The USTA said in a statement that tennis players will benefit from a “comprehensive medical services program” at the Flushing Meadows complex, which will include access to mental health professionals and “quiet rooms.”

“Raising awareness of the issue of mental health has become a priority in the context of the global pandemic, with so many people, including gamers, suffering from their emotions, due to Covid-19,” said the US Open Director Stacey Allister.

Japanese world number 2 Naomi Osaka spoke about the importance of the subject in May, when she gave up her Roland Garros tournament after making her debut. She declined to participate in post-match press conferences, saying she felt the pressure. The organization threatened her with a fine and eventually Osaka gave up continuing the competition. Shortly after, it was revealed that the tennis player had suffered from depression for years. The organization of Roland Garros said, after the episode, that it could have done better concerning the mental health of the athletes. Naomi Osaka will play the US Open.

At the Tokyo Olympics, American gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from some tests, saying she was focusing on her mental health.

USTA vice president and professor of neuroscience at Indiana University and New York University Brian Heinlein said he hopes the program being implemented at the US Open will increase l ‘access to mental health support.

Cincinnati (AFP)

The top 10 regulars will return to the ATP and WTA Masters in Cincinnati this week in the last major event before the US Open.

The men’s draw will take place without the injured pair of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and lead Novak Djokovic, who continues to depressurize after the Olympics before completing the Grand Slam of the calendar year.

But others, led by Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, who missed the ATP Canada event while recovering from a gold medal, will get a comeback.

The Germans won their third seed in Cincinnati, after Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Zverev is 24 and already holds three Masters 1000 titles in addition to the 2018 end-of-year championship in London.

However, after his success at the Olympics, he focused on the revolutionary Grand Slam trophy. Cincinnati will be on top ahead of the two weeks in New York starting August 30.

“I have never won a Grand Slam,” Zverev said. “But I was a point or two away in New York last year,” when he lost to Austria’s Dominic Thiem.

Italy’s Matteo Berrettini played in the Wimbledon final against Djokovic more than a month ago, but skipped the North American qualifier to treat his injuries.

He is the fifth favorite after Russian Andrey Rublev.

Thiem, who has recovered from a wrist injury for nearly two months, has yet to compete.

Medvedev is shaping up as a man to win an event that plans to allow full complementarity of fans in the stands at the Midwest site.

Last year’s Cincinnati event was moved to New York City for the Covid-19 pandemic.

The top eight seeds will receive a first-round buyout as Medvedev takes on the wildcard entry pair winners of the United States Brandon Nakashima and Mackenzie McDonald.

The women’s draw goes to Australia’s Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka, the current top pairs in the world, each winning the top two seeds.

Osaka returned to court for the first time after losing in the third round of the Tokyo Olympics on July 27.

A Japanese Haitian player raised in New York has pledged to dedicate his Cincinnati tournament prizes to Haiti’s relief efforts to tackle natural disasters that struck this weekend.

“I plan to participate in a tournament this week. All the prize money will be donated to Haiti’s relief efforts, ”she said. “I know the blood of our ancestors is strong. We will continue to climb. “

Bertie took a break from her first loss at the Olympics and came to Cincinnati two years after losing to Svetlana Kuznetowa in the semifinals.

Montreal semi-finalist Aryna Sabalenka won her third seed ahead of Elina Svitolina.

Polish Iga Świon, winner of Roland Garros last year, also returned to the game after reaching the second round in Tokyo.

Male species:

Daniil Medvedev (RUS x1)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x2)

Alexander Zverev (GER x3)

Alexandre Rublev (RUS x4)

Matteo Berrettini (ITA x5)

Denis Shapovalov (CAN x6)

Pablo Carreño Basta (ESP x7)

Casper Ruud (NOR x8)

Hubert Hurkacz (POL x9)

Diego Schwartzman (ARG x10)

Sinful Jannik (ITA x11)

Félix Auger Aliassim (CAN x12)

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x13)

Alex de Minaur (AUS x14)

David Goffin (BEL x15)

Christian Garin (CHI x16)

Female species:

Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1)

Naomi Osaka (JPN x2)

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x3)

Elina Svitolina (UKR x4)

Karolina Pliskova (CZE x5)

Iga wifion (POL x6)

Bianca Andreesque (CAN x7)

Garbine Muguruza (ESP x8)

Barbora Czechkova (CZE x9)

Belinda Bencic (SWI x10)

Petra Kvitova (CZE x11)

Simona Halep (ROM x12)

Jennifer Brady (United States x13)

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x14)

Elise Mertens (BEL x15)

Anastasia Pavlychenkova (RUS x16)

© 2021 AFP

Top 10 regulars will be back on the pitch at the ATP and WTA Masters in Cincinnati this week in the last big event before the US Open.

