{"id":32110,"date":"2024-09-07T02:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=32110"},"modified":"2024-09-07T02:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T23:47:00","slug":"flushing-meadows-muchova-looks-on-the-bright-side-despite-semi-final-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/07\/flushing-meadows-muchova-looks-on-the-bright-side-despite-semi-final-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Flushing Meadows: Muchova looks on the bright side despite semi-final loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Czech player Karolina Muchova said she will take a lot from her competition in New York despite losing in the semi-finals of the US Open on Thursday, having successfully returned to top form after nearly a year out due to injury.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Muchova had a strong 2023 season, reaching the French Open final but suffering a wrist injury during her semi-final run in New York, leading to surgery in February.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She returned to professional tournaments in June and reached the US Open after playing only a few matches, but showed no signs of rust, not losing a single set until her defeat to American Jessica Pegula 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Muchova said: \u201cReaching the semi-finals and feeling that I can play well and compete against the best and beat them is something I wasn\u2019t sure when I\u2019d get back to. I feel good now. I\u2019m healthy and can play more tournaments this year. That\u2019s the most important thing, really.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Muchova defeated former champion Naomi Osaka in the second round and knocked out fifth-seed Jasmine Paolini in the fourth round, thanks to her strong serve.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, Pegula was able to read her game on Arthur Ashe Stadium, turning things around after a disastrous opening set.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking to reporters, Muchova said: \u201cI mean, it\u2019s good to get through these matches, gain experience from them, and learn for the next one. I can improve and get better.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies Czech player Karolina Muchova said she will take a lot from her competition in New York despite losing in the semi-finals of the US Open on Thursday, having successfully returned to top form after nearly a year out due to injury. Muchova had a strong 2023 season, reaching the French Open &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32111,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32110\/revisions\/32111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}