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  •   Home > News > Sports > Tennis

    Tennis player Lulu Sun is underway at the US Open

    Tennis player Lulu Sun is underway at the US Open


    Taking on Italian Lucia Bronzetti in the first round - the New Zealander trails 4-3 on serve on court 12 at Flushing Meadows.

    Meanwhile - a couple of notable day one casualties.

    Ninth seed Maria Sakkari's retired injured, while men's 15th seed Holger Rune's suffered a straight sets defeat to unseeded American Brandon Nakashima.

    Among those safely through are Coco Gauff , Madison Keys, Paula Badosa and Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng .

    Alexander Zverev , Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud are through in the men's draw.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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