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Two of Super Saturday's protagonists at the U.S. Open are two players who just about everyone expected to be there; the top two seeds, in fact. The other two, however, are not entirely expected. All in all, it makes for an intriguing men's singles semifinal lineup featuring Novak Djokovic vs. Kei Nishikori and Roger Federer vs. Marin Cilic.
Click here to check out these awesome EPA photos of Federer vs Monfils at the 2014 US Open.
After another disappointment at the US Open, Tomas Berdych has decided the time has come to up his game in the search for that elusive first Grand Slam event title and that could involve a telephone call to the technically available for hire Ivan Lendl.
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.
After reaching a Wimbledon final in front of the best-behaved crowd in tennis, Canadian Eugenie Bouchard was thriving in the opposite end of the cultural spectrum as she continued a run at the rowdy New York hothouse of the US Open.
Andy Murray his team admit they remain puzzled by the cramp attack which struck the eighth seed Scot during his opening round at the US Open. With Murray desperately trying to lift his game following a title dry spell which has lasted for 14 month, every little detail of his training and nutrition regime has been under scrutiny by his handlers.
Click here to see the updated draws from the 2014 US Open.
The No. 1 players in the world had to work a little bit of overtime thanks to a five-set marathon between Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka earlier in the day on Wednesday. In the long run, though, it hardly mattered for Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic. Both players won their night-session matches to earn spots in the U.S. Open semifinals.
Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be facing each other for the second time this summer on American hard courts when they do battle in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Monday. With CBS owning afternoon TV coverage rights for Labor Day weekend, all of the biggest names are taking the court early in the day...
At the U.S. Open and Beyond, a Radio Announcer’s Internet Odyssey
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