Game, Set, Match News
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.
Serena seemed to be rather off in this match, but as she so often does, she found a way to come through. With her leading rivals out (see below), she is finally making a push to earn the year-end #1. She leaves Varvara Lepchenko a little above #45.
By the looks of things, Novak Djokovic's little summer vacation is over, and he's back at work. He leaves Sam Querrey still a little below the Top Fifty -- but at least Querrey seems finally to be going in the right direction.
Next came this awesome match between these two great ladies players. And next thing we know "pokey " the cat dove under the bed. We think the world of Maria's Play and talent and guts and determination. She is a great champion. But she is just too loud. Just saying.
In the first few games of this, it seemed as if Roger Federer was really struggling to deal with Samuel Groth's serve. True, Federer was having no trouble at all on his own (except for a bad moment in the third set when he was broken) -- but he didn't really seem like Roger Federer. Nonetheless, he keeps alive his faint hopes of rising to #2.
Has the bottom half of the Open draw been taken over by aliens or something? First Agnieszka Radwanska, now this. Admittedly Simona Halep gives the impression of being primarily a traditional-surface player. But Mirjana Lucic-Baroni has always preferred clay and grass, too -- and she just barely beat Shahar Peer.
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Agnieszka Radwanska's loss almost guarantees that Maria Sharapova will rise to #4 -- but she has a chance to go higher. She almost blew it. She almost seems in love with three-set matches at Slams these days....
This took a lot longer than you would think from the score, but it ended with Lleyton Hewitt eliminated. And he was defending fourth round points. He'll fall from #41 to probably #47 or #48.
Serena Williams beat Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-1, opening play with a win as she goes for a repeat title. But the winner was complimentary of her teenaged opponent. "I think it was an interesting match, she played really well, started out super strong," said Williams.
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.
Second seed Simona Halep had to win a battle with wild card Danielle Rose Collins 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 6-2. The American upstart had only played 27 pro matches and just one at the elite level. French Open finalist Halep admitted that she was taken by surprise by a 20-year-old opponent without a current ranking.
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Novak Djokovic thrashed outclassed Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 as the No. 1 began reversing the fragile form which resulted in only two hardcourt match wins after his Wimbledon title victory in early July.
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?"
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