MEN’S AND LADIES RESULTS FROM THE US OPEN

TOUR TIDBITS.

 

* Djokovic brushes aside Kohlschreiber to become first into quarterfinal; German loses Top Twenty hopes

* Nishikori tops Raonic in late-night thriller

* Nishikori one win away from Top Ten; Raonic loses Top Five chance

* Murray wins close match with Tsonga to keep #9 ranking

* Wawrinka knocks Robredo out of Top Twenty

* Bryans beat Klahn/Smyczek to move a step closer to year-end #1. It won’t take many more steps

* Granollers/Lopez knock defending champions Paes/Stepanek out of Top Twenty

* Berlocq/Mayer hand Pospisil/Sock career loss #2 — no chance for Top Ten now

* Peya/Soares advance, need one more win to be at co-#4 (behind Nestor, ahead of Zimonjic), two more to retain #3 spots

* Marrero/Verdasco top Rojer/Tecau; Marrero knocks Roland Garros winner Benneteau out of Top Ten

U. S. Open

 

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murrray play for a US Open quarter-final after both former tournament champions earned straight-set victories.

Top seed Djokovic, the winner in 2011 who has played the last four finals at Flushing Meadows, dominated 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 as the top seed stamped his authority on German Philipp Kohlschreiber. Murray, seeded eight and desperate for a title after lasting winning one at Wimbledon 14 months ago, notched his first victory over a top 10 opponent since summer, 2013, beating French ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-5, 6-4.

No. 1 Djokovic has laid to rest lingering memories of his distracted build-up to the last major of the season, as he went out early last month in Toronto and Cincinnati, Ohio. He won with 34 winners and four breaks of serve to improve to 5-1 in the series.

He has now reached the quarter-finals of a grand slam for the 22nd straight time and eighth consecutive in New York. “I don’t think it would be nice to say it’s start of US Open now, that is total disrespect all of my opponents that I played against in the opening rounds,” Djokovic said in response to a question..

“I’ve been playing some really good tennis, really high quality so far, but it’s normal to expect that I’m going to have tougher opponents as the tournament goes on. It’s the way it is. But in order to get far in this tournament, I have to win against the best players in the world.”

The Serb owns a 12-8 margin over Murray in their career series, winning their last match in Miami in March.

 

Murray won in brutal humidity and heat to advance in just over two and a half hours, coming from 4-2 down in the second set over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-5, 6-4.

“Today was a good match for the most part, but, I feel like I’m playing well,” said Murray, who one week ago suffered badly with cramping. “I’m going to have to play extremely well to win the event or even just to get through the next match. A week ago I didn’t feel great at all. Now a week later I’m now in the quarters. A lot can happen in a few days.”

Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka, seeded third, crashed into the stands a one point chasing a ball but shook it off in a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 defeat of Spain’s Tommy Robredo, with the winning striking 75 winners and 18 aces.

He will play Kei Nishikori, who beat Milos Raonic in a match which ended at a record-equaling 2:26 a.m., advancing 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4 over the fifth-seeded Canadian, Two other matches, in 2012 and 1993 have also finished at that same time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of September 1, 2014

Rank &

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11930

2..(2) Nadal…………..8670

3..(3) Federer…………7490

4..(4) Wawrinka………..5625

5..(5) Ferrer………….4495

6..(6) Raonic………….4225

7..(7) Berdych…………4060

8..(8) Dimitrov………..3710

9..(9) Murray………….3150

10.(10) Tsonga………….3100

11.(11) Nishikori……….3030

12.(12) Gulbis………….2615

13.(13) Del Potro……….2365

14.(16) Cilic…………..2025

15.(19) Bautista Agut……1935

16.(15) Isner…………..1925

17.(17) Fognini…………1870

18.(20) Anderson………..1840

19.(21) Lopez…………..1770

20.(14) Gasquet…………1730

21.(24) Monfils…………1665

22.(18) Robredo…………1645

23.(22) Dolgopolov………1535

24.(25) Kohlschreiber……1505

25.(26) MayerL………….1399

26.(31) Simon…………..1360

27.(27) Rosol…………..1290

28.(29) Almagro…………1240

29.(28) Benneteau……….1205

30.(33) Garcia-Lopez…….1203

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

 

Singles Fourth Round

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (22), Germany, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4.

Andy Murray (8), Britain, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4.

Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2.

Kei Nishikori (10), Japan, def. Milos Raonic (5), Canada, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4.

Doubles Third Round

Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Bradley Klahn and Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and Jack Sock (8), United States, 6-2, 6-2.

Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (2), Brazil, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, 6-3, 6-4.

Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (11), Spain, def. Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek (6), Czech Republic, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.

David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, def. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (9), Romania, 6-3, 6-2.

