The fourth round of the women’s tournament begins and the men continue to battle in third round encounters. These are my top five picks for today. [19] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs [9] John Isner (USA) Arthur Ashe Stadium (H2H John Isner 3-0) No.1 American John Isner finally gets scheduled for the [...]
Favorites Alexandr Dolgopolov, John Isner, and Stanislas Wawrinka have dropped an occasional set, but survived second round of 2012 US Open. Former World No. 8 Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis was matched-up against fourteenth seed Ukrainian Dolgopolov on Court 17. The encounter was marked by high level of inconsistency as we could [...]
As the top ranked American in the men’s draw, 9th seed John Isner has a lot of pressure riding on his shoulders as he enters the U.S. Open. He was challenged in his 1st round match by Belgian veteran Xavier Malisse who forced the 27 year old Isner to a [...]
Andy Roddick, after winning his first round match at the U.S. Open, was asked in an on-court interview what he wanted for his 30th birthday. Roddick made it quite clear when he said, “Let’s try and make it to the second week. Then we can renegotiate.” The art of renegotiating [...]
Wednesday sees the final set of first round matches played and the start of the second round, here are my top five picks for matches to watch. Xavier Malisse (BEL) vs [9] John Isner (USA) Arthur Ashe Stadium (H2H Xavier Malisse 2-1) After a strong few weeks in Toronto and Winston [...]
Five To Watch: [WC] Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) vs Venus Williams (USA) Arthur Ashe Stadium (H2H Venus Williams 3-0) After being beset by injuries the last year, it has been tough for Mattek-Sands as she has been trying to regain the form that once saw her a top 40 player. Handed a wildcard [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
American John Isner his second season title as he prevailed in a three set thriller against Czech Tomas Berdych, winning 3-6 6-4 7-6 (9). Second seeded Tomas Berdych paved his way into today’s final with a relative ease, losing only one set to Steve Darcis, just before crushing him in [...]
Second seed Czech Tomas Berdych dealt with home crowd favorite Sam Querrey in two straight sets and will play for his second 2012 ATP title in final of Winston-Salem. Berdych certainly did not make his life easy against seventh-seeded Querrey as he gave away a break already in the opening [...]
Defending champion and no.3 seed John Isner advanced into the Winston-Salem final after overcoming Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a three set battle with a 6-4 3-6 7-6 (3) end scoreline. Isner was going into today’s match with a 3-1 head to head record against the Frenchman, having won their last encounter [...]
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and no.3 seed John Isner will face off for a place in the final at the Winston-Salem Open. Tsonga needed mere 53 minutes to send Spaniard Marcel Granollers packing, literally demolishing him 6-1 6-2. Two breaks of serve in each of the sets handed him a [...]
After finally ending his seventeen match losing streak, lady luck has not been kind to Donald Young as he looks extremely unlikely to defend his fourth round of last year when he takes on World No.1 Roger Federer. Following this he will face either Bjorn Phau or a qualifier. Fernando [...]
As the fourth and final grand slam of 2012 begins, Rafael Nadal’s continuing absence from the tour has left Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the last men standing in the battle for end-of –year number one. The two are currently neck-and-neck: in 2012 Djokovic has 8710 points to Federer’s [...]
