hello welcome to my YouTube channel Mahi news the 2024 US Open has only been underway for a couple of days but we've already seen some great action in New York City defending Champions Koko gof and Novak jokovic have looked strong in opening round wins while Americans like Francis TFO Ben Shelton and Madison Keys also Advanced through their first round matches on Tuesday we've already been treated to one of the best shots we're likely to see in the sport all year long during her match against Katie vinet Carolina machova hit a behind the back return shot before winning a point in an exciting rally Binet attempted to force machova to her right and as she ran past where the ball would end up machova reached back in desperation to return the shot to her her shot landed just inside the boundary and she had enough time to recover and prepare for volin's return shot muchova ended the rally with an emphatic winner on route to her victory in the first set machova is looking for another Deep Run in this tournament where she finished as a semi-final IST last year machova lost to the eventual Champion KOCO gof in straight sets in the semis in 2023 ending an impressive run venet is looking to become the latest American to advance to the second round in her home country it's been a strong start to this Grand Slam for the Americans who are attempting to secure a victory in the biggest annual tournament on home soil