazua, who 0-6 against his opponent’s top 10 opponents with a record of 0-6.
“I’m a little bit small, so coming here is like, ‘Oh my god. It’s huge.” Zarazua talked about the largest stadium in Grand Slam tennis, which has nearly 24,000 spectators.
“When I retire, I’m so happy about it, so I thought, ‘Just enjoy it.'” Zarazua said.
Zarazua smiled as wide as she could when the match ended with the key losing another forehand, and as she began to walk forward to shake hands, her racket raised over her head and placed one hand on her face.
Of course, this is memorable, partly because it’s not easy – even if the keys are having problems all the time, while Zarazua keeps moving forward in a 3-hour, 10-minute move.
Zarazua’s trouble is that she has a hard time completing the deal.
She rose 4-2 in the first set and then had a little five times but couldn’t convert any chance. Eventually, the key changed her third point.
In the second set, Zarazua trailed 3-0 and then led 5-3 in five straight games. She was 6-5 in another game at Keys, but this time it was forcing the third set in the finals.
Zarazua led the decision makers and won 5-3, but the Keys fell down there and then won 5 shots.
However, in the end, Zarazua played in the last two matches.
Although Keys is one of the 25 American players in the women’s singles, Zarazua is Mexico’s only contestant in brackets in their Masters Grand Slam Championship.
“As you can see, this is a country where we don’t have a lot of tennis players,” Zarazua said. “We just do our best. But, of course, I can hear some Mexicans cheering, so it’s very good.”
What else happened to the U.S. Open on Monday?
Brazilian teenager João Fonseca, who turned 19 on Thursday won his U.S. Open debut, beating Miomir Kecmanovic 7-6 (3) (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3 in front of the noisy crowd of his countrymen. This made Fonseca 4-0 in the first round of the Grand Slam in 2025. Another precocious player, 18-year-old Canadian Vicky Mboko, was seeded on the 22nd, was eliminated by two-time champion Barbora Krejcikikova 6-3, 6-2. Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, 35, played her last game before retirement, losing 6-1, 6-0 to Diane Parry. Frances Tiafoe, Venus Williams and Carlos Alcaraz are scheduled to be in court later Monday.
Who’s scheduled for the U.S. Open Tuesday?
One of the first day three filled shows include Grand Slam champions Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Goff’s opponent was Ajla Tomljanovic, who defeated Serena Williams in the final game of his 23-time major champion career. It was Gauff’s first game as she began working with biomechanics coach Gavin Macmillan to improve her serve.
