Lauren Davis vs. Anna Kalinskaya Extended Highlights | 2024 US Open Round 1

lovely start from Davis showing her [Applause] aggressions wow beautiful backand down the line for the winner [Applause] 3 two [Applause] Che back and down 15 13 [Applause] 154 nice one two punch from Lauren Davis opening up the Court serve out wide game go the break back on start at two1 well was part of the transformation of this Center which was uh redesigning all the grounds including the four five and six courts out here the west campus you had the old Lewis Armstrong Arena which they played on while work was being done on on the new one fora The Spectator experience and for the the players as well they never stopped yeah yeah it's been a it's been a great tournament to watch the growth over the years oh beautifully done from skying that ball out of the air it may sound like it's distracting but the players really don't hear the ambient noise from the other courts 15 13 so 14 well done from Colin ska really taking her time there finish with the forehand great 15 on nicely done in the tournament this year were you a player that looked at the draw when it first came out and plotted your way through whether it was singles or doubles [Applause] or oh almost miss that one game Ken Sky just took her a little bit of time to and now Ken sky is back into her own Rhythm and she's dictating Play It's All About who's dictating play and that'll be sky right absolutely bre but 52 three consecutive Breaks by K good example of that clean hitting that I would say the biggest jum you know she cut her ranking in half from in from 21 to 22 from 104 to 51 and then in the last year from 53 to 15 where she is now so now it's going to be hard to stay where she is now but wait good start here in this match and closing out this opening set 62 [Applause] [Music] better she does just that sometimes it happens quickly sometimes it takes a bit of time yeah game kste was solid you know we know a year or so out trying to work with the schedule in keeping them away pretty much yes and they don't really want to be in town when big point this love 30 good depth the shot there from Ken Sky kind of trapping Davis behind the Baseline and big problems for the American [Applause] now in total control of that point from behind the Baseline and the break to love 21 so good she's trying to take the ball early but because of the depth of the serve of Colin sky is coming on her really quickly there on that previous serve now she's behind the Baseline good adjustment yeah too good she's asking too many questions here sky that Davis doesn't have the answers for hour biggest serve of the match is 103 but it's all about placement game KY try to change up that a little bit Lauren by taking that early but too much to one second set as a guest yes Oprah Winfrey there you go I mean that was probably the one of the biggest names that I had but I had a lot other fortunate I had a lot um she didn't really come to tennis and so to get her to to come was one of the nights that Venus and Serena were playing each other Wow have to say being here and working in 2012 won the US Open and had Sir Alex Ferguson the Manchester United manager at the time and Shan connory in attendance was rather special she didn't get excited about a lot of things she got excited about when Sean Conor walked in he used to deliver milk in my hometown oh wow isn't that special before he was one of these big jez good effort from Lauren Davis to fight back here [Applause] fourth break point saved in this game kind of mistiming things she's been a little more patient right now her back in down the line is her best shot early in the match got a bit of momentum now as well there you go with an H as well he not done yet 3-2 three games to one and was love 40 up you wondered if this was a case of when and not if well that was something new from Colin skaya coming forward with the swing volley so good effort liking to see that that variet foot workor or footwork balance racket out in front not a lot of wrist yeah la saw Lauren Davis there moving with her feet raet was already out in front nice little punch volley firm wrist I'm trying to entice you to give free coaching without you sending an invoice there you go you see the footwork moving through the volley G big return from Al SK she was one of those matches for sure Lou Armstrong the line he did good from Lauren there you go I like that moving forward remember all the matches that I lost still was there one in particular whether it was here Wimbledon or whatever singles or doubles that you still kind of think back oh oh yeah absolutely nice slider down the te winding serve as opposed to coming up and over on the serve comes around it kind of a roundhouse so she doesn't get the as much power as she probably could on that there is the [Applause] break been very impressive today 15 love well [Applause] done that's a fitting way to end [Applause] performance from the number 15 seed Ken SK win 6262 against Lauren Davis in 1 hour and 5 minutes