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There were two great upsets in the women’s semifinals at the U.S. Open on Friday, as both top-seeded Serena Williams and second-seeded Simona Halep were beaten by a pair of Italian players who had barely gotten any respect prior to their shocking victories. At 32 years old, unseeded Roberta Vinci lost the first set to Williams, and it looked as if Williams might sweep her away. However,...
Published: September 12, 2015
No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 2 Roger Federer for the U.S. Open title is now set in stone. Tennis fans are getting just the matchup they hoped for when the tournament began, and as the action in New York unfolded, there seemed very little chance they would see anything but the best two players in the world compete for the American national championship. However, when top-seeded Serena Williams and second-seeded...
Published: September 10, 2015
Up until this moment, the U.S. Open was all about potential for Serena Williams. Through her first four matches, the top-seeded woman in the final Grand Slam tournament of the year had to go through all the necessities of beating lesser opponents if she wanted to have an opportunity to play for the calendar-year Slam. Then, in the quarterfinals, she had to fight the difficult psychological war of playing...
Published: September 9, 2015
It’s clear that the U.S. Open has moved into its most critical stages. There is just one match on the schedule for Wednesday night, and all the attention will be focused on Arthur Ashe Stadium at 8 p.m. when second-seeded Roger Federer meets upset-minded Richard Gasquet of France, the No. 12 seed in the tournament. Federer was certainly very close to his best when he downed hard-serving American...
Published: September 8, 2015
The prime-time matches at the U.S. Open ratchet it up a couple of notches as the tournament reaches the quarterfinals. Not only does top-seeded Novak Djokovic continue his run in the tournament against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, sisters Serena and Venus Williams will battle each other for the right to play in the women’s semifinals. The Williams sisters have battled many times before, and...
Published: September 7, 2015
Roger Federer has gotten off to a brilliant start in the U.S. Open. After falling short earlier this summer at Wimbledon, his game is razor sharp, and he appears intent on getting back to the finals and winning at the U.S. Open. The second-seeded Federer will engage in his fourth-round match against 13th-seeded John Isner tonight in the prime-time matchup at Arthur Ashe Stadium at 9 p.m. ET. Federer...
Published: September 6, 2015
Novak Djokovic is getting close to the most important rounds of the U.S. Open. If he can win his Sunday night matchup with Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut, the top-seeded player in the tournament will be on to the quarterfinals. Djokovic is the headliner of the Sunday night matchups in New York. He has been sharp in winning his first three matches of the tournament, beating all three opponents...
Published: September 5, 2015
Novak Djokovic has survived and advanced to the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Now it’s time to find out if his two primary rivals can do the same thing. Roger Federer and Andy Murray return to action in New York as the third round concludes Saturday. The No. 2 and No. 3 seeds are seen as the greatest threats to Djokovic winning his third Grand Slam title of the season, and both have been impressive...
Published: September 4, 2015
It’s all about the tennis competition and going for the U.S. Open championship, right? In the case of Serena Williams, the defending champion and the winner of four consecutive Grand Slam titles, it’s about even more than that. Serena, of course, is bidding for the calendar-year Grand Slam. That feat has been accomplished by just one other player. Steffi Graf took all four tennis...
Published: September 4, 2015
With two matches already under his belt, Novak Djokovic is out of the warm-up stage in the U.S. Open. He has started his journey in earnest, and the goal is to come up with the victory in the top tournament in the United States. If Djokovic is successful, he will have earned his third Grand Slam title of the year. He has already won the Australian Open and Wimbledon, but he fell short against Stan...