Professional Tennis
Capping off Day Three under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Novak Djokovic needed just 90 minutes to defeat Austrian Andrea Haider-Maurer in three sets, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. On the night, Djokovic was perfect on his serve, never facing a break point, winning 83 percent of his first serves and firing six aces. Djokovic, the…
Serena Williams won her 50th match of 2015 on Wednesday at the U.S. Open, and in the process, took one step closer to history. The world number one got past Kiki Bertens of The Netherlands, 7-6(5), 6-3, and is through to round three in Flushing Meadows. Up next for Serena is fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands,…
Bested by fatigue, cramps and temperatures in the mid-90s, American Mardy Fish closed out his career Wednesday afternoon at Louis Armstrong Stadium, falling 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 5-7, 3-6 in over three hours at the U.S. Open to the 18th-seeded Feliciano Lopez. Having played just four matches total in 2015, Fish defeated Marco Cecchinato Monday to…
Spain’s David Ferrer advanced to the third round of the 2015 U.S. Open on Wednesday, a 7-5 7-5 7-6(4) winner over Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic on Court 17 in in two hours and 24 minutes. Ferrer’s third round appearance is his 10th in his last 11 appearances in Flushing Meadows. The 33-year-old Spaniard 38-9 match record…
Americans Madison Keys and Madison Brengle both moved into round three of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, as the 19th-seeded Keys defeated the 100th-ranked Tereza Smitkova, 6-1, 6-2 and Brengle got past fellow American Anna Tatishvili, 6-3, 6-2. The 20-year-old Keys is into the third round of the Open for the first time in her…
The second-round of the U.S. Open singles tournament begins today with a number of Americans on both sides of the draw starting things off in the day session. Madison Keys, the 19th seed, will be first onto the courts of Arthur Ashe Stadium as she takes on the Czech Republic’s Tereza Smitkova. Keys, a semifinalist…
Under the lights Tuesday night in Flushing Meadows, it was former U.S. Open champion Andy Murray defeating Australian Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. It was the fourth meeting between the two, as Murray ups his mark to a perfect 4-0 against the young Australian. Rolling into Flushing Meadows after defeating Novak Djokovic for the…
On the sidelines for most of 2015 with shoulder and leg injuries, Victoria Azarenka was a 6-1, 6-2 winner Tuesday in her first round match against Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic at the U.S. Open. “I couldn't wait to get out there and play my match,” said Azarenka. “New York is always going to…
New York native Jamie Loeb went 84-9 in her college singles career at The University of North Carolina and won the 2015 NCAA National Singles Championship. This was a different day, on a different level, against a much different opponent, as Loeb made her professional debut Tuesday in front of family and friends at the…
A fired up Donald Young rallied back from two sets to love down for the first time in his career to beat 11th-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and advance to the U.S. Open second-round on Tuesday. In what was the most exciting match of the day, Young used the crowd support…