CURRENT TENNIS SCORES AND RESULTS FROM THE 2014 U.S. OPEN

Written by: Staff on 3rd September 2014

Ekaterina Makarova of Russia hits a return to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during their quarterfinals round match on the tenth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 03 September 2014. The US Open runs through 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT

epa04382677 Ekaterina Makarova of Russia hits a return to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during their quarterfinals round match on the tenth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 03 September 2014. The US Open runs through 08 September, a 15-day schedule. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT |

LADIES FIRST :

U.S. open

Singles – Quarterfinal: (1) Serena Williams def. (11) Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-2

This was one of those matches where it took Serena Williams a while to get warmed up for the contest. But she’s Serena, so get warmed up she did — after all, she is the only player left in the draw to have won a singles Slam. She slightly widens her lead over #2 Simona Halep, and drops Flavia Pennetta — a semifinalist last year — to #16. At least Pennetta still has doubles.

Singles – Quarterfinal: (17) Ekaterina Makarova def. (16) Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-2

Victoria Azarenka had been doing a good job of surviving difficult matches at this U. S. Open, but she han’t yet faced a really tough player, let along a high-tier upset artest. The highest-ranked player Azarenka had faced was #44 Christina McHale. This time, she faced a Top Twenty opponent who has been good at posting upsets. And she was suffering the after-effects of mild food poisoning. The result really isn’t much of a surprise.

But it is, of course, a terrible blow for last year’s finalist Azarenka. Having been on a downward skid all year, she came here ranked #17 but with more than half her remaining points on the line. And she defended less than a third of them. She will fall from #17 to, it appears, #24. But Ekaterina Makarova should easily hit a career high — she will probably be #15. And she’s in her first Slam semifinal — and she’s still alive in the doubles! (It’s interesting to note that three of our sour semifinalists — Serena, Makarova, and Peng — have all won doubles Slams in the past.)

Doubles – Quarterfinal: Date-Krumm/Zahlavova Strycova def. (8) Hlavackova/Zheng 6-3 4-6 6-3

Kimiko Date-Krumm has had some fairly noteworthy moments in her comeback, including titles at Seoul 2009 and a bunch of Challengers, plus a doubles titles at Osaka 2011, Copenhagen 2012, Pattaya City 2013, Monterrey 2013, and Strasbourg 2013, but her Slam results have mostly not been noteworthy. But, here, she not only makes the semifinal, she also knocks out one of last year’s champions. Andrea Hlavackova, #10 coming in, is on her way out of the Top Twenty. We currently show the Top Twelve as follows:

1 (1) ERRANI 10050

1 (1) VINCI 10050

3 (3) PENG 7785

4 (4) HSIEH 7745

5 (5) MIRZA 5965*

5 (6) BLACK 5965*

7 (8) VESNINA 4970*

8 (9) MAKAROVA 4950*

9 (7) SREBOTNIK 4785

10 (11) PESCHKE 4535

11 (14) KOPS-JONES 4150

11 (14) SPEARS 4150

Mixed Doubles – Semifinal: (1) Mirza/Soares def. Y Chan/Hutchins 7-5 4-6 10-7

Mixed rankings would have demoted Mirza/Soares, so the closeness of this is perhaps not a big surprise. Bruno Soares had suffered a very disappointing doubles loss earlier, losing his chance to return to the men’s doubles final. Maybe this will make up for some of it. Interesting to note that Sania Mirza is still alive in women’s doubles also; she has a shot at two finals here.

Mixed Doubles – Semifinal: Spears/S Gonzalez def. Townsend/Young 6-3 6-4

Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez don’t really have much of a mixed doubles track record — with one exception. They made the final here last year. Somehow, this place seems to bring out the best in them. Can it bring out enough to finally let them actually win a Slam?

Mixed Dubs Team Donald Young & Taylor Towndsend We Applaud Your Semi Finals In Your First Time Partnership. Great Efforts ! “DY ” Played with a severely strained calf. Bravo to Abby Spears and Santiago Gonzales. Good luck in the finals. Not that we aren’t really fond of both great teams playing for the championship. Santiago is a great representative from the beautiful country of Mexico. & Abigail is a great ” journey woman ” tennis player. ( great athlete that works and grinds thru adversity ) Bruno Soares is one of the nicest most talented guys on tour. & Sania Mirza as well. Sania represents her country of India. The whole country loves their sportswoman and global ambassador .

Estimated WTA Rankings As of September 3, 2014

Rank &

Prior

Rank Name Points

1 (1) SWILLIAMS 8210*

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 (11) WOZNIACKI 3785*

11 (10) JANKOVIC 3655

12 (14) ERRANI 3215

13 (13) CIBULKOVA 3007

14 (15) SAFAROVA 2965

15 (18) MAKAROVA 2845*

16 (12) PENNETTA 2651

17 (19) PETKOVIC 2525

18 (16) SUAREZ NAVARRO 2420

19 (20) VWILLIAMS 2370

20 (21) STOSUR 2110

21 (39) PENG 1905*

22 (23) CORNET 1900

23 (22) KUZNETSOVA 1860

24 (17) AZARENKA 1813

25 (25) PAVLYUCHENKOVA 1775

26 (26) MUGURUZA 1743

27 (24) STEPHENS 1690

28 (27) KEYS 1670

29 (32) DELLACQUA 1621

30 (29) ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA 1601

Here comes the MEN’s

U.S. Open

Singles – Quarterfinal: (10) K Nishikori def. (3) S Wawrinka 3-6 7-5 7-6(9-7) 6-7(5-7) 6-4

Kei Nishikori of Japan (F) hits a return to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland during their quarterfinals round match on the tenth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 03 September 2014. EPA/JASON SZENES

This took more than four hours (an outcome which didn’t help the schedule much), and frankly we never knew till the very end who was going to win. Neither player ever seemed to really have his grip on the match. Finally Kei Nishikori broke in the very last game, and that was (at last) that. The win puts Nishikori into the Top Ten in safe points, unless Marin Cilic or Gael Monfils wins the U. S. Open, and leaves Stan Wawrinka still in slight danger of losing his #4 ranking (see the Feature).

