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The 2014 U.S. Open men’s draw can still end with a No. 1 versus No. 2 final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, but that’s looking nowhere near a guarantee as both players enter tough semifinal affairs on Saturday. Outside of the top-two seeds, things haven’t been easy for the best players in the men’s draw as told by two double-digit seeds making it into the final four....
Published: September 6, 2014
Roger Federer is up against more than your average No. 14 seed when he faces Marin Cilic in Saturday’s 2014 U.S. Open semifinal. His Croatian opponent has torched his competition in Flushing Meadows, emerging as one of the biggest surprises of the tournament. Making it to the semifinal matches is his best result at a Grand Slam, but he proved in a straight-set romping of No. 6 Tomas Berdych in...
Published: September 6, 2014
The 2014 U.S. Open has not been kind to many of the highest seeds, but some of the world’s best players have withstood test after test to make a deep run. The top seeds in both the men’s and women’s draws are safe, with Serena Williams advancing to the final and Novak Djokovic more alive than ever on the men’s side. Roger Federer is also around after surviving from a two-set...
Published: September 5, 2014
The world’s best golfers will have two more chances to make a late surge for the FedEx Cup, starting with the 2014 BMW Championship taking place at Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado. Chris Kirk was the story of the week on the PGA Tour after his resounding victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship, but it became immediately apparent that he’ll have to fight to keep his points lead...
Published: September 2, 2014
Novak Djokovic hasn’t always been at his best in 2014, but when he’s anywhere near it, the rest of the tennis world just can’t keep up. So far at the U.S. Open, he’s been awfully close. It will have to continue through a tough quarterfinal match against Andy Murray, a likely semifinal against No. 3 Stan Wawrinka and the assumed final against No. 2 Roger Federer. But if recent...
Published: September 2, 2014
All it takes is one tournament to completely shake up the FedEx Cup standings when playoff time comes, and that was the case after Monday’s finish at the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship. As for the one doing the shaking up, well, that was Chris Kirk. The American finished 15 strokes under par, proving enough to hold off Billy Horschel on the final hole and claim the 2,500 points in the standings. His...
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
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: August 30, 2014
As the FedEx Cup playoffs continue on to Day 3 at the Deutsche Bank Championship Saturday, the projected leaderboard keeps getting shaken up from top to bottom. Entering this weekend’s tournament, it was Hunter Mahan atop the points leaderboard after he won at The Barclays the week prior. He was just barely ahead of Rory McIlroy, who held a sizable lead entering the playoffs thanks to his dominating...
Published: August 30, 2014
Maria Sharapova continued her quest to win her second Grand Slam of 2014 on Friday night at Flushing Meadows, with a comfortable straight-sets victory over 26th-seeded Sabine Lisicki in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The final score was 6-2, 6-4. Sharapova started out strong and cruised to an opening set victory, but the second set got away from her and she had to battle past a surging Lisicki to avoid going...