The top half of the womens draw has produced four really strong match-ups and I thought each deserved a preview so here goes… 1. Serena Williams v Sloane Stephens Serena Williams The most anticipated match-up in the ladies draw so far will see Serena Williams take on Sloane Stephens in an all-American blockbuster clash. Sloane…
I feel like I have come down pretty hard on the mens tournament this week so I thought it was fair to at least preview some of the third round matches for Sunday. I am not going to lie though that the line-up is still rather pedestrian because of a surprising number of upsets from…
1. Maria Kirilenko v Simona Halep Maria Kirilenko Many, including me, had picked out Simona Halep as the dark horse to watch at this year’s US Open and she faces her first substantial test of the fortnight against Maria Kirilenko. Halep was rusty in her opener against Heather Watson, but had no such problems against…
After a rain affected day three that seemed to create more talking points centred around the US Open’s idiotic scheduling rather than the actual tennis, day 4 has been a complete jam packed affair. The biggest talking point from day 3 was probably the match between Venus Williams and Zheng Jie, which I was not…
Three days in and there have been a fair splattering of seeds exiting the competition. By far the biggest of those was the departure of Sam Stosur, who fell in three sets to the young American, Victoria Duval on Tuesday night. I really thought Stosur would enjoy a solid US Open having peaked at this…
First it’s time for a rant… the US Open have decided for the past couple of years to split the mens first round over 3 days, which personally I think is ludicrous! I had a similar issue with the French Open starting their tournament on a Sunday, but this year was the first time that…
There is one weak quarter, but generally speaking, the challengers are nicely split between the two halves. Lets’ get down to dissecting the mens US Open draw… First Quarter – Novak Djokovic (1) v Juan Martin del Potro (6) Novak Djokovic When you focus on Novak Djokovic‘s results over the past couple of months, there…
It’s the final Grand Slam of 2013… let’s take a look at the womens draw for the US Open First Quarter – Serena Williams (1) v Angelique Kerber (8) Serena Williams With a 60-4 W-L record in 2013, Serena Williams has had another astonishing year and she headlines this year’s US Open draw as the…
Sara Errani and Angelique Kerber both headed into New Haven looking for match wins before the US and both suffered their worse losses of the summer hard court season so far. As to be expected, New Haven’s line-up could likely throw up a surprise winner. 1. Ekaterina Makarova v Simona Halep Ekaterina Makarova Sara Errani…
US Open qualifying is underway and the draws will be out on Thursday evening (5pm UK time). I am not really that interested in New Haven or Winston-Salem, but there are some good potential match-ups for the women. Let’s take a look at the best of the 2nd rounders… 1. Sabine Lisicki v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova…
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