Tomas Berdych ground out a hard fought win over Belgium’s David Goffin, saving 16 of 18 break points and serving 17 aces on his way to a straight sets victory, 7-5 6-3 6-3. In an incredibly frustrating first set for Goffin, he missed eight break point chances in his first [...]
Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the second round of the US Open as he overcame Czech veteran Radek Stepanek in four sets 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-4. One break for the Spaniard in the seventh game of the first set was enough for him to win the set 6-3 [...]
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 [...]
Top seed Victoria Azarenka and Belgian star Kim Clijsters outclassed their opponents and advanced into the second round of 2012 US Open. Three-time US Open champion Clijsters delivered an expected victory against 16-years old American Victoria Duval. The young debutant will be proud of taking Clijster’s serve and staying on [...]
Croatian player Marin Cilic had to dig deep on his way to defeating Australian player Marinko Matosevic in an epic 5 setter. Cilic managed to come back from a two sets down and prevail in 3 hours and 57 minutes, winning 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-2. In the first [...]
Spaniard Feliciano Lopez eased into the second round of the 2012 US Open with a 6-3 7-5 6-2 win over Dutch player Robin Haase in 1 hour and 48 minutes. An early break in the match was enough for Lopez to secure him the first set, that saw quite a [...]
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, 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 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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
