The boys’s US Open closing has been delayed by additional safety measures as Donald Trump’s arrival was met by cheers and boos from followers at Flushing Meadows.
The match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the highest two gamers on the earth, was pushed again by half an hour in New York on Sunday.
The US president was greeted with a mixture of cheers and boos from early arriving spectators when he waved from a set on the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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President Trump salutes through the enjoying of the US nationwide anthem earlier than the US Open males’s singles closing. Pic: AP
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Crowds ready to enter the Arthur Ashe Stadium for the US Open males’s singles closing. Pic: AP
Elevated safety checks at entrances to the grounds and to get into the world constructing prompted the US Tennis Affiliation to maneuver the beginning time to 2.30pm, native time, as a substitute of 2pm.
Organisers mentioned it was “to ensure that fans have additional time to get to their seats.”
A spokesperson for the US Tennis Affiliation mentioned it “was not a request made by the White House”.
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Film star Ben Stiller. Pic: AP
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Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola. Pic: AP
Regardless of the change, the 24,000-capacity area was solely about two-thirds full when the primary level was performed, whereas 1000’s of followers nonetheless have been standing exterior the court docket, ready in line to enter.
Mr Trump is the primary sitting president to attend the event at Flushing Meadows since Invoice Clinton in 2000.
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Anna Wintour. Pic: AP
All the time an enormous celeb draw, the ultimate attracted, amongst others, Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola, former Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Hollywood stars Ben Stiller and Danny DeVito, director Spike Lee and basketball participant Steph Curry.
Sinner, 24, is making an attempt to turn into the primary participant to win the title two years operating since Roger Federer’s 5 in a row from 2004.
If he wins, it is going to be the Italian’s third Grand Slam title of the season, to go together with the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and the fifth of his profession.
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Carlos Alcaraz. Pic: AP
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Jannik Sinner. Pic: AP
Alcaraz, 22, is aiming for his sixth main trophy general and second of 2025, after the French Open.
The Spaniard’s first Slam title got here in New York in 2022 as a youngster, after he beat Sinner within the quarterfinals.
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