As a side effect, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be losing his Top Ten spot.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (11) Granollers/Lopez def. (2) Peya/Soares 7-6(7-3) 6-4

The big revival that began for Granollers/Lopez at Roland Garros continues. Here, they knock out last year’s finalists. That will drop Peya/Soares from co-#3 to no better than co-#6, with Daniel Nestor currently in the lead to be our new #3 and Nenad Zimonjic our #4.

Doubles – Quarterfinal: (4) Dodig/Melo def. Berlocq/L Mayer 3-6 6-4 6-2

This lets Dodig/Melo defend their result from last year, which means they don’t have to worry about falling in the rankings after all. Marcelo Melo, in fact, looks set to rise from #6 to #5. And, other than the Bryans, they’re the only one of the top ten seeded pairs left, and they aren’t in the same half as the Bryans, so they have a good shot at the final. Make that and Melo is #3, although Ivan Dodig needs a title to rise above his current #8. We currently show the Top Twelve as follows:

1..(1) Bryan………….10530

3..(5) Nestor………….6070

4..(7) Zimonjic………..5910

5..(6) Melo……………5870

6..(3) Peya……………5690

6..(3) Soares………….5690

8..(8) Dodig…………..4960

9..(9) Roger-Vasselin…..4740

10.(13) Marrero…………4370

11.(10) Benneteau……….4290

12.(14) Verdasco………..4100

Mixed Doubles – Semifinal: (1) Mirza/Soares def. Y Chan/Hutchins 7-5 4-6 10-7

Mixed Doubles – Semifinal: Spears/S Gonzalez def. Townsend/Young 6-3 6-4

U. S. Open Rankings Update: Men

Please note: This update was written before the Djokovic/Murray quarterfinal. Not that it matters much to Novak Djokovic. He’s #1. Guaranteed. The only question is the size of his margin, and who the margin is over. That, plus whether he will be the year-end #1. If he wins here, he effectively clinches that. If he doesn’t, he might still be under threat, depending on how well Roger Federer does here and when Rafael Nadal comes back.

The #2 ranking remains in the air. Federer is now exactly 1000 points behind Nadal in the contest for that spot. If he can win the title, he’s #2 (and, obviously, the big threat to Djokovic’s quest to be the year-end #1). Otherwise, Nadal will remain #2 and Federer will be #3. That’s guaranteed; Federer cannot fall below his current #3 ranking.

Stan Wawrinka is very likely to stay #4, but it isn’t quite guaranteed. Tomas Berdych, who has already passed Milos Raonic to reach the #6 ranking, can pass #5 David Ferrer if he makes the semifinal, and could pass Wawrinka with a title.

Berdych is certain to be at least #6 unless Andy Murray or Kei Nishikori wins the Open. Murray, currently at #9 or #10 (depending on his result on Wednesday evening), needs a final to move higher, and he needs to last longer than Nishikori.

We can guarantee Top Ten places to Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, Wawrinka, Ferrer, Berdych, Raonic, and Dimitrov; Murray and Nishikori are almost guaranteed, but Marin Cilic or Gael Monfils could still join in with a title.

Definitely out of the Top Fifteen are Richard Gasquet and John Isner — Gasquet will fall all the way to #21. Replacing them are Cilic and either Roberto Bautista Agut or Monfils; it’s Monfils if he can beat Roger Federer, Bautista Agut otherwise. Either way, Bautista Agut will reach another career high. (It looks as if he will be the highest-ranked player to accomplish that feat.)

Out of the Top Twenty are Gasquet and Tommy Robredo, replaced by Monfils and Feliciano Lopez. Out of the Top Thirty are Mikhail Youzhny and Ivo Karlovic, replaced by Gilles Simon and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

The Bryans have long since clinched the #1 doubles ranking; they’re mostly trying to break their Slamless streak, clinch the year-end #1 — and, of course, winning team title #100. We don’t yet know who will be #3 — it will be Marcelo Melo if he makes the final, Daniel Nestor if he doesn’t.

RANKINGS

Estimated ATP World Tour Rankings

As of September 3, 2014

Prior…Player………..Points

1..(1) Djokovic……….11930

2..(2) Nadal…………..8670

3..(3) Federer…………7670

4..(4) Wawrinka………..5625

5..(5) Ferrer………….4495

6..(7) Berdych…………4240

7..(6) Raonic………….4225

8..(8) Dimitrov………..3710

9.(11) Nishikori……….3390

10..(9) Murray………….3150

11.(10) Tsonga………….3100

12.(12) Gulbis………….2615

13.(13) Del Potro……….2365

14.(16) Cilic…………..2205

15.(19) Bautista Agut……1935

16.(15) Isner…………..1925

17.(17) Fognini…………1870

18.(24) Monfils…………1845

19.(20) Anderson………..1840

20.(21) Lopez…………..1770

21.(14) Gasquet…………1730

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

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