Professional Tennis
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…
The Czech Republic’s Petra Cetkovska pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the U.S. Open on Thursday night, downing fourth-seeded Dane and last year’s finalist Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(1) to reach the third-round. After falling behind 2-4 in the opening set, the former world number 25 won seven straight games to take the…
Both world number ones will be in action on Day Five at the U.S. Open on Friday, as Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic both look to advance to the fourth-round. Any day that Serena Williams plays, she is headlining the field. With history on the line, the 33-year-old American will face off with compatriot Bethanie…
The third-seeded Andy Murray got by Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in Flushing Meadows on Thursday in three hours and 17 minutes. Battling the heat and humidity, Murray overcame a two-set deficit in his 11th appearance at the U.S. Open, upping his overall Open record to 39-9. “We need to believe, for…
American John Isner, the number 13 seed, moved onto the third round at the U.S. Open in one hour and 41 minutes on Wednesday, taking down Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 at Louis Armstrong Stadium. Isner entered the match having lost twice in two meetings with Youzhny. Isner has held serve in…
French Open champion Stan Wawrinka got through to the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday, moving past Korean teenager Hyeon Chung in three tie-breakers, 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 7-6(6). Much like his opening round match, Wawrinka played a bit of an inconsistent match, but Chung had a lot to do with that. The 19-year-old displayed…
Victoria Azarenka made her way into the U.S. Open third round on Thursday, defeating Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The 20th seed from Belarus fell behind early, getting broken in her opening service game. But this set saw its share of break points, and after Azarenka got the advantage back, she…
The second round of the Men’s and Women’s singles draws at the 2015 U.S. Open will wrap up today with a number of intriguing matchups highlighting Thursday’s card at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows. First on the Arthur Ashe court will be two-time finalist Victoria Azarenka, as the number…