ROGER FEDERER, MICHAEL JORDAN AND ANNA WINTOUR. ALL MAKE DEBUTS @ THE 2014 US OPEN

Written by: Staff on 27th August 2014

US basketball legend Michael Jordan sits courtside as he waits to watch Roger Federer play Marinko Matosevic during the second day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, Meadows, New York, USA, 26 August 2014. The US Open runs through 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO

epa04370085 US basketball legend Michael Jordan sits courtside as he waits to watch Roger Federer play Marinko Matosevic during the second day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, Meadows, New York, USA, 26 August 2014. The US Open runs through 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO |

TiDBITS :

* Nishikori returns to action with straight-sets win over Odesnik ( glad to say bye to W.O. )

* Federer beats Matosevic to take first step toward return to #2

* Ferrer overcomes brief blip against Dzumhir, improves odds of staying #5

* Sock retires with leg injury against Andujar, will fall below #60

* Fognini closes in on Top Fifteen with win over Golubev

* Garcia-Lopez knocks Lu back below #35

* Loss to Karlovic means no return to Top Fifty for Nieminen

* Easy win over Albot all but clinches Simon’s return to Top Thirty

* Granollers leaves Melzer still below #100

* Querrey needs five sets to top Gonzalez — and probably needs two more wins to return to Top Fifty

* Rubin wins only seven games in Slam debut against Delbonis; still winless at ATP level

* Isner wins opener, but Top Fifteen spot not yet secure

* Monfils cruises past Donaldson

* Gasquet knocks Istomin out of Top Fifty, but still risks losing own Top Twenty ranking

* 34-year-old Estrella Burgos upsets Sijsling to earn first Slam win

* Rosol loses to Croatian youngster Coric, will not hit Top 25

* Marathon loss to Struff costs Kukushkin his Top Fifty spot

* Bautista Agut survives five set scare, moves a little closer to Top Fifteen

* Gonzalez knocks Tursunov out of Top Sixty

* Cuevas out of doubles Top Fifty after Cuevas/Zeballos surprised by Berlocq/Mayer

* #13 Bopanna/Qureshi,

#14 Huey/Inglot upset by the team of Ben Becker & ARTEM SITAK ( Bravo Solinco Player RTM SITAK )

Nestor/Zimonjic easily top Fleming/Hutchins

* Marrero/Verdasco beat Monroe/Young to move closer to Top Ten

U. S. Open

Roger Federer won his 23rd night match at the Ashe stadium, dispatching Australian Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the first round. The 33-year-old Swiss is playing in a record 60th straight grand slam appearance and now stands 23-1 under the lights at on the Flushing Meadows showcase arena.

Watching from Rogers player guest box was his Dear Mirka as well as former basketball great Michael Jordan.as well as fashionista tennis fan Anna Wintour and Roy Sakaguchi from Nike.

The winner of 17 majors who is bidding for a sixth title at the tournament, improved to 68-9 at the final major of the season, playing for the 15th consecutive edition. He won the event for five years from 2004-08. The win marked the 50th for Federer this season, most on the ATP.

“It’s never easy playing a first round,” said Federer, who only slip in a flawless performance came in the third set when he went up a break and then lost it before winning in a tiebreaker with a leaping overhead winner. Marinko has a big game, you never know what to expect. It was more difficult in the third.

“But it’s always good to win a tiebreaker. I came up with some really good passing shots tonight.” Federer next plays another Australian, Sam Groth.

The Swiss was joined in the second round by fellow top 10 seeds David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori. No. 4 Spaniard Ferrer, beaten by Federer for the Cincinnati title just over a week ago, put out Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; tenth seed Nishikori accounted for Wayne Odesnik 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Nishikori improved his record in New York to 8-5 as he plays at Flushing Meadows for the sixth time in seven years. His best result was the fourth round in 2008. French 12th seed Richard Gasquet, who had a limited build-up due to injury, opened with a defeat of Uzbek Denis Istomin 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 while 13th seed John Isner earned a welcome American win as he beat Marcos Giron 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 7-6 (7-2).

