Tennis Tour Tidbits

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 5th September 2013

Tennis Tour Tidbits

epa03849703 Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return to Marcel Granollers of Spain during their match on the ninth day of the 2013 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 03 September 2013. The US Open runs through Monday 09 September, a 15-day schedule for the first time. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT |

David Ferrer’s coach Javier Piles had to return home early from the US Open last week because his father passed away. . . David Ferrer, who lost to Richard Gasquet, says his two favorites to reach the US Open final are Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. . .

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won four consecutive 6-0 sets between them on Ashe stadium on Tuesday… Djokovic said “definitely today, second and third set have been some of the best tennis that I’ve played on Arthur Ashe in my career” while Williams rated her performance as “there is room for improvement.”… Lleyton Hewitt described Jerzy Janowicz’s decision to play doubles after injuring himself before a first-round singles loss as one of “the silliest things I have seen.” Australia takes on Poland in Davis Cup next week, with both players expected to on their national teams… Rafael Nadal is the only man not to drop serve at the US Open so far, winning all 56 of his service games reaching the quarterfinals… Li Na is the first player from China to reach the US Open semifinals… John Isner will donate part of his US Open winnings to the charity ‘Vetdogs’, which provides service dogs to veterans. . .Serena Williams on her father Richard’s influence on her game “Everyone who in the past may have said my dad wasn’t a good coach, obviously the results spoke for themselves between myself and Venus. And, you know, multiple Grand Slam titles that we have won is just ‑‑ I wouldn’t have won a single title without him and without his backing. I think that theory went out the door years and years ago, maybe over a decade ago.”. .. . . Petra Kvitova has undergone blood testing to determine why she keeps contracting viruses. She caught another one at the US Open, where she lost to Alison Riske. She is believed to have caught around seven different viruses since the start of 2012. . . Former No. 1 Martina Hingis hasn’t had a great start to her second comeback as she and her doubles partner Daniela Hantuchova failed to get out of the second round of any of the five tournaments that they contested, but they plan on playing Tokyo and Beijing. . . US player Jamie Hampton was very disappointed in her third round loss to Sloane Stephens at the US Open. “I’ve had tendencies, shown tendencies to play really bad in big moments,” said Hampton. “Kind of sucks.”

We Hear—

–That there is talk of moving the New Haven WTA tournament elsewhere.

We Also Hear–

–That a decision of the future of the struggling ATP tournament in Atlanta could come as early as this week.

Topics: Arthur Ashe, Daniela Hantuchova, David Ferrer, Lleyton Hewitt, Martina Hingis, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Sloane Stephens, Sports, Tennis, US Open

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