Archive: August 2014
American men can only hope they fare better in the U.S. Open main draw with their 11 participants than they did in qualifying earlier this week. Not a single American man managed to successfully navigate through three matches and punch a ticket into the field of 128. Two Americans had advanced to the final round, but neither one could finish the task on Friday.
The early rounds at the US Open never fail to offer surprising upsets and great tennis – last year 17-year-old Victoria Duval beat former champ Samantha Stosur in round one, Lleyton Hewitt took down Juan Martin del Potro in the second, and 136th ranked Camila Giorgio whipped 6th seed Wozniacki in the third round.
Li Na will be missing this year's U. S. Open. And she took a lot of speculation with her. These days, almost every Slam discussion starts with the question, "Can anyone beat Serena Williams?"
It simply isn't going to feel the same. It has been years since a U. S. Open has been so affected by injury. Defending champion Rafael Nadal is out. So is former champion Juan Martin del Potro. Andy Murray is here, but he clearly isn't himself. Even Novak Djokovic seems to be a little bit off. It is clearly a wide-open field.
Serena Williams has had some memorable matches against Sloane Stephens in the last couple of years and now she faces another player who views her as an iconic role model after being drawn to face 18 year-old Taylor Townsend in the US Open first round.
After suffering the worst Wimbledon in 103 years, America is not exactly brimful of contenders for the mens singles crown at the US Open that begins in proper three days from now. So when national no.1 John Isner felt a distinct twinge of pain a few hours before his Winston-Salem Open quarterfinal, he had no hesitation in erring on the side of caution and prioritizing being ready for New York.
Click here to see the Connecticut Open results, updated draws & order of play.
BORIS BECKER SURPRISED BY DJOKOVIC COACHING APPOINTMENT BACKLASH: “I must have stepped on many toes in my life”
Wilson had a few moments to sit down with Roger Federer to ask him a few questions leading into the US Open!
David Goffin saw his 25-match winning streak come to end at the hands of Jerzy Janowicz in the Winston-Salem Open quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon. Goffin, coming off three Challenger titles and his first ATP triumph in Kitzbuhel, succumbed to Janowicz 6-4, 6-4 after one hour and 17 minutes.
Check out the women's main draw singles from the US Open.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS. Lou Gehrig's disease. You've probably heard the name--or at least one of them--before. Now you are probably inspired to join the fight against it, and likely already have. That's because the ALS ice-bucket challenge has been sweeping the nation through social media over the past three weeks.
Click here to see the men's main draw singles from the US Open.
The official draw ceremony was held on Thursday for the U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam event of the season. Six Canadians earned direct entry into the singles draws including Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC), Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON) Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON), Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC), Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON), and Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC).
Here's the final installment. The draw looks very good for Federer. Djokovic, Murray, Raonic, Wawrinka and Tsonga all in the other half. Ferrer, Berdych, Monfils and Gasquet fight it out for the privilege of playing Roger in the semis after he deals with Dimitrov in the quarters.
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