President Trump and Rolex CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour arrive within the Rolex suite previous to the lads’s singles ultimate match between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on Sunday in New York Metropolis.
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President Trump attended the U.S. Open males’s tennis finals on Sunday in Rolex’s luxurious field, stepping out of the suite briefly for an on-camera look in the course of the nationwide anthem. He drew blended cheers and boos from the half-empty stadium.
As a result of enhanced safety for the president’s attendance, many ticketholders stood in lengthy traces exterior the venue ready to get in because the match started.
Photographs confirmed Rolex CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour standing subsequent to Trump as he waved to the gang. Rolex was among the many corporations sponsoring the event.
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain emerged victorious over rival Italy’s Jannik Sinner in 4 units, profitable his second U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens in New York Metropolis.
Sunday’s match was the third straight Grand Slam ultimate between the 2 gamers and their fifteenth time going through each other since 2021. The pair dubbed “The New Two” or “Sincaraz” have gone backwards and forwards in rankings. Alcaraz walked into the sport ranked quantity 2, under Sinner, and left with a $5 million verify and the #1 spot.
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates after defeating Jannik Sinner of Italy on the U.S. Open on Sunday in New York Metropolis.
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After the win, Alcaraz thanked his opponent and joked: “I am seeing you more than my family!”
A loud nationwide anthem
The televised occasion started a bit later than anticipated and viewers at residence may solely hear muffled noise when the digicam confirmed President Trump in the course of the nationwide anthem. The U.S. Tennis Affiliation had issued steerage to broadcasters to edit out any crowd response to the president, in accordance to a number of stories. NPR was not in a position to independently verify the steerage. At Trump’s final U.S. Open look, in 2015, he was booed loudly by the stadium.
“We regularly ask our broadcasters to refrain from showcasing off-court disruptions,” USTA spokesman Brendan McIntyre advised The Athletic. Nonetheless, movies of a booing crowd with a couple of claps rapidly made it to social media. The USTA didn’t instantly reply to NPR’s request for remark.
The president’s outing with Rolex, a Swiss firm, comes mere weeks after imposing a 39% tariff on Swiss merchandise. The tariff is greater than twice the speed agreed upon for the European Union and about 4 occasions better than the U.Ok. Rolex didn’t instantly reply to NPR’s request for remark.
It has been over twenty years since a sitting president attended the U.S. Open — the final time was Invoice Clinton in 2000. Nonetheless, Trump has made some extent to attend excessive profile sporting occasions in his second time period. He attended the Tremendous Bowl earlier this yr and not too long ago dedicated to internet hosting a UFC struggle on the White Home subsequent yr.
Previous to his presidency, Trump had a collection on the U.S. Open, however gave it up in 2017 throughout his first time period.