The men’s draw will still be without the injured pair of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and lead Novak Djokovic, who continues his post-Olympic decompression before attempting to complete a one-calendar-year Grand Slam.

But others will make comebacks, led by Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, who missed the ATP Canada event while recovering from his gold medal.

The German occupies third place in Cincinnati behind Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Zverev, 24, already holds three Masters 1000 titles as well as the year-end championships in London in 2018.

But after his Olympic feat, he’s focused on a groundbreaking Grand Slam trophy, with Cincinnati leading the tune-up ahead of the New York Fortnight, which begins August 30.

“I have never won a Grand Slam,” Zverev said. “But I was two points from one last year in New York,” when he lost to Austria’s Dominic Thiem.

Italy’s Matteo Berrettini played in the Wimbledon final against Djokovic well over a month ago, but skipped the North American prelims to heal an injury.

He is ranked fifth behind Russian Andrey Rublev.

Still out of competition, Thiem, who has been recovering from a wrist injury for nearly two months.

Medvedev is shaping up to be the man to beat at the event, which plans to bring a full complement of fans into the stands at the Midwest site.

Last year’s Cincinnati event was moved to New York City due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The top-eight seeds receive first-round passes, with Medvedev facing the winner of a pair of wild card entries, Americans Brandon Nakashima and Mackenzie McDonald.

The women’s draw will once again host the current best pair in the world: Australian Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka, respectively the top two seeds.

Osaka is back on the pitch for the first time since losing in the third round of the Tokyo Olympics on July 27.

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The Japanese-Haitian player, who grew up in New York, has pledged to dedicate her earnings from the Cincinnati tournament to the relief effort in Haiti to come to the aid of the natural disaster that struck this weekend.

“I am about to play a tournament this week and I will give the full cash prize to the relief efforts for Haiti,” she said. “I know the blood of our ancestors is strong, we will continue to increase.”

Barty took a hiatus from his Olympic loss in the first round and returns to Cincinnati two years after losing here in the semi-finals to Svetlana Kuznetwova.

Montreal semi-finalist Aryna Sabalenka takes third place ahead of Elina Svitolina.

Last year’s Roland Garros winner Iga Swiatek from Poland is also back in the peloton after reaching Tokyo’s second round.

Male seeds:

Daniil Medvedev (RUS x1)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x2)

Alexander Zverev (GER x3)

Alexandre Rublev (RUS x4)

Matteo Berrettini (ITA x5)

Denis Shapovalov (CAN x6)

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP x7)

Casper Ruud (NOR x8)

Hubert Hurkacz (POL x9)

Diego Schwartzman (ARG x10)

Sinful Jannik (ITA x11)

Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x12)

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x13)

Alex de Minaur (AUS x14)

David Goffin (BEL x15)

Cristian Garin (CHI x16)

Feminine seeds:

Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1)

Naomi Osaka (JPN x2)

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x3)

Elina Svitolina (UKR x4)

Karolina Pliskova (CZE x5)

Iga Swiatek (POL x6)

Bianca Andreescu (CAN x7)

Garbine Muguruza (ESP x8)

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE x9)

Belinda Bencic (SWI x10)

Petra Kvitova (CZE x11)

Simona Halep (ROM x12)

Jennifer Brady (United States x13)

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x14)

Elise Mertens (BEL x15)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x16)

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Cincinnati (AFP)

Top 10 regulars will be back on the pitch at the ATP and WTA Masters in Cincinnati this week in the last big event before the US Open.

The men’s draw will still be without the injured pair of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and lead Novak Djokovic, who continues his post-Olympic decompression before attempting to complete a one-calendar-year Grand Slam.

But others will make comebacks, led by Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, who missed the ATP Canada event while recovering from his gold medal.

The German occupies third place in Cincinnati behind Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Zverev, 24, already holds three Masters 1000 titles as well as the year-end championships in London in 2018.

But after his Olympic feat, he’s focused on a groundbreaking Grand Slam trophy, with Cincinnati leading the tune-up ahead of the New York Fortnight, which begins August 30.

“I have never won a Grand Slam,” Zverev said. “But I was two points from one last year in New York,” when he lost to Austria’s Dominic Thiem.

Italy’s Matteo Berrettini played in the Wimbledon final against Djokovic well over a month ago, but skipped the North American prelims to heal an injury.

