Post Tagged with: "US Open"
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Robson Continues Run, Downs 9th Seed Li in 3 Sets
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 [...] -
Sharapova easily through to the third round of the 2012 US Open
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Great matches of the US Open part four – Djokovic vs Federer
The series continues with a look at last year’s classic semi-final match between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer (Semi-final, 2011) 6–7 (7-9), 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 Last year’s US Open saw Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic meet at the tournament for a record fifth straight [...] -
Great matches of the US Open part three – Borg vs McEnroe
Bjorn Borg vs. John McEnroe (Final, 1980) 7–6(7-4), 6–1, 6–7(5-7), 5–7, 6–4 Over the summer of 1980 tennis regent Bjorn Borg and young pretender John McEnroe engaged each other in a pair of classic grand slam finals. The first, at Wimbledon, is one of the most feted matches of all-time [...] -
Rain won’t stop play in the US for Djokovic
After suffering the brunt of heavy rain showers interrupting two of his matches at the recent Toronto Masters, world number 2 Novak Djokovic has called for North American tennis events to implement court covers. Events based in the US such as the US Open and the recent Toronto tournament are [...] -
Olympic Medalists Aim for WTA No.1 Ranking in North America
It’s probably appropriate that the three women who ended up on the medals podium of the Olympic women’s singles event were each responsible for dominating the three seasons that make up the first half of the tennis calendar. But with the summer hard court swing already underway this week in [...] -
US Open looks into permanent Monday finish
The US Open could become the first Grand Slam tournament with a permanent finish on Monday. At the moment it is the only major tournament where the players don’t have a day off between the semifinal and the final matches. They are played on two consecutive days, Saturday and Sunday. The [...] -
Novak Djokovic unbeaten against Nadal this year!!! US Open 2011
ONE OF THE BEST POINTS AND TURNING POINT OF FINAL? PLEASE COMMENT!! Djokovic vs.Nadal amazing rally US Open Final 2011. -
Caroline Wozniacki to be no.1 seed at US Open 2011
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark will be the top seed at this years US Open. The Dane, who was a 2009 finalist at this event, is yet to win a grand slam. Vera Zvonareva, last years runner-up, was named as no.2 seed. Last year’s champion Clisters was forced to pull out [...] -
US Open to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks
“9-11-01” will be painted on the centre court in Arthur Ashe Stadium during for the men’s and women’s singles finals to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The temporary display will be painted across the net on the umpire’s and the player’s [...] -
USTA decides to seed Serena Williams at the US Open according to her ranking (nr.29)
15 years ago, the USTA president Les Snyder and the US Open tournament directro Jay Snyder decided to change the players seeding and do exactly what Wimbledon had been doing – not strictly follow the rankings when deciding about the seeding. Back in 1996, this caused a huge uproar and [...] -
Leyton Hewitt Wild Card into US Open 2011
Former US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt has been granted a wildcard into this year US Open 2011 grand slam tournament. The 30-year-old Australian won the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon but is ranked 165th after a series of injuries.
