Tennis

Nick Kyrgios has achieved the biggest win of his career, defeating world no. 1 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 7-6(11) 3-6 6-3 6-2 on Monday afternoon AEST to reach the US Open quarter-finals for the first time.

The Aussie knocked out the defending US Open champion in just under three hours on Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

Nick is set to take on no.27 seed Karen Khachanov (RUS) on Wednesday, but first has a round three men's doubles match with Thanasi Kokkinakis on Tuesday.

While in the women’s singles draw Ajla Tomljanovic is also through to her maiden US Open quarter-finals, defeating Ludmilla Samsonova (RUS) 7-6(8) 6-1. She saved seven set points in the opening set.

It comes after the Tokyo 2020 Olympian beat Serena Williams (USA) 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1 just days prior in front of a raucous crowd on centre court.

Ajla will prepare for a quarter-final match against no.5 seed Ons Jabeur (TUN) or no.18 seed Veronika Kudermetova (RUS).

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Paddle

Jess Fox has been crowned the overall Canoe Slalom K1 World Cup champion in La Seu, Spain.

Having won all four kayak finals leading into the event, Jess earned 304 overall points, enough to secure the crown despite not qualifying for Saturday’s final.

“It’s been an amazing season, I would have loved to be in the mix for that [K1] final… but I’m very proud of the season and thrilled to take the overall,” Jess said.

“It’s been a strong season and the girls have been super strong.”

It caps off the international season of canoe slalom, which included gold for Jess in the K1 and extreme slalom at the world championships.

Also from the weekend, Olympic champion Tom Green claimed three medals from all three starts at the ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Champs in Szeged, Hungary.

Individually, Tom scored silver in the men’s K1 500 and K1 1000. On the first day in the U23 K4 500, Tom won bronze with Fletcher Armstrong, Pierre van der Westhuyzen and Noah Havard.

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Natalia Drobot and Harrison Taurins found their way on the podium in the Junior K2 mixed 500m, winning bronze.

Cycling – Mountain Bike

Rebecca McConnell has finished second in the overall cross-country Olympic rankings of the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.

She went into the final round in Val di Sole, Italy 50 points behind current leader Anne Terpstra (NED), with newly crowned short track overall winner Alessandra Keller (SUI) in third. Keller rode a strong race to leapfrog both and snatch the overall title for the very first time, finishing on 1682 points to Rebecca’s 1626 and Terpstra’s 1618. Rebecca finished the race in 19th.

“I needed a lot to go really go right today to be in the mix to take the win. I gave my best at every single race, there was some bad luck and some amazing performances and to finish second in the overall is amazing,” Rebecca said.

“I think winning World Cups takes a toll on you, and you have to learn how to win. I can go into the off-season with a lot of things to work on.

“I’m really motivated to come back next season.”

Cycling - Road

Aussie Jay Vine has finished fourth in the 15th stage of the Vuelta a España, further strengthening his lead towards his hopes of becoming King of the Mountains.

The 26-year-old’s overall lead as the top climber extended 14 points to a total of 58, with Olympic champion Richard Carapaz (ECU) the next best on 30 points.

The race in Spain enters its final week with the 16th stage on Tuesday.

Football

The Matildas have returned to home soil, hosting Olympic champions Canada in a 0-1 loss in front of 25,016 fans in Brisbane.

In a contest that saw chances for both teams, a first-half wonder strike from Canada’s Adriana Leon in the was the difference between the two nations in a tough and physical contest. 

Australia started the brighter of the two teams. It took a spectacular save from Canada’s goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan to deny a Sam Kerr header in the fourth minute that resulted from a pinpoint Emily van Egmond cross.

The midfield trio of Katrina Gorry, van Egmond and Mary Fowler were effective at creating opportunities for the forward line.

However, a set piece routine in the 11th minute gave Canada’s Leon an opportunity to shoot from outside the penalty area. The Manchester United forward took it with aplomb, leaving Australia’s goalkeeper Lydia Williams with no chance, as the ball rocketed into the back of the net.

The Matildas continued to push late with the support of a vocal home crown, with a Sam Kerr header from a late corner acrobatically tipped over the bar. Unfortunately for the Australians, their late pressure wasn’t enough to force an equaliser.

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The two teams will face off for the second and final match of this friendly series on Tuesday 6 September at the new Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

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Sailing

Aussie crews have been competing this past week at the 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships on Saint Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The best placed Australian team is the silver medallists form Rio 2016 Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin, currently sitting in sixth and ahead of the Nacra 17 double points medal race for the top ten crews.

Preparing for a medal race is always both exciting and terrifying as the double points can deliver ultimate joy and excruciating pain.

But first Jason and Lisa have one more fleet race tomorrow. “We will go out and do the best we can in the fleet race,” Lisa said.

“In the medal race, our aim is to have a good start … it does not look like we can make the podium, but we are going for a top five placing overall.”

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Taekwondo

Victorian Bailey Lewis has taken bronze at the Paris 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in the men’s 58kg competition.

Bailey won three-consecutive fights to set up a semi-final showdown with Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN).

Jendoubi from Tunisia defeated Bailey 2-0 and the Aussie comes away with a bronze medal.

Athletics

Two of the three women’s high jump podium places belonged to Australia at the Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium on the weekend.

Eleanor Patterson was our best performer, clearing 1.94m for second while Nicola Olyslagers recorded 1.91m in the penultimate Diamond League leg of the season – her third finish on the podium this season.

Stewart McSweyn continues to impress after a long layoff, setting a 5000m Personal Best time of 12:56.50. In an extremely fast race, Stuart finished sixth.

The Diamond League series will wrap up this week, starting on Thursday in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Golf 

Tokyo 2020 Olympian Hannah Green has delivered a career-best round on the LPGA Tour at the Dana Open in Ohio, USA.

Her nine-under 62 in the second round rocketed Hannah up the leaderboard into the top 10, a major comeback after shooting three-over 74 on the first day.

She went on to finish the event in a tie for 10th, while fellow Aussies Stephanie Kyriacou and Minjee Lee finished T-45 and T-49 respectively.