Twenty-nine-year-old American Andy Roddick defeated fellow American Rhyne Williams in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in Tuesday afternoon action of the first round of the 2012 U.S. Open. This was the first U.S. Open for Williams, a former University of Tennessee player, at the age of 21. In the first set, Roddick led 4-3, where he attained…
Top-seeded Roger Federer returned to the U.S. Open on Monday and defeated American Donald Young 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to improve his career record to 62-7 at Flushing Meadows. Looking to extend his record with an 18th Grand Slam title, Federer finished with seven aces and needed only 1 hour, 34 minutes to dispatch Young, an American…
Kim Clijsters of Belarus began play last night at the 2012 U.S. Open in what she has announced will be her final appearance at the event. Her round one opponent,16-year-old American wild card Victoria Duval, was defeated 6-3, 6-1 by Clijsters, the Belgian’s 22nd consecutive U.S. Open victory under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I was just…
It’s a mix of the experienced and the new as eight U.S. women take to the courts in today’s action, including a pair of all-American matchups, with three-time champion and reigning Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams taking on 2008 girls’ champion CoCo Vandeweghe, and Venus Williams opening her 2012 U.S. Open against fellow American Bethanie…
The United States was the dominant force on the world tennis scene for the first 30 years of the Open Era, but in the last decade, has experienced limited international success. Now, with the current generation of U.S. champions all over 30, American tennis is at a crossroads and the future is uncertain at best. Here…
Americans Jack Sock and Mardy Fish started things off on the right foot for the U.S. on Day One of action at the 2012 U.S. Open. Sock pulled the biggest upset of the when he make quick work of Florian Mayer on the Grandstand in front of a pro-American crowd, Sock dominated from start to…
American James Blake defeated Lukas Lacko of Slovakia in a close four set match, 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the 2012 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. It was a tight first set, until the 32-year-old Blake was able to break at 5-5 and hold to take the…
Samantha Stosur began her title defense at the 2012 U.S. Open Monday afternoon with a 6-1, 6-1 win over 21-year-old Croatian Petra Martic at Arthur Ashe Stadium. So far in 2012, Stosur had lost in the first round at the Australian Open, the second round at Wimbledon, the first round at the London Olympics, but lost in the…
Beginning immediately after the conclusion of Wimbledon, the U.S. Open Series links together WTA and ATP tournaments which take place on hard courts across America throughout the summer. This year’s summer calendar was unique in the sense that it was interrupted with the 2012 Summer Olympic games held at the All-England Club. Here, players returned…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Samantha Stosur of Australian are the defending U.S.Open Champions. At their pre-tournament press conferences, both discussed their attempts to defend their respective titles and their thoughts entering the 2012 U.S. Open Championships. Stosur begins her title defense against Petra Martic of Croatia Monday morning at Arthur Ashe Stadium, while Djokovic will…