He is ranked fifth behind Russian Andrey Rublev.

Still out of competition, Thiem, who has been recovering from a wrist injury for nearly two months.

Medvedev is shaping up to be the man to beat at the event, which plans to bring a full complement of fans into the stands at the Midwest site.

Last year’s Cincinnati event was moved to New York City due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The top-eight seeds receive first-round passes, with Medvedev facing the winner of a pair of wild card entries, Americans Brandon Nakashima and Mackenzie McDonald.

The women’s draw will once again host the current best pair in the world: Australian Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka, respectively the top two seeds.

Osaka is back on the pitch for the first time since losing in the third round of the Tokyo Olympics on July 27.

The Japanese-Haitian player, who grew up in New York, has pledged to dedicate her earnings from the Cincinnati tournament to the relief effort in Haiti to come to the aid of the natural disaster that struck this weekend.

“I am about to play a tournament this week and I will give the full cash prize to the relief efforts for Haiti,” she said. “I know the blood of our ancestors is strong, we will continue to increase.”

Barty took a break from his Olympic loss in the first round and returns to Cincinnati two years after losing here in the semifinals to Svetlana Kuznetwova.

Montreal semi-finalist Aryna Sabalenka takes third place ahead of Elina Svitolina.

Last year’s Roland Garros winner Iga Swiatek from Poland is also back in the peloton after reaching Tokyo’s second round.

Male seeds:

Daniil Medvedev (RUS x1)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x2)

Alexander Zverev (GER x3)

Alexandre Rublev (RUS x4)

Matteo Berrettini (ITA x5)

Denis Shapovalov (CAN x6)

Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP x7)

Casper Ruud (NOR x8)

Hubert Hurkacz (POL x9)

Diego Schwartzman (ARG x10)

Sinful Jannik (ITA x11)

Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x12)

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x13)

Alex de Minaur (AUS x14)

David Goffin (BEL x15)

Cristian Garin (CHI x16)

Feminine seeds:

Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1)

Naomi Osaka (JPN x2)

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x3)

Elina Svitolina (UKR x4)

Karolina Pliskova (CZE x5)

Iga Swiatek (POL x6)

Bianca Andreescu (CAN x7)

Garbine Muguruza (ESP x8)

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE x9)

Belinda Bencic (SWI x10)

Petra Kvitova (CZE x11)

Simona Halep (ROM x12)

Jennifer Brady (United States x13)

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x14)

Elise Mertens (BEL x15)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x16)

© 2021 AFP

TUCSON (KVOA) – More than a dozen University of Arizona athletes past, present and future are proud to represent their country at the Paralympic Games. That list includes UArizona wheelchair tennis head coach Brayn Barten.

He is preparing to participate in his third Paralympic tennis match. Barten said he was proud to be a role model for other people in wheelchairs.

“Someone who maybe sees me playing tennis with my disability, that might encourage him to try it out himself,” Barten said. “Sport is so important for our mental well-being.”

Barten will represent Team USA in wheelchair tennis as a very experienced athlete. He also competed in the London 2012 games and the Rio 2016 games.

“Everyone has a unique situation,” Barten said, as he spoke about some of the difficulties in playing wheelchair tennis, “My grip is very weak, so I stick the racket to my hand, so I I’m stuck in a it’s a challenge from the start. Moving the chair, mobility, is very strategic, so having the strength to move the chair in a strong way [is important]. You can’t just move, if someone hits the ball high above you then the points are over, so I have to move, recover, then return the ball. “

Here is a list of the Arizona athletes and their involvement in the Paralympic Games:

United States Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team

• Darlene Hunter (co-team captain) third at the Paralympic Games won gold in 2016
• Natalie Schneider (co-team captain) fourth at the Paralympic Games won gold in 2008 and 2016
• Josie Aslakson (new University of Arizona women’s basketball coach, graduated last semester) first-time Paralympian
• Courtney Ryan (University of Arizona women’s basketball assistant coach (graduated 2015) first-time Paralympian

Wheelchair tennis

• Five-time Paralympian David Wagner. Two bronzes, three silvers and three golds
• Bryan Barten three-time Paralympian (head coach of the University of Arizona wheelchair tennis program)
• Double Paralympian Dana Mathewson (University of Arizona Grad)

Adapted rowing

• Four-time Paralympian Kaitlyn Verfeurth, three-time first tennis. This time she is going as a 2013 Arizona Graduated Rower)

Wheelchair rugby (remember that our wheelchair rugby team is the current double reigning national champion!)

