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History and a career-defining moment hang in the balance of Monday’s final at Flushing Meadows between No. 10 Kei Nishikori and No. 14 Marin Cilic, one of the most unexpected Grand Slam finals in the sport’s history. Neither has ever reached a Grand Slam final, and Nishikori is the first Asian man to advance to a Grand Slam singles final in history. As ESPN Stats & Info records,...
Published: September 8, 2014
As the playoffs roll on to their final event, we’ve got another batch of FedEx Cup 2014 Odds cooking. At the BMW Championship, Billy Horschel got the job done, a week after a chunked approach shot at the 72nd hole cost him a potential victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Horschel’s nearest challenger, Bubba Watson, finished at 12 under for the tournament, two strokes behind Billy...
Published: September 7, 2014
What a difference a few days make. Billy Horschel stood on the 18th fairway on Labor Day in the Deutsche Bank Championship and chunked his approach—and subsequently the tournament—into the thickets. He finished T2 and moved way up the FedEx Cup standings, setting the table for his run (literally) at the BMW Championship in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains. The BMW Championship saw the...
Published: September 7, 2014
For the second Formula One race in succession, Nico Rosberg has ruined our fun. You may, over the last two weeks, have heard about that business in the Belgian Grand Prix, in which the German tried a little too hard to pass Lewis Hamilton on the second lap and ended up puncturing his Mercedes teammate’s tyre. The result? Hamilton’s race was finished before it had even begun—although...
Published: September 7, 2014
Sunday afternoon saw Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton win a highly entertaining Italian Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg in second place, with the Williams of Felipe Massa coming home third. And here we grade the thrilling contest at the Autodromo Di Monza from A to D in terms of strategy, overtaking, shocks and drama… Begin Slideshow Read More →
Published: September 7, 2014
On a weekend with plenty of intrigue throughout the field, Billy Horschel led the charge to capture the BMW Championship in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. Horschel moved to the top of the leaderboard by carding an impressive 63 on Saturday and then stayed steady on Sunday as the challengers around him faltered. The win comes as sweet redemption after Horschel finished as runner-up to Chris Kirk at...
Published: September 7, 2014
Lewis Hamilton recovered from a dreadful start to win the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The result was confirmed by Sky Sports HQ on Twitter: A blistering start from Nico Rosberg saw him overhaul pole-sitter Hamilton, but the World Championship leader was unable to capitalise on the Brit’s early error; two identical mistakes cost the German the chance to extend his lead atop of the driver’s...
Published: September 7, 2014
NEW YORK — Suddenly, Roger Federer looked older. It wasn’t so much the creases in his face, the age lines. It was the creases in his game. It was the inability to handle Marin Cilic, to whom he never before had lost. It was the comments after his defeat, the lack of belief to do what he had done for so many matches over so many years, which is make a comeback. Federer was a lock to make...
Published: September 7, 2014
After 13 days of some highly competitive tennis, the 2014 U.S. Open’s finals are set. On the women’s side, No. 1 Serena Williams will take on No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki—not too far-fetched of a result. As for the men’s side, to say the two remaining competitors were unexpected may be the understatement of the year. No. 10 Kei Nishikori shocked the world, defeating No. 1 Novak...
Published: September 7, 2014
The tennis landscape is set to get a jolt of new blood now that No. 10 Kei Nishikori and No. 14 Marin Cilic are the two left standing at Flushing Meadows going into the 2014 U.S. Open final Monday. No Roger Federer. No Novak Djokovic. No Rafael Nadal or Andy Murray. Just two younger players set to fight over a career-defining moment that can jump-start them to the upper echelon of the sport. ESPNTennis...