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Simon books place in 2nd round of US Open after win over Russell
Frenchman Gilles Simon booked his placed in the second round of the 2012 US Open after overcoming American player Michael Russell in an epic match, which lasted for 4 hours and 26 minutes, 7-6 (4) 3-6 5-7 6-4 6-1. Russell had an early good start into the match, breaking Simon’s [...] -
Federer defeats Young in first round of 2012 US Open
Federer defeats Young, 6-3 6-2 6-4 Top seed Roger Federer faced American Donald Young in a much talked-about R1 match. Young was the promising junior who was once the no. 1 junior player in the world (for reference sake, Young is only nine months younger than Juan Martin del Potro [...] -
Safarova and Wozniak advance at 2012 US Open, Petkovic out
Safarova and Wozniak advance easily, Petkovic out of 2012 US Open. Lucie Safarova and Aleksandra Wozniak had no problems in first round of US Open, whereas Andrea Petkovic suffered a defeat against Romina Oprandi. It is the second time Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak advanced into the second round of US Open. [...] -
Sharapova cruises into round two at 2012 US Open
Russia’s Maria Sharapova moved comfortably through to the second round with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Melinda Czink. The 2006 champion Sharapova took just over an hour to defeat the Hungarian and put up some impressive serving stats, winning 24 of 29 on her first serve to go along with [...] -
Fish, Verdasco and Chardy advance to the second round of US Open
American player Mardy Fish reached the second round of the 2012 US Open as he overcame Japanese player Go Soeda in straight sets 7-6 7-6 6-3. Fish waited till the ninth game of the first set to get the first break of the match. However, at 5-4 up he then [...] -
Kvitova defeats Hercog at 2012 US Open, Pavlyuchenkova beats Hantuchova
Petra Kvitova made it through to the second round of the US Open but not without a minor scare from Slovenia’s Polona Hercog. Kvitova hit 21 winners on her way to a 7-6(6) 6-1 victory and will face Alize Cornet who defeated Nicole Gibbs. After breaking in the fifth game [...] -
Li Na and Petrova secure second round US Open spots
Favorites Li Na and Nadia Petrova reach the second round of 2012 US Open. Their next opponents will be Tsurenko and Halep respectively. Ninth-seeded Li Na finished what she has started before the rain came down and progressed into second round with minimum fuss. Her 20-years old British opponent Heather [...] -
US Open Round 1: Bartoli Strolls into R2, Cirstea and Pliskova Pull Off Upsets over Germans Lisicki and Goerges
Bartoli defeats Hampton, 6-3 7-6(5) France’s Marion Bartoli (11th seed) breaks in the opening game, to go up 2-0 in the first set. Bartoli is working a point beautifully, managing to wrongfoot America’s Jamie Hampton, but Hampton recovers and Bartoli nets an easy BH at 30-40 on Hampton’s serve at [...] -
Murray through to second round of 2012 US Open
3rd seed Andy Murray began his U.S. Open campaign today against Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia. Following his gold medal win against Roger Federer in the Olympics, Murray’s debut match was the most anticipated of the day. Looking to parlay his Olympic success into a grand slam trophy, the Scot [...] -
US Open Round One: Nishikori Through Easily, Blake and Granollers will Meet in R2
Kei Nishikori defeats Guido Andreozzi, 6-1 6-2 6-4 Kei Nishikori gets early break over the 21-year old Argentinean Guido Andreozzi, who is ranked no. 222 in the world and playing at his first Grand Slam. Andreozzi had qualified for the USO and has had a solid season on the Challenger [...] -
Why Djokovic Will Win the 2012 US Open
Unlike 2011, when Novak Djokovic dominated the men’s game and entered the US Open as a solid favorite, parity among the Big 4 makes 2012’s last major tournament more intriguing. This season they have evenly divided the three Grand Slam events and the Olympics. Sadly, ultimate warrior Rafael Nadal, [...] -
Defending champion Stosur through to second round at US Open
While rain interrupted matches of other seeded players, Samantha Stosur advanced to the second round of 2012 US Open with ease. Defending champion Australian Stosur cleared her first hurdle on the way to repeating last year’s US Open success. It took her no more than 53 minutes to cruise past [...] -
2012 US Open Day 1: Five Matches To Watch
The first day of a grand slam is always one to savour, with plenty of matches scattered across the fourteen courts in action on Monday. I have picked out five top matches which I think are worth keeping an eye on at Flushing Meadows. Petra Martic (CRO) vs [7] Samantha [...]
