Last Updated on August 23, 2021 9:56 am by
The US Open 2021 will be the 141st edition of this prestigious and one of the most important tennis tournaments in the world and will be the last Grand Slam event of the year. It will take place on a hard surface, outdoors, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center located in New York City.
This edition of the US Open will be played from August 30 to September 12. The best tennis players in the world will face each other in this great event.
We must highlight something very important, and that is that we will not have the presence of Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Roger Federer, and Stan Wawrinka, due to their respective injuries that have them away from all the remaining events in this year 2021.
Next, you will be able to observe the TOP 2 women and TOP 2 men who will participate in this event.
LATAM Contenders – US Open 2021 – Tennis – Men’s & Women’s
Top 2 Men’s
- Diego Schwartzman
Diego Schwartzman is an Argentine tennis player who is currently 29 years old. He is ranked number 14 in the world ranking published by the ATP.
The Argentine has 11 years as a professional and has in his showcase a total of 4 titles. All in important Singles tournaments.
One of the most important achievements for Diego Schwartzman was his participation in the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where he managed to win his first two matches, but was defeated and eliminated by Karen Khachanov in a match that ended 1-6, 6-2, and 1-6.
- Cristian Garin
Another very good Latin American tennis player is the Chilean Cristian Garin, who, at 25 years of age, occupies the 20th position in the world ranking published by the ATP.
Although he is indeed a young athlete, he has been a professional since 2011. That is since he was 15 years old and, in this time, he has managed to obtain 5 titles in Singles.
Garín, who accumulates more than $700,000 in prizes in this 2021, was defeated and eliminated in his first match of the Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati, USA by Tommy Paul, with a result of 6-4, 3-6, and 4-6.
Top 2 Women’s
- Nadia Podoroska
Nadia Podoroska is one of the few and almost the only Latin American woman who is among the best 40 tennis players in the world. Currently, Nadia is ranked 38th according to the ranking published by the WTA.
Since she began her professional career in 2016, she had not had years as good as the last two, 2020 and so far in 2021, where she has managed to obtain more than $1,000,000 in prizes.
- Renata Zarazua
The second and last Latin American to participate professionally in WTA tournaments, Renata Zarazua, is ranked 122nd in the WTA ranking.
Renata, like Podoroska, had not had as good seasons as the last two, but she has not managed to win as much prize money as Nadia.
Zarazua comes from playing an excellent Concord 125 tournament – Concord, earlier this month, where she managed to reach the grand finale, but was defeated by Magdalena Frech with results of 3-6, 6-7 (4-7).
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