• Chuck Aoki third time Paralympian bronze winner (2012) silver winner (2016)
• Chad Cohn third time Paralympian bronze winner (2012) silver winner (2016) (current head coach of the University of Arizona wheelchair rugby program)
• Lee Fredette, two-time Paralympian winner of the Silvers 2016
• Josh Wheeler, 2016 two-time Paralympian silver winner (full-time students at the University of Arizona)
• Daisuke Ikezaki two-time bronze Paralympian winner 2016 (team Japan)

The competition is scheduled from August 27 to September 4 at Ariake Tennis Park.

Six gold medals are at stake in the men’s, women’s and quad categories.

Shingo Kunieda from Japan, Diede de Groot from the Netherlands and Australia’s Dylan Alcott are world number one in these respective singles categories.

Kunieda is heading to Tokyo 2020 with the goal of securing a third Paralympic title, while Yui Kamiji is another medal contender in the women’s singles and doubles.

The Netherlands have won all 14 gold medals in the women’s singles and doubles events since the introduction of wheelchair tennis at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games.

Alcott is the reigning quad champion, while Britain’s Gordon Reid is the Paralympic men’s singles champion.

A new women’s champion will be crowned as Rio 2016 gold medalist Jiske Griffioen will not compete in Tokyo.

De Groot and Alcott are still on track to win the Golden Slam, having won all three Grand Slam singles titles so far this season – the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon.

If they win singles gold in Tokyo, they’ll have to win the US Open titles for the Golden Slam.

No one in the history of wheelchair tennis has reached the Golden Slam.

France’s Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer are expected to defend their men’s doubles title, but will likely face Reid and fellow Briton Alfie Hewett for the crown.

Reid and Hewett could also win the Golden Slam with Paralympic gold and a US Open title.

Aniek van Koot, who won gold in women’s doubles with Griffioen five years ago, will try to defend her title with De Groot.

“Following the success of the Olympic tennis event, we are already delighted to be returning to Tokyo to see the world’s best wheelchair tennis players compete for gold,” said ITF President David Haggerty .

“We know how much winning a Paralympic medal means for these athletes and, having had to wait another year due to the pandemic, I have no doubt that the six medal events in Tokyo will be hotly contested.”

Entries are based on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Rankings as of June 7.

Great Britain, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States have players in all six medal categories.

12-year-old Syrian Hend Zaza, who is the youngest athlete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, is pursuing her dream of playing table tennis.

DAMASCUS, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) – Fascinated by their fast movements and sonic rhythm, Hend Zaza, 12, a Syrian table tennis player and youngest athlete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, longs to learn from her Chinese counterparts.

As the youngest table tennis player at the Tokyo Olympics, Zaza caught the attention of the world. She lost to Austrian player Liu Jia, 39, in straight sets in the women’s singles preliminary round.

“It’s very difficult, but I had to fight for it. This is my message to everyone in the same situation – fight for your dream, and try hard no matter what difficulties you face. , you will achieve your goal, ”Zaza mentioned.

Zaza told Xinhua that Ma Long and Ding Ning, two famous Chinese table tennis players, are her favorites, and that she wants to be like them someday.

“They have very fast movements and rotations, and I tried to learn their movements from the video,” she said, adding that she wanted to attend the training camp in China.

After his return to Syria, the table tennis prodigy took care of training to participate in an upcoming table tennis championship which will soon be held in Jordan.

However, she feared she would not be able to make her trip, as the road to the neighboring country was blocked by recent skirmishes between the military and local gunmen in Daraa province, southern Syria.

The tough training conditions in Syria have affected many players in Zaza’s squad, as many of them only have to share four ping-pong tables and a bag of balls. There aren’t even any shooting bullet machines or new rackets for these players.

Muhammad Ogli, one of Zaza’s coaches, told Xinhua that the economic situation and the sanctions have largely affected the sports ground in Syria.

The spread of COVID-19 has also cast a shadow over the sports life of players as they cannot easily attend external training camps, he added.

Ali Hallaq, another coach, said that in the situation in Syria, Zaza persevered to fulfill his dream of playing in an international arena.

“She has strong ambition,” Hallaq told Xinhua, adding that the match in Tokyo was the crowning achievement of Zaza, her persistence and effort.

“It is a very important achievement for a 12-year-old to participate in such an international championship among the major players,” he said.

Despite the crisis and the war, Zaza believes that “nothing is impossible, and the athletes must train and always have a dream”.