Grand Slam action is over for 2013! Here is my concluding post to wrap up this year’s US Open. Enjoy… The Champions: Serena Williams Serena Williams: A 5th US Open title and 17th Grand Slam title marked another superb week for the world number one. Progression through to the final was smooth, but the final…
Novak Djokovic Both singles finals this year will feature the top two players in the world and hopefully, will provide us with entertaining showpieces to conclude a US Open that has lacked headlines and high quality tennis matches. Novak Djokovic‘s first 4 matches were a breeze as he lost just 22 games. The last 2…
Victoria Azarenka Just two women remain and it is the final that most wanted and predicted; world number 1, Serena Williams will take on world number 2, Victoria Azarenka in a rematch of last year’s US Open final where Azarenka served for the title, but was undone by Serena who came away with a 6-2…
I feel like I am constantly beating down on this year’s US Open, but it will go down as one of the most unmemorable slams in recent times. A good ending to the Championships will go some way to changing that but we have had a significant lack of quality matches particularly on the mens…
1. Serena Williams v Li Na Li Na Both playing extremely well this week, all things look rosey for a fine womens semi-final between Serena Williams and Li Na. Serena showed absolutely no mercy against Carla Suarez Navarro, who was served up a double bagel on her birthday in their quarter-final match. Li lost her…
I don’t know if it is just me but I am starting to lose interest in this year’s US Open. The poor scheduling, the lacklustre matches and crowds on Ashe and no stand-out quarter-finals have made me feel a bit meh about this tournament right now. Flavia Pennetta making the semi-finals is a huge headline,…
My predictions have gone extremely wobbly this week, but then again some of the results have been very surprising. It is nice to see a few notable mens matches and I enjoyed the end to the Hewitt-Youzhny match tonight. Lleyton Hewitt still managing to compete at the top level is pretty magnificent, but he had…
I really thought there was an error