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Chris Kirk? Let’s be honest. Who knew who this young man was? He turned pro in 2007, won his first tournament in 2011, his second early this year and his third tournament in the Deutsche Bank Championship. Now he’s No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings where Hunter Mahan was a week ago after his win in The Barclays. Mahan shrunk from the top, but Kirk filled the void. Looking...
Published: September 1, 2014
The action is getting better by the day at the 2014 U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows. On the men’s side, the favorites have rolled through the early rounds with ease and that continued for the most part on Day 8. But with the fourth round of action came a few marquee matchups between highly-seeded competitors, assuring that we would see our first big names fall. As for the ladies, the giants...
Published: September 1, 2014
For tennis fans hoping to see the trend of massive upsets continue at the 2014 U.S. Open, Monday did not provide similar results in the early matches. But with two exciting showdowns scheduled for the night slate, there is still a chance for underdogs to rise. Day 8 of the final Grand Slam of the year saw No. 1 seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams rout their opponents in straight...
Published: September 1, 2014
Andy Murray pulled out three tight sets and withstood the power of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he advanced to the 2014 U.S. Open quarterfinals with a straight-sets victory, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4. In a test between the tournament’s No. 8 and No. 9 seeds, Monday’s match guaranteed a hotly contested battle and it lived up to the hype. Games were tight, deuces were popular and every strong coupling of shots...
Published: September 1, 2014
Remember when Novak Djokovic was struggling in his return to North America and the hard courts? Yeah, neither does Philipp Kohlschreiber. The World No. 1 Djokovic, who appeared to suffer from a lack of focus—he was recently married and is expecting a child—in early defeats at Cincinnati and Toronto, continued his dominance at the 2014 U.S. Open Monday afternoon,...
Published: September 1, 2014
Sunday’s action at Flushing Meadows, littered with jaw-dropping upsets, has set the bar high for the rest of the 2014 U.S. Open, but Monday’s slate set out to clear it in emphatic fashion. Of the names stunned the day prior, No. 4 David Ferrer, No. 5 Maria Sharapova and No. 9 Jelena Jankovic stand out the most heading into a day that sees No. 1 seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic,...
Published: September 1, 2014
So far, so dominant for Serena Williams at the 2014 U.S. Open. The two-time defending champion continued her torrid charge for a three-peat on Monday, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-3 win over unseeded Kaia Kanepi on Monday. The match took only 65 minutes, as Williams went to work with an aggressive game plan designed to highlight her power advantage over Kanepi. Spoiler alert:...
Published: September 1, 2014
Chris Kirk fired a bogey-free round of 66 on Monday at TPC Boston, winning the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship at 15 under par. And it didn’t come without it’s share of last-minute dramatics. On the 18th green, Kirk missed a short birdie putt that would’ve sealed the deal, opening the door for Billy Horschel who sat one shot back of the lead. But Horschel, who entered the day in second...
Published: September 1, 2014
Sunday is typically known as a day of rest, but the intense tennis action at the 2014 U.S. Open featured several top seeds—including Maria Sharapova, David Ferrer and Jelena Jankovic—failing to advance to the next round. Day 8 is shaping up to be just as intriguing. With No. 1 seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic both in action and a plethora of other interesting matchups on the schedule,...
Published: September 1, 2014
The world’s top tennis stars will honor Labor Day by working one step closer to a U.S. Open title in Flushing Meadow, Queens. Each bracket’s top representative, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, will look to keep rolling during a pair of marquee Monday afternoon matches. Through three matches each, neither No. 1 seed has dropped a single set. Among the eight men partaking in singles action...