dominic thiem's grand slam career came to an end on the same arthur ashe court where he won the men'sost to the american 13th seed ben shelton. thiem is retiring this october, having been dogged by a persistant wrist injury. thiem won his only grand slam at the us open behind closed doors, during the covid pandemic. captain suzann pettersen says it was an "obvious" choice to select georgia hall as a wildcard pick for europe's solheim cup team to face the united states next month. england's hall had to rely on being one of pettersen�*s four choices after failing to qualify automatically. pettersen is stacking her team with experienced players to combat being, in herwords... "underdogs as always, in the us". a lot of these plays are aggressive players. a lot of these plays are aggressive players. ideally, you would always pick form, but at the same time, playing away, experience and... they are good enough to find us. i thinkjust the confidence of being on the team and by the time you get there with the atmosphere and the surroundings of the team, you just rise to the occasion. they've

so, um, yeah, youjust have to accept it, i guess. 2020 champion dominic thiem saw his grand slam tennissa. the austrian announced in may that this would be his last year on the tour, after struggling with a wrist injury in the women's draw, the defending champion is also through as coco gauff beat varvara gracheva. gauff tookjust 66 minutes to get past her opponent at the arthur ashe

so, um, yeah, youjust have to accept it, i guess. 2020 champion dominic thiem saw his grand slam tenniseer come to an end, as he lost in straight sets against ben shelton from the usa. the austrian announced in may that this would be his last year on the tour, after struggling with a wrist injury in the women's draw, the defending champion is also through as coco gauff beat varvara gracheva. gauff tookjust 66 minutes to get past her opponent at the arthur ashe stadium, winning in straight sets. she'll now face qualifier tatjana maria in the second round as she looks to retain her title, and despite a difficult few months that saw her lose in the third round of the paris olympics, gauff is feeling confident. i don't have to prove anything to anyone except myself, so this whole two weeks are about proving all the expectations i have on myself, so i thinkjust learning and realising i have a lot left to give this game. whether it will happen this year or in the future, i have many more years coming back year and i would win every year. i thinkjust that perspective. also safely through her o

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the us open is under way at flushing meadows in new york, where the 2020 winner dominic thiem has lost round match, in what will be his final appearance at the tournament. thiem announced he's set to retire at the end of the year due to ongoing wrist injury issues. he was beaten in straight sets by ben shelton, who encouraged the crowd to give the former world number three a standing ovation on arthur ashe stadium, the same show court on which he won his only major title behind closed doors during the covid pandemic. so, plenty of people to react to that today. his attitude to the wrist injury that has really shorten his career is remarkable. i think i would feel quite bitter that i had not been given the chance to push on and add to my us open title i won in 2020. he's not been able to be a top 20 player in a grand slam since then, but having given it a very good go, he's realised that he's just unable to be competitive any more, and when you hit the as he does and reach an open finals as well, then ijust think he feels that he doesn't want to be a player around about 100 in the ranki

above the british player put an end to his resistance, taking the deciding set 6—3. 2020 winner dominic thiemovid pandemic. here's our tennis correspondent russell fuller. his attitude to the wrist injury that has really shortened his career is remarkable. i think i would feel quite bitter that i had not been given the chance to push on and add to my us open title i won in 2020. he's not been able to be a top 20 player in a grand slam since then, but having given it a very good go, he's realised that he's just unable to be competitive any more, and when you hit the heights as he does and reach french open finals as well, then ijust think he feels that he doesn't want to be a player around about 100 in the rankings and not in with a chance of being competitive and winning grand slam titles any more. so one of those stories, actually, kind of a sobering example for all of us, i suppose, whatever your line of work, that you need to enjoy the good times. no problem for the defending champion coco gauff, who's through to the second round after a comfortable straight sets win over frenchwoman varva