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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: September 14, 2015
The 2015 U.S. Open was a stepping stone for some, an addition to a legacy for others and a chance to say farewell for a few more, as Flushing Meadows produced another fitting end to the Grand Slam season. A peaking veteran won the championship on the women’s side, but not the one almost everybody expected. Add the surprise of a player outside the Top 25 winning to a shocking retirement mic-drop...
Published: September 14, 2015
The time for holding back has almost reached its end, and Friday’s opening fixture of the 2015 Rugby World Cup signals the beginning of a more serious test welcomed by the global elite. The upper echelon of world rugby has had its experimentation period, but from this weekend onward, fans can expect to see international coaches wheeling out their big guns in force. Among the most enticing fixtures...
Published: September 14, 2015
Formula One returns to Asia for the first time since April for the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix. The Marina Bay race is the first of seven flyaways that will determine whether Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg ends the year as world champion. Rosberg’s title aspirations suffered a blow last time out at Monza when his engine failed just two laps from the end. He’s now 53 points behind his team-mate...
Published: September 14, 2015
Travel to any rugby club on a dark, midweek evening and observe the forwards going through a punishing session on the scrummage machine, or beating each other up in a rucking drill. At some point in proceedings, they’ll come together for some words of wisdom from their coach. Any gambling man would have a shilling or two on one of his first lines being: “Remember, boys, forwards win matches,...
Published: September 14, 2015
Novak Djokovic captured his third Grand Slam title of the year by winning the U.S. Open, but is that enough to earn the elusive A+ grade for his work the past two weeks? Did Serena Williams‘ loss to an unseeded player greatly affect her grade? How do you assess the tournament of Roberta Vinci, who upset Williams but defeated no other seeded player? We graded 14 players, seven men and seven...
Published: September 14, 2015
Roger Federer put up another valiant effort against Novak Djokovic on Sunday, the reigning king of the courts. Still, no matter how marvelous Federer looks in his Grand Slam defeats to Djokovic, the losses point to the obvious: Djokovic is the superior player now and will be for the remainder of Federer’s career. This raises questions about Federer’s motivation and determination. Just how...
Published: September 14, 2015
NEW YORK — He’s a man in full flight, at the top of his game, athletic, resolute, a champion whose future is no less beautiful than his present. Novak Djokovic had a rare year in tennis, a winner of three Grand Slam tournaments, a runner-up in the fourth. But it’s not so much what Djokovic has done—adding another U.S. Open championship to his collection of titles with his win Sunday over...
Published: September 14, 2015
Novak Djokovic might want to buy some real estate in the winner’s circle of major championships. He added his third of the year in dramatic fashion Sunday night, topping No. 2 Roger Federer to win the 2015 U.S. Open. The top-seeded Serbian took down Federer in four sets, winning the tally 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. At no moment until Federer’s final shot sailed long did Djokovic’s victory...
Published: September 14, 2015
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic added the 2015 U.S. Open to his growing legend, and everyone else including runner-up Roger Federer is chasing the year’s three-time major winner. He’s lapped the field despite some valiant and excellent efforts by other stars. Just where do the top players in the world stand? Those that took steps forward in 2014 generally fell backwards in 2015, but of course...
Published: September 14, 2015
Novak Djokovic has had Roger Federer’s number in major championship settings. That didn’t change on Sunday night, as the top seed battled his way to a four-set victory and won the 2015 U.S. Open title. The victory came by a score of 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, illustrating just how back-and-forth and evenly matched the bout became from the very outset. Federer fought tooth and nail with a raucous...