In an exciting five-setter that ended well after 1:00 a.m. EST, Italian Fabio Fognini, the number 32 seed, under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, came back to knock off the eighth-seeded Rafael Nadal, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. "I was starting to feel the ball really good, believe me," said Fognini. "I lost that…
The 27th-seeded Jeremy Chardy became the third Frenchman into the Round of 16 at the 2015 U.S. Open, upsetting seventh-seed David Ferrer 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Friday. He joins fellow countrymen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Benoit Paire in the fourth round. Chardy worked his way back from two mini-breaks to win the first set tie-breaker,…
World number one Novak Djokovic notched a straight-set win Friday afternoon, moving past Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Djokovic didn’t play his best tennis, but did enough to get past a very good player in Seppi in straight sets. He was broken early in the…
In three sets on Friday, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard got by Dominika Cibulkova 7-6(9), 4-6, 6-3 to reach the Round of 16 at the U.S. Open. “It was just such a battle,” said Bouchard of her match with Cibulkova. “I knew going in that she was going to be like that. She really put a lot…
World number one Serena Williams’ pursuit of history was nearly dismissed Friday, tested by fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands at the U.S. Open before pulling out the 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 win to move on to the Round of 16 in Flushing Meadows. Mattek-Sands took three straight games to kick off the match, en route to taking…
Simona Halep, the number two-ranked player in the world, has officially qualified for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore, presented by SC Global, the WTA's year-end event that boasts a $7-million purse and which will take place at the Singapore Sports Hub from Oct. 25-Nov. 1. “Congratulations to Simona for once again qualifying for the BNP Paribas…
Hey tennis stars … the summer of 2015 is flying by, and I am still trying to figure out who is leading the points race in the U.S. Open Series! Ahhh, the U.S. Open: The big, bad boy on the Grand Slam block. The Aussie is the “Happy Slam.” The French Open is the “Fashion…
Marin Cilic got all he could handle from Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin on Friday afternoon, but the defending champion turned it up in the fifth set to hang on for the 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1 victory. After taking the first set in a tie-breaker, Kukushkin found himself up a break and serving for the second…
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga continued his stellar play in Flushing on Friday, dispatching Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the Round of 16. Through the first seven games, this match was on serve, but that was when Stakhovsky made the first big mistake. He hit a volley into the net on break point, and…
Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic entered the U.S. Open as one of the hottest players on the tour, but ran into a focused and determined Venus Williams on Friday. The 23rd-seeded American beat the 12th-seeded Bencic 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Round of 16. Venus had a few break chances in the opening set, and finally…