Bopanna/ Sutjiadi go down in US Open mixed doubles semi-final

The eighth seeds were defeated in straight sets by American duo Donald Young/ Taylor Townsend

India’s Rohan Bopanna and Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi bowed out of the US Open mixed doubles competition after a straight-sets loss to the all-American pairing of Donald Young and Taylor Townsend. Young, who is playing the final professional tournament of his tennis career, and Townsend started the match on Louis Armstrong Stadium on a positive note, winning the first three games of the match. Bopanna/ Sutjiadi broke back to level the first set at 3-3 but the American duo broke again and then served out the first set 6-3. In the second set, Young/ Townsend broke Bopanna/ Sutjiadi in the fifth game and held on to that break to complete the 6-3, 6-4 win in just under an hour. Young/ Townsend to face Vavassori/ Errani in US Open mixed doubles final With Bopanna’s loss, India’s campaign at the US Open 2024 comes to an end. Young/ Townsend will go on to face Italian duo Andrea Vavassori/ Sara Errani in Thursday’s final. While Townsend and Errani have both won Grand Slams in the women’s doubles format, a title on Sunday would be the first Grand Slam of any kind at the pro level for either Young or Vavassori. The Sportz Planet Desk,Haresh Ramchandani

Bopanna equals best US Open mixed doubles performance by reaching semis

Rohan Bopanns and Aldila Sutjiadi are through to the last four at Flushing Meadows after a win over Matt Ebden/ Barbora Krejcikova

India’s Rohan Bopanna and Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi are through to the semi-finals of the US Open mixed doubles event after a three-set win over fourth seeds Matt Ebden/ Barbora Krejcikova. Bopanna and Sutjiadi, the eighth seeds, came from 0-3 down to claim the first set in a tiebreak. Ebden/ Krejcikova fought back to take the second set 6-2 and push the quarter-final into a match tiebreak. Bopanna/ Sutjiadi ran off to an 8-2 lead in the tiebreak before Ebden/ Krejcikova win five points in a row to pull back to 7-8. The Indo-Indonesian duo then held on to take the next two points and complete the 7-6, 2-6, 10-7 in one hour and 33 minutes. Bopanna/ Sutjiadi to face Young/ Townsend in semi-finals on Tuesday Bopanna and Sutjiadi will next face the all-American duo of Donald Young and Taylor Townsend on Louis Armstrong’s Stadium on Tuesday for a place in the final. This is only the second time in his distinguished career that Bopanna has advanced to the last four in the US Open mixed doubles draw (after 2015). This also equals Sutjiadi’s best performance at a Major; she also reached the semi-finals of the French Open and Wimbledon mixed doubles event last year. The Sportz Planet Desk,Haresh Ramchandani