Madison Keys powered her way into the U.S. Open quarterfinals on Monday, improving to 5-0 all-time against Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova with a 6-1, 6-3 drubbing in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Keys is now into her third Grand Slam quarterfinal of 2018 and two victories away from returning to the U.S. Open final. “I am glad…
Labor Day brings with it the eighth day of the 2018 U.S. Open, with eight quarterfinal spots still up for grabs between the men’s and women’s singles draws. Last year’s finalist Madison Keys kicks things off in Arthur Ashe Stadium against 29th seeded Dominika Cibulkova, in a head-to-head matchup that the 14th seeded American has dominated…
John Isner’s is back into the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time in seven years after he outlasted 25th seeded Canadian Milos Raonic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in three hours and eight minutes on Sunday. “Everyone was expecting maybe five tiebreaks. If that’s the case, so be it. But I didn’t go…
Karolina Pliskova is one of the last eight remaining in the U.S. Open for a third straight year after defeating Australia’s Ashleigh Barty 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday afternoon. “It looks easy, the score, for sure. But we played [for an] hour and a half and was not easy at all,” said Pliskova. “She had…
Dominic Thiem is into the U.S. Open quarterfinals for this first time in his career after ousting 2017 runner-up Kevin Anderson in an impressive 7-5, 6-2, 7-6(2) victory on Sunday inside Louis Armstrong Stadium. “It was an amazing victory over one of the best players right now,” said Thiem. “Also, first time [in the]…
The first week of the 2018 U.S. Open is now in the rearview mirror as we begin the second half of the fortnight at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows on Sunday with a star-studded Day Seven Schedule of Play. Defending men’s singles champion Rafael Nadal kicks off play…
While the temperature has cooled off since earlier in the week, the 2018 U.S. Open is just beginning to heat up as we head into Day Six on an important Saturday of tennis at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows. The Round of 16 in both the men’s and…
They’ve played 30 times against one another over the course of 20 years, and yet on Friday night, Venus Williams said her younger sister Serena played the “best match she’s ever played against me”. It was a 6-1, 6-2 thrashing on the biggest tennis stage in the world that propelled Serena into the Round…
Rafael Nadal and Karen Khachanov battled for more than four hours in a U.S. Open third-round clash on Friday, with the defending champion and top-seeded Spaniard prevailing 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(7), 7-6(3) inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. “It was a physical, demanding match,” Nadal said afterwards. “It was a mentally demanding match. That’s why we practice…
Austrian Dominic Thiem overcame a one set deficit to defeat young American Taylor Fritz 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-4 and book his spot in the U.S. Open fourth round on Friday. After dropping the first set, Thiem responded by taking the second set, setting up an exciting finish to the intriguing third round clash. Fritz broke…