Five time champion and top seed at the 2012 US Open Roger Federer advanced to the third round with ease as he outclassed German Bjorn Phau 6-2 6-3 6-2 in exactly 1 hour and 30 minutes. Federer, who came into this year’s tournament on top form having beaten Djokovic in [...]
Red Hot Favourites The defending champion, Novak Djokovic, demolished Paolo Lorenzi in the first round and he is unlikely to have any further problems with Rogerio Dutra Silva in the second round. The Brazilian did brilliantly to beat Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round, but his run will come to [...]
Both Gilles Simon and Fernando Verdasco dropped a set in second round of US Open, but are through to next round where they will play Fish and Federer. Sixteenth seed Simon did not produce his best tennis against World No. 182 Jimmy Wang from Chinese Taipei, but it was convincing [...]
Red Hot Favourites Roger Federer is the reddest of red hot favourites as he takes on the German, Bjorn Phau, who is ranked at number 83. Put simply, Federer does not lose these matches. The last player from outside the top 30 to beat him at a Grand Slam was [...]
Please see our other analysis here: Roger Federer Serve Technique Novak Djokovic Backhand As we watch the US Open on TV or live in person, we can continue to marvel at the grace and elegance of Roger Federer’s forehand. The few of us who have the opportunity to watch the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
As Roger Federer recently celebrated his 31st birthday this month, it might be worth taking a look at how many more Grand Slam singles titles he could win in his career given his return to No. 1 and the elite list of competitors he might face at each event. Australian [...]
Hopeful that he will be able to carry the momentum from his gold and silver medal-winning performances at the London Olympics this summer to the last Grand Slam of the year, Andy Murray is aiming for victory at the US Open. Facing the Russian Alex Bogomolov in his first-round match [...]
World number 2 and reigning US Open title-holder Novak Djokovic has spoken of his disappointment at Lance Armstrong recently, following the famous cyclist’s doping downfall. Armstrong, who has had his seven Tour de France titles (won between 1999 and 2005) stripped by the US Anti-Doping Agency, has confirmed that he [...]
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 [...]
