Professional Tennis
Angelique Kerber delivered another masterful performance in a cloud-covered Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, bolting past 2015 finalist and seventh-seed Italian Roberta Vinci 7-5, 6-0 to reach the U.S. Open semifinals. The first set saw a ton of breaks of serve and Vinci got it started by breaking Kerber in the opening game. But…
Former world number one and French Open champion Ana Ivanovic will miss the rest of 2016 to take care of wrist and toe injuries, the Serb announced on Tuesday. “I have some disappointing news to share with you,” Ivanovic said in a statement she posted to Twitter. “Unfortunately, due to my recurring wrist injury, I…
Tuesday at the 2016 U.S. Open begins the quarterfinal stage of the event, as two matches on both the men’s and women’s side highlight the day’s schedule as the semifinalists are determined. On the men’s side of the draw, two Frenchmen will battle for a spot in the semis, as Lucas Pouille, the 24 seed, meets…
Karolina Pliskova played an excellent tie-breaker after coughing up a chance to serve out the match to complete her comeback over America Venus Williams at the 2016 U.S. Open, reaching her first major quarterfinal with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) triumph on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday afternoon. This match was all Venus to start as…
In the first match on Louis Armstrong Stadium on Monday, fifth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep got off to another quick start, and even though things got a little dicey towards the end, she closed out 11th seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez-Navarro 6-2, 7-5 to move into the quarterfinals of the 2016 U.S. Open. Halep broke Suarez-Navarro in…
Fans escaped the weather that was set to hit the East Coast in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hermine Sunday at the U.S. Open, but Monday brings another day of Round of 16 action as the quarterfinals will be set once the day concludes. On Sunday, the U.S. Open set an all-time evening session attendance…
Rafael Nadal and Lucas Pouille played the best match of the 2016 U.S. Open up to this point on Sunday evening, and it was the young Frenchman who held his nerve in the end, hanging on to win the biggest match of his career 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6) in a thrilling four hour and…
Caroline Wozniacki delivered another masterful performance on Sunday afternoon, rolling past eighth-seeded American Madison Keys 6-3, 6-4 to earn a spot in the U.S. Open quarterfinals. The 2009 and 2014 runner up was clinical in dismissing Keys in just 78 minutes under the sun on Arthur Ashe Stadium, committing a total of just seven unforced…
Credit all photos to Brian Coleman The remarkable run of Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova at this year’s U.S. Open continued on Sunday as she rolled past 13thseed Johanna Konta 6-4, 7-5 to book her spot in the quarterfinals. Sevastova, who briefly retired back in 2013 because of injuries and illness, delivered another masterful performance on Sunday,…
Day Seven of the 2016 U.S. Open will feature the start of the Round of 16, as high winds and rain from Tropical Storm Hermine may impact the schedule in Flushing Meadows. On the men’s side of the draw and shooting for spots in the quarterfinals, four matches highlight Sunday’s schedule. On Sunday afternoon at…