****

 

WOMEN’s Update

****** TIDBITS FROM THE LADIES

 

* Ailing Bouchard unable to hold off Makarova, who will likely rise to career-high #17

* Bouchard will not rise above #7 (meaning Top Five is set: Williams, Halep, Kvitova, Sharapova, Radwanska)

* Azarenka holds off Krunic to assure that she will stay Top 25

* Serena holds off Kanepi, who will probably be #45

* Pennetta beats Dellacqua to almost assure she will stay Top Fifteen; result means no Top Fifteen ranking for Petkovic

* Italian also in doubles quarterfinal with Hingis

* Peschke/Srebotnik edge Kudryavtseva/Rodionova; now almost sure to be Top Ten

* Errani/Vinci appear to have clinched year-end #1 after Date-Krumm/Zahlavova Strycova top Hsieh/Peng

* Mirza/Black closer to clinching #5 after win over Jankovic/Koukalova

U. S. Open

 

Serena Williams has emerged as the lone elite seed remaining in the women’s quarter-finals after her 6-3, 6-3 dispatch of Estonian Kaia Kanepi. The 32-year-old is chasing a third straight New York and stands 5-1 against upcoming opponent Flavia Pennetta, who beat Casey Dellacqua of Australia 7-5, 6-2.

Williams takes a 5-1 record into her quarter-final against Italian Flavia Pennetta, who beat Casey Dellacqua of Australia 7-5, 6-2. “I’m a perfectionist. I always want to be the best, do the best,” said the top seed.

“I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well, particularly in the slams. I’m more relaxed. I feel like I don’t have to win any more – I’ve had a wonderful career. Tennis has given me so much, things I would have never expected in my life.” Williams has now won her last six matches against Pennetta dating to 2005.

Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard, who broke through with 2014 semi-finals in Melbourne and Paris, lost 7-6 (2) 6-4 to Russian Ekaterina Makarova.

The seventh seed was treated in the second set for heat illness, with a doctor called to the court after the fifth game to take her blood pressure. “I was feeling very light headed and dizzy on the court. just seeing things a little blurry,” said the Canadian. “Feeling well physically on the court is very important to me, I just generally didn’t feel good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“It developed as the match went on. I’ve had a few late, tough matches here, and I don’t think I fully recovered from those.”

The 20-year-old is due to headline next week at a new WTA event in Hong Kong. She will also end with the most grand slam wins (19) of any WTA player this season.

“I’m always disappointed to lose, and especially. I didn’t have the highest expectations from myself for this tournament. Since Wimbledon it’s been a little bit of a struggle with nagging injuries, I’ve really cut down on practice time.

“With all that and with not feeling great in my tennis, I still battled to the second week of a slam. So there’s positives. After resting a little bit I’m going to hit the practice courts.”

Victoria Azarenka continues to find her way back after a foot injury this season, fighting off Serbian 145th-ranked qualifier Aleksandra Krunic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. on Monday to advance to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open.

The winner had to deal with 40 unforced errors in the effort which went for just under two and a half hours. Azarenka, finalist to Williams at the last two New York editions, next faced Makarova. “Aleksandra played some amazing tennis. She has a great future,” Azarenka said. “I think it’s never easy to play someone you don’t know. I just tried to stay positive and fight.”

Rankings

 

Estimated WTA Rankings As of September 1, 2014

Rank &

Prior

Rank Name Points

1 (1) SWILLIAMS 7670

2 (2) HALEP 6160

3 (4) KVITOVA 5926

4 (6) SHARAPOVA 5575

5 (5) ARADWANSKA 5380

6 (3) Li 5270

7 (8) BOUCHARD 4545

8 (7) KERBER 4400

9 (9) IVANOVIC 3855

10 (10) JANKOVIC 3655

11 (11) WOZNIACKI 3435*

12 (14) ERRANI 3215*

13 (13) CIBULKOVA 3007

14 (15) SAFAROVA 2965

15 (12) PENNETTA 2651*

16 (19) PETKOVIC 2525

17 (18) MAKAROVA 2495*

18 (16) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2420

19 (20) VWILLIAMS 2370

20 (21) STOSUR 2110

21 (23) CORNET 1900

22 (22) KUZNETSOVA 1860

23 (17) AZARENKA 1813*

24 (25) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1775

25 (26) MUGURUZA 1743

26 (24) STEPHENS 1690

27 (27) KEYS 1670

28 (32) DELLACQUA 1621

29 (29) ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA 1601

30 (39) PENG 1555*

 

SCORES

 

MONDAY

US Open

Singles – Fourth Round

(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 63 63

(17) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d. (7) Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 76(2) 64

(11) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (29) Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 75 62

(16) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (Q) Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 46 64 64

 

Doubles – Third Round

Date-Krumm/Zahlavova Strycova (JPN/CZE) d. (2) Hsieh/Peng (TPE/CHN) 76(4) 64

(3) Black/Mirza (ZIM/IND) d. Jankovic/Koukalova (SRB/CZE) 63 62

(5) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) (9) Kudryavtseva/Rodionova (RUS/AUS) 46 61 76(4)

(8) Hlavackova/J.Zheng (CZE/CHN) d. Dabrowski/Rosolska (CAN/POL) 64 63

Hingis/Pennetta (SUI/ITA) d. Gajdosova/Tomljanovic (AUS/CRO) 61 64

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