Archive: 10sballs
Back in the days of their pomp in the world’s top ten, Britain’s top two British players before the days of Andy Murray rarely saw eye to eye on anything.
Retirement announcements seem almost as prolific as matches during this year’s US Open and in the wake of James Blake, former Olympic champion Nicolas Massu of Chile has announced he’s hit his last competitive ball.
A year ago Laura Robson took the tennis world by surprise when she knocked former French Open champion Li Na out of the US Open when the British teenager was only ranked 89th in the world.
Andy Murray enjoyed the sound of the on-court announcer introducing him to the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd as champion of the Olympics, the US Open and most recently Wimbledon.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport, Rhode Island is planning to expand.
Victoria Duval, 17, shocked Sam Stosur at the US Open. However, her coaching situation is a bit cloudy: “I'm back home right now,” she said.
With entry into this edition of the US Open starting to resemble a badly-run airport security setup, deep-pocketed tennis fans are fuming about two-hour waits to enter the grounds now that metal detectors have become a part of the process.
Second seed Victoria Azarenka produced a crushing of German Dinah Pfizenmaier, 6-0, 6-0 while Italian number four Sara Errani did the same to Australian Olivia Rogowska. Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki beat China's Duan Ying-Ying 6-2, 7-5.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic bids to repeat as champion when he battles fourth-ranked Andy Murray in Sunday's title match.
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