US Open Tennis Live Updates: Reilly Opelka got a fine bag

Reilly Opelka is guaranteed to be leaving the US Open for $ 265,000 to reach Round 16, and the No. 22 seed will earn more if he wins the unsown Lloyd Harris on Monday. But some of the Opelkas prize money goes to pay the $ 10,000 fine he was sentenced for walking to court for his match against Nikoloz Basilashvili on Saturday and carrying a bag with a logo that Grand Slam rules considered too big.

Opelka, a native of Michigan who lives in Delray Beach, Fla., And is ranked 24th in the world, wore a pink bag with the logo, Tim Van Laere Gallery. According to its website, the gallery is located in Antwerp, Belgium, and showcases established and emerging contemporary artists.

According to the mysterious rules governing the display of player sponsor logos, the type size of the words in the bag was too large, and Opelka was fined under Section C of the Grand Slam Code. He took to Twitter announce a strange punishment.

US Open ticket sales will have to fight this year. For a 10K pink bag, at least it looked flying, he said on Twitter by adding a couple of emoticons and the hashtag #corporate.

At a news conference on Saturday, he called the fine a little harsh, a little excessive. He added: It is not my job to measure logos. It just isn’t. My job is to win matches. I have bigger things to worry about. For the referee to tell me my job to measure the logo, no, clearly not. That is his job. I’m trying to beat Basilashvili and get to the quarterfinals at the Grand Slam.

Our prize money has been reduced for more than a year and a half, but the fines have been increased. I don’t want to point the fingers at other players, and I don’t try to throw anyone under the bus. But there have been people who have survived much worse with a fine.

Do you want to take away the prize money all the time? I think they will make up for lost ticket sales last year. I find it wonderful to see it donated elsewhere. We have had a few tragedies here in the United States over the last couple of weeks. If they take 10K from me, it’s better not to go to a big company. That is my idea.

US Tennis Assn. publishes a list of fines imposed by the Open for violations such as racket abuse, voicing non-vocal shame, receiving coaching, and unsportsmanlike conduct. The Opelkas fine is the highest so far. Twenty male players have been fined and four female players have been fined.

Former World No. 1 Andy Roddick suggested that the gallery take advantage of Opelka’s global visibility. The press stickers that the big guy gets for this company through his $ 10,000 fine are totally worth it, Roddick said on Twitter. If I’m a company, I’ll pay him a fine and ask him to take the bag back out for the next match.

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Opelka is one of four Americans left in the singles draw when the fourth round game begins. Others include Frances Tiafoe, who was scheduled to face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime later Sunday, Jenson Brooksby of Sacramento, and Shelby Rogers, who shocked women with Ash Barty on Saturday night. Brooksby, 20, is the youngest American to reach the eighth since Roddick did it in 2002 at the age of 20.

American Jack Socks made an offer to advance to the fourth round, which ended late Saturday when a foot injury forced him to withdraw from his match against German Alexander Zverev. Zverev advanced, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-1 (retired).

I think I played the best tennis I’ve ever seen him play. I made one unforced error in the whole series and lost it 6-3 without the right chance, Zverev said. If he had maintained it, I probably wouldn’t have won the match. When he gets hurt, it’s a shame, because otherwise it would have been an incredible match in my opinion.

Elina Svitolina extends her winning streak with a victory for Simona Halep

Elina Svitolina reacted by playing Simona Halep during the fourth round of the US Open on Sunday in New York.

(Seth Wenig / Associated Press)

Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, who was ranked 5th, continued her winning streak to nine matches with a valuable 6-3, 6-3 victory on the 12th Sunday of Simona Halep of Romania. Svitolina, the first woman to reach the semifinals, has not lost a lot here.

Halep managed well to get so far. He missed the French Open and Wimbledon due to a rupture of a calf muscle, and he wasn’t as fit as he knew the leak had to be to get far in the US Open. Still, he found reasons for optimism.

When you don’t have many matches, you’re always a little stressed out before the match. But overall, I think I did a good job here, and I look forward to a really positive mind, he said.

I’m positive about how I played, how I feel. No pain, no injuries. So this is the most important thing. Now I need a little rest and think a little bit about what I need to do better next time against him because it has always been a difficult match with him. But yeah, it’s normal that he had a better chance today because he played so much this year and he had a very high confidence. So, I think it was a good day.

Halep also said he would play normally at the Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open, which was postponed to October this year for pandemic reasons, but he will consult with his team and see how he feels before deciding to compete.

Botic Van de Zandschulp Continues His Impressive Running Shocked by No. 11 Seed Diego Schwartzman

Botic Van de Zandschulp will return to Diego Schwartzman during the fourth round of the US Open on Sunday in New York.

(John Minchillo / Associated Press)

Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp, who had to qualify to earn a place in the main event of the US Open, continued his impressive run by beating No. 11 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 at Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Van de Zandschulp, 25, ranks 117th in the world. Schwartzman, who reached the US Open semi-finals in 2017 and 2019, is in 14th place.

Van de Zandschulp had lost the first set in each of his qualifiers and in each of his first three main matches. He changed the situation about by winning the first two sets against Schwartzman, but had difficulty stopping Schwartzmans ’return attempt.

Van de Zandschulp squandered two matchballs in the fourth game of the fourth set and two more in the seventh game of the fifth set before serving 125 mph aces and looking at Schwartzman’s front row after four hours and 19 minutes.

Van de Zandschulp asked in a court interview how his success has been received at home, and he smiled. I have to say that before the tournament, no one expected me to get to the semifinals, he said. I think they are amazed and hopefully proud.

His semi-final opponent is second-placed Daniil Medvedev, who rolled past No. 24 Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 past Arthur Ashe Stadium.