Former world no.1 Andy Roddick defeats Australian younster Bernard Tomic to book his place in the third round of the 2012 US Open. Roddick, who announced that he is going to retire from professional tennis after this tournament, prevailed in straight sets 6-3 6-4 .. The American struck in the [...]
Marion Bartoli of France has matched her best results at the US Open by reaching the 4th round. The 11th seed defeated Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets earlier today. Known for her double-handed forehands, Bartoli had a banner year in 2011, reaching the SFs of Roland Garros and the QFs [...]
The teenage sensation who ended Kim Clijster’s singles career continued her run by defeating the 9th seed and former French Open champion Li Na in 3 sets. Laura Robson of the UK had never made it past the 2nd round in a grand slam tournament until two days ago and [...]
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 [...]
American former world no.1 Andy Roddick has has just announced at the press conference in New York that he is planning to retire from tennis after the 2012 US Open. He will be facing Australian Bernard Tomic in the third round of the tournament. Roddick, who turned 30 today, is [...]
If you think defending women’s singles champion Sam Stosur is flying under the radar at this year’s U.S. Open, she’s in good company with the world No.1 and top seed Victoria Azarenka who seeks her first ever title in New York. Despite having her best season ever that includes winning [...]
4-time slam champion Russian Maria Sharapova is through to the third round of the 2012 US Open after a comfortable 6-0 6-1 win over Spanish player Lourdes Dominguez-Lino in a match that lasted 54 minutes. The world number 3 was clearly the better player from the beginning of the match [...]
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 [...]
Grand Slam title holders Petra Kvitova and Li Na deliver expected victories in today’s second round of US Open 2012 . Laura Robson defeats Clijsters in her last US Open match. Fifth seed Kvitova, winner of the recent US Open series, made her way into round three after seeing off [...]
Red Hot Favourites Despite a stuttering first round performance, few people would expect Andy Murray to fail to progress comfortably against Ivan Dodig. While they have never faced each other before, it seems unlikely that the Croatian will have anything to trouble the third seed, who has not lost to [...]
Learning her lesson from her fourth-round defeat to Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open earlier this year, Chinese number 1 tennis player Li Na has vowed to stay off the booze even if she wins the US Open. Describing the events after her devastating loss, where she threw away four [...]
Alexandr Dolgopolov was a step away from a fast 2012 US Open exit, but managed to advance to the second round after prevailing in five sets. Bernard Tomic turned around his first round match, too. Unseeded American Jesse Levine was on the verge of surprising fourteenth-seeded Ukrainian Dolgopolov, who pulled [...]
The 2003 champion Andy Roddick moved comfortably to the second round of the 2012 US Open after defeating the 21-years old countryman Rhyne Williams in straight sets 6-3 6-4 6-4. Williams, who came through the qualifying rounds to the main draw, didn’t stand a chance against the former world no.1. [...]
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 [...]
