Professional Tennis
French eighth seed Richard Gasquet reached his first U.S. Open semifinal on Wednesday with a five-set upset win, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 over David Ferrer, the number four seed. Gasquet, will be making only his second appearance in a major semifinal (Wimbledon in 2007) and he is the first Frenchman to get to the…
Every summer, Long Island Tennis Magazine visits dozens of tennis camps. This summer during our travels, we asked kids at all the camps the following question: "If you had a chance to play in the U.S. Open, how would you feel and who would you want to play against?" Here are some of the answers…
Andy Murray started slow, but then took control to win a tough four-setter against Dennis Istomin 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in three hours and seven minutes and advanced to the quarterfinals for the third year in a row Tuesday night at the U.S. Open. Murray improved his record in the majors this year to…
Two women’s quarterfinals matches take center stage Wednesday on Day 10 of the 2013 U.S. Open, as the men’s and women’s fields shrink even further and the road to the finals narrows. Sunny skies and temperatures reaching a high of 80 should prove to be favorable for the contenders throughout the day. Beginning at noon EST…
World number one and top-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the 2013 U.S. Open quarterfinals on Tuesday night after a 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 win over Spain’s Marcel Granollers. Djokovic has yet to drop a set during the tournament, and needed only 79 minutes Tuesday night to eliminate Granollers from contention. Djokovic advances to his 18th straight…
World number one and top-seeded Serena Williams put on a display Tuesday night at the U.S. Open, after a 6-0, 6-0 win over Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The 31-year-old Serena will be playing in her 24th career major semifinal and is now 244-36 in Grand Slam matches, fourth on the all-time…
Lleyton Hewitt is out of the U.S. Open after suffering a tough five-set fourth-round loss to Russian 21st-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(3-7), 6-4, 7-5 in a tension-filled, four-hour cliffhanger at Flushing Meadows, N.Y. on Tuesday. Hewitt certainly had his chances, as he squandered a two-sets-to-one advantage and 4-1 and 5-2 leads in the fourth and…
On Day Nine action of the 2013 U.S. Open, it was the second-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus rounding out the list quarterfinalists with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over the number 13 seed, Serbian Ana Ivanovic, a match re-scheduled after being washed out on Monday. Ivanovic yielded 42 unforced errors and bashed her racket on the…
Fourth round action in the top half of the men’ draw on Day Nine on the 2012 U.S. Open on Tuesday is headlined by three former U.S. Open winners, the reigning champion Andy Murray, the 2011 champ Novak Djokovic and the 2001 winner, Lleyton Hewitt. Tuesday’s forecast calls for temperatures in the upper-70s to low…
It appears 30 is the new 20 in the women's draw at this year's U.S. Open, as victories on Monday by Roberta Vinci, Flavia Pennetta and Daniela Hantuchova meant that five of the eight U.S. Open quarterfinalists will be over 30 years of age (Serena Williams and Na Li are the others). Vinci, the 10th seed,…