“I feel like I played well, I played a great second set,” said Isner, who withdrew last week in Winston Salem with an injury. “I wish the third set would have been easier.”

Italian 15th seed Fabio Fognini advanced into the second round over Andrey Golubev 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Croatian 17-year-old Borna Coric made a splashy debut as he upset Winston Salem winner Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Victor Estrella Burgos 34,became the oldest tournament debutant, defeating Igor Sijsling 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Italian Paolo Lorenzi finally won a grand slam match on his 12th attempt as he overcame Yoshito Nishioka 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.

Friend of 10sballs Artem SITAK finally made it into the main draw of the US Open ! A great guy. A great talent. We applaud you for all your efforts and are really proud of you. Artem is a singles player ( he won the prestigious OJAI in 2012) but recently has been winning challengers in doubles.

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of August 26, 2014

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11615

2..(2) Nadal…………..8670

3..(3) Federer…………7355

4..(4) Wawrinka………..5310

5..(5) Ferrer………….4450

6..(6) Raonic………….4090

7..(7) Berdych…………3890

8..(8) Dimitrov………..3540

9.(10) Tsonga………….2965

10..(9) Murray………….2835

11.(11) Nishikori……….2715

12.(12) Gulbis………….2575

13.(13) Del Potro……….2365

14.(15) Isner…………..1880

15.(17) Fognini…………1870

16.(16) Cilic…………..1855

17.(19) Bautista Agut……1800

18.(20) Anderson………..1760

19.(21) Lopez…………..1690

20.(14) Gasquet…………1685

21.(22) Dolgopolov………1535

22.(24) Monfils…………1530

23.(18) Robredo…………1510

24.(25) Kohlschreiber……1370

25.(26) MayerL………….1354

26.(27) Rosol…………..1290

27.(29) Almagro…………1240

28.(31) Simon…………..1225

29.(28) Benneteau……….1205

30.(33) Garcia-Lopez…….1203

DRAWS

U. S. Open — Week of August 24, 2014

1 Djokovic

28 Garcia-Lopez

22 Kohlschreiber

13 Isner

9 Tsonga

24 Benneteau

31 Verdasco

8 Murray

3 Wawrinka

30 Chardy

21 Youzhny

16 Robredo

10 Nishikori

23 L Mayer

29 Rosol

5 Raonic

6 Berdych

27 Giraldo

19 Lopez

11 Gulbis

14 Cilic

18 Anderson

26 Simon

4 Ferrer

7 Dimitrov

32 Sousa

20 Monfils

12 Gasquet

15 Fognini

17 Bautista Agut

25 Karlovic

2 Federer

STATUS OF SEEDS:

1 Djokovic

2 Federer

3 Wawrinka

4 Ferrer

5 Raonic

6 Berdych

7 Dimitrov

8 Murray

9 Tsonga

10 Nishikori

11 Gulbis

12 Gasquet

13 Isner

14 Cilic

15 Fognini

16 Robredo

17 Bautista Agut

18 Anderson

19 Lopez

20 Monfils

21 Youzhny………lost 1R (Kyrgios)

22 Kohlschreiber

23 L Mayer

24 Benneteau…….lost 1R (Paire)

25 Karlovic

26 Simon

27 Giraldo

28 Garcia-Lopez

29 Rosol………..lost 1R (Coric)

30 Chardy

31 Verdasco

32 Sousa

******** SCORES ********

TUESDAY

US Open

Singles First Round

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (28), Spain, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Kei Nishikori (10), Japan, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Ivo Karlovic (25), Croatia, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-2.

Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. Noah Rubin, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0.

Sam Querrey, United States, def. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, retired.

Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

John Isner (13), United States, def. Marcos Giron, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (2).

Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Lukas Rosol (29), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-1, 6-2, 2-1, retired.

Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5.

Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Pere Riba, Spain, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Gilles Simon (26), France, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Sam Groth, Australia, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Roberto Bautista Agut (17), Spain, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, def. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

Gael Monfils (20), France, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Topics: Anna Wintour, Ashe Stadium, Flushing Meadows, Marinko Matosevic, Michael Jordan, Mirka, Roger Federer, Tennis, Tennis Results, US Open

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