Russian Maria Sharapova, winner of the 2006 U.S. Open, shook off a slow start Wednesday, but rebounded to pull off a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Romania’s Alexandra Dulgheru to move into the third round at Flushing Meadows. Sharapova is now 9-1 in the second round of the U.S. Open. “Just because you come in…
Tomas Berdych defeated 2001 U.S. Open champion Lleyton Hewitt on Wednesday at the U.S. Open, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 as first round men’s singles action drew to a close. With the win, Berdych has now won 100 matches at Grand Slam events, becoming the ninth active player to reach the mark. Berdych moves into round two…
Fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska saw her US Open run come to an end at the hands of China’s Peng Shuai on Wednesday afternoon as the unseeded Shuai cruised to the 6-3, 6-4 victory. The loss only adds to the struggles that Radwanska has faced on the Flushing Meadows courts as she the 25-year old from Poland…
Noah Rubin entered his Grand Slam debut in the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Tuesday afternoon with a fighting chance. With a wild card in hand, earned by capturing the Kalamazoo National Championships, Rubin had a shot to do something that only two players who have taken the…
As the U.S. Open launches into full gear, Victoria Azarenka, two-time Australian Open winner and former world number one, is prepping for more than just two weeks of intensive on-court competition. Off the court, she is making preparations for the release of a limited edition timepiece that she has designed in partnership with Citizen Watch…
Day Three of the 2014 U.S. Open will feature a number of the top seeded women in action, as the number two seed Simona Halep, number four seed Agnieszka Radwanska, the fifth seeded Maria Sharapova, sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber, the nine seed Jelena Jankovic and number 10 seed Caroline Wozniacki are all looking to move on…
CiCi Bellis stole the show at the US Open on Tuesday as the 15-year old from California defeated 12th seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in the tournament’s first round. In doing so, Bellis became the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since Anna Kournikova in 1996, three years before…
It was a day of mixed results for Americans in the men’s side of the draw at the 2014 U.S. Open. The highest seeded American, John Isner, seeded 13th, was victorious on the big stage at Arthur Ashe Stadium over fellow American, and NCAA champ, Marcos Giron. The match marked the first ever meeting between…
In action Tuesday at the U.S. Open, it was former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova who was upset by New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6. Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open singles champion and a 2007 U.S. Open finalist, made three major quarterfinals in the last two years, while Erakovic was a winner of last week’s Connecticut…
Fans had to wait till after 10 p.m. on Monday night to get a glimpse of top-seeded Novak Djokovic’s 2014 US Open debut, and he didn’t make them wait much longer after that, as the Serbian rolled over Argentinean Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in a match that ended just before midnight. Djokovic faced no…