TweetMarin Cilic is the 2014 U.S Open Men’s Champion. It sounds strange doesn’t it? But it did not look strange as he dominated his final opponent Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in the Men’s final on Sunday. It looked like Cilic had been contesting slam finals for years. But he had not. He had not […]
TweetRoger Federer, the second seed, has set up a last eight meeting at the U.S Open against Gael Monfils. Federer’s 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 win over 17th seed Roberto Bautista-Agut was expected, but Monfils’ (20) 7-5, 7-6(6), 7-5 win over Grigor Dimitrov (7) was a shock. Monfils has beaten Dimitrov before at the U.S Open, back […]
TweetAndy Murray beat Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 in the last sixteen of the U.S Open to set up a rematch of the 2012 final with Novak Djokovic. The Serbian made it into the last eight with a 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber. Murray had to navigate the tougher draw into the quarters. […]
TweetIn a week in which the top seeds on the ATP Tour have been remarkably consistent ( of the top 20 seeds, only Fabio Fognini and Ernests Gulbis have lost in the first two rounds), David Ferrer became the highest seed to be knocked out the tournament. The fourth seed was sent home by former top […]
TweetNovak Djokovic and Andy Murray are moving closer to their projected last eight showdown at the U.S Open as both men won their third round matches at the U.S Open. Djokovic, the top seed, flew through his match against American Sam Querrey 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. It was another top class performance from the man who slumped […]
TweetTomas Berdych came through a battle with dangerous floater Martin Klizan in the second round of the U.S Open. The sixth seed won 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Berdych started out impressively before an eerily empty stadium as he won the first set 6-3. Then Klizan found his range, which is quite formidable on the […]
TweetNovak Djokovic showed his U.S Open Series slump was over when he dominated Paul-Henri Matthieu 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 to move into the third round of the U.S Open. The world No.1 played like one in the first set as he made 87 percent of his first serves in, did not face one break point, broke […]
TweetYoung hope Dominic Thiem made it through to the second round of the U.S Open after beating Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. He will meet good friend 11th seed Ernests Gulbis in what should be the most intriguing match of the second round. Gulbis, the 11th seed, slipped quietly into the second round after defeating […]
TweetTomas Berdych shook off some of his slump as he beat the draw’s most dangerous floater Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Berdych started off well, winning the first set 6-3 as the dry and fast conditions suited his game, but was then broken at the start of the second and fell 1-4 behind. The prospect of […]
Tweet17 year old Croatian Borna Coric was the big story on day 2 of the U.S Open. The qualifier, ranked 204, upset last week’s Winston-Salem Open champion Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 in the first round the the event. The quaifier got 64 percent of his first serves in, won 79 percent of points behind […]
