{"id":62789,"date":"2020-09-09T02:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/moms-having-their-moment-in-historic-us-open-quarterfinals\/"},"modified":"2020-09-09T02:59:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T23:59:00","slug":"moms-having-their-moment-in-historic-us-open-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/moms-having-their-moment-in-historic-us-open-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Moms having their moment in historic US Open quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Moms having their moment in historic US Open quarterfinals<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The week of Labor Day has transformed into a celebration of mothers at the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

Three moms are into the quarterfinals for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era, and all three will be back in action on Wednesday, featuring a showdown between two of them, No. 3 seed Serena Williams and Tsvetana Pironkova.<\/p>\n

Victoria Azarenka also has reached the final eight of this year\u2019s bubbled, fan-less event at Flushing Meadows, where she will face No. 16 seed Elise Mertens in the quarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s remarkable. I\u2019m so proud of the ladies. It\u2019s incredible,\u201d Azarenka said on ESPN following her fourth-round win Monday night over Karolina Muchova. \u201cI\u2019m just really happ<\/a>y to see that. I hope we all keep going as far as possible. It\u2019s inspiring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it\u2019s inspiring for other women that they continue to go for their dreams and don\u2019t only identify as mothers, but continue to do what they want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

There actually were nine mothers in the draw to start this year\u2019s Open, most notably former world No. 1 and three-time Open champion Kim Clijsters, who was eliminated in the opening round in her first Grand Slam appearance since 2012.<\/p>\n

Clijsters is one of only three moms to capture a Slam title in the half-century of the Open era. She won consecutive U.S. Opens in 2009-10 and the 2011 Australian Open. Aussies Margaret Court, who won three of four Grand Slam events (Australian, French, U.S.) in 1973, and Evonne Goolagong (1980 Wimbledon) also won majors after giving birth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so happy that there are so many moms in the event, obviously, because I\u2019m one,\u201d the 38-year-old Williams, who is still seeking to match Court\u2019s record of 24 Grand Slam titles, said Saturday. \u201dI just have a totally new respect for moms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams\u2019 3-year-old daughter, Alexis Olympia, has been a prominent spectator this year at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. At least one mom \u2014 either Serena or the unseeded Pironkova, who is playing in her first WTA tournament in three years and her first U.S. Open since 2016 \u2014 is guaranteed to advance to the semifinals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, everything in mothering, I guess it\u2019s helped me,\u201d Pironkova said following her fourth-round win Monday over Alize Cornet. \u201cObviously you become a different person. You don\u2019t focus on yourself that much \u2014 your focus is primarily on your child.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I guess that\u2019s a good thing. I\u2019m a lot more organized, as well. Mentally, I have more mental endurance, also. Physically, I know my body better. \u2026 At this point it means a lot to be here after three years of absence. And this being my first tournament, having this great result, is something very special.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old Bulgarian gave birth to her son, Alexander, in April 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t seen him in two weeks and it\u2019s very tough, it gets tougher every day,\u201d Pironkova said last week. \u201cBut I know he\u2019s watching me. I know he\u2019s proud of me, and it\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams, who owns a 4-0 career mark against Pironkova, clearly has enjoyed having Alexis Olympia present at her matches at Arthur Ashe Stadium, usually sitting alongside her father, Alexis Ohanian.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a fan of tennis,\u201d Serena said Monday following her three-set victory over No. 15 Maria Sakkari. \u201cShe\u2019s come to watch me practice, at least on this court. She loves when I practice on this court because she can sit and watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams has reached the finals in four majors since becoming a mom, including the past two years here against Naomi Osaka and Bianca Andreescu, but she is winless in four attempts to match Court\u2019s mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never have thought I would be playing as a mom,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThe pluses are that, one day your daughter can say she was there. Whether she remembers or not, we can always have pictures. But other than that, it\u2019s just minus, like, I\u2019m not with her. I\u2019m not around her. It\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Azarenka, a former world No. 1, lost to Williams in the finals here in both 2012 and 2013. She would meet one of the other moms in the semis if she\u2019s able to get past Mertens, who knocked out second-seeded American Sofia Kenin in straight sets Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not the only thing that we are. We are also women who have dreams and goals and passions,\u201d noted the 31-year-old Azarenka, who gave birth to her son, Leo, in December 2016. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I feel different just because [I\u2019m] a mother. I don\u2019t identify myself on the tennis court as a mother. I still identify myself as a tennis player.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe being in the quarterfinals, I didn\u2019t get there by being a parent. I got there by being a tennis player. But it feels amazing that I can share this moment, and hopefully be a good role model to my son.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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