Naomi Osaka, Dominic Thiem are champions of 2020 US Open

14 Sep 2020

Naomi Osaka, Dominic Thiem are champions of 2020 US Open

Naomi Osaka, Dominic Thiem are champions of  2020 US OpenThe 2020 US Open tournament ended on 13 September.

Naomi Osaka emerged as the women's singles champion. Osaka defeated Victoria Azarenka by a score of 1-6, 6-3, 63. Osaka of Japan came from a set down to beat Azarenka of Belarus. This is the 22-year-old's second US Open title and third Grand Slam title.

Osaka, who is of Japanese and Haitian heritage, wore different masks honouring victims of racial injustice and police brutality in each round of the tournament.

Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev to win the men's singles title. Thiem came back from two sets behind to win the title (6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-7). This is Thiem's first-ever US Open trophy and Grand Slam win.

27-year-old Thiem from Austria is the first man, since 1949, to win the US Open tournament after trailing 2-0 in sets in the final. With his win, tennis also has a first-time men's Grand Slam champion since 2014.

In the women's doubles finals, Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva defeated Xu Yifan and Nicole Melichar to win the title. They won by a score of 6-4, 6-4.

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