Novak Djokovic of Serbia, the defending men’s singles U.S. Open champ, defeated Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium to cap off Day Two action at the 2012 U.S. Open. It took Djokovic just over an hour to defeat Lorenzi, as the defending champ now moves on to round two…
It’s been an uneven first two days at the 2012 U.S. Open, with everything going to form on Arthur Ashe Stadium and chaos ruling on the outside courts. Thus far, all 10 matches in Arthur Ashe Stadium have been decided in straight sets (the closest set score: 6-4) while on the outside courts there have…
Slowed by a right knee injury, eighth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki failed to make it out of the first round of her second straight Grand Slam tournament, falling 6-2, 6-2 to 96th-ranked Irina-Cameila Begu of Romania at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. Wozniacki was forced to retire against Maria Kirilenko after the first set of her semifinal match…
Sloane Stephens defeated number 22 seed and former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the first round of action at the U.S. Open Tuesday. Shortly after her 6-3, 6-4 victory, Stephens spoke about her match and her overall mindset heading into the second round as she prepares to face Germany’s Tatjana Malek. Have you seen yourself…
On Day Two at the U.S. Open, the second-seeded Agnieszka Radwnaska of Poland started fast and made quick work of her first round opponent with a straight-set 6-1, 6-1 win over Nina Bratchikova of Russia. Radwanska, has never gotten beyond the fourth round in New York, but has been a quarterfinalists at the other three Grand Slams…
Twenty-nine-year-old American Andy Roddick defeated fellow American Rhyne Williams in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in Tuesday afternoon action of the first round of the 2012 U.S. Open. This was the first U.S. Open for Williams, a former University of Tennessee player, at the age of 21. In the first set, Roddick led 4-3, where he attained…
Top-seeded Roger Federer returned to the U.S. Open on Monday and defeated American Donald Young 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to improve his career record to 62-7 at Flushing Meadows. Looking to extend his record with an 18th Grand Slam title, Federer finished with seven aces and needed only 1 hour, 34 minutes to dispatch Young, an American…
Kim Clijsters of Belarus began play last night at the 2012 U.S. Open in what she has announced will be her final appearance at the event. Her round one opponent,16-year-old American wild card Victoria Duval, was defeated 6-3, 6-1 by Clijsters, the Belgian’s 22nd consecutive U.S. Open victory under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium. "I was just…
It’s a mix of the experienced and the new as eight U.S. women take to the courts in today’s action, including a pair of all-American matchups, with three-time champion and reigning Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams taking on 2008 girls’ champion CoCo Vandeweghe, and Venus Williams opening her 2012 U.S. Open against fellow American Bethanie…
The United States was the dominant force on the world tennis scene for the first 30 years of the Open Era, but in the last decade, has experienced limited international success. Now, with the current generation of U.S. champions all over 30, American tennis is at a crossroads and the future is uncertain at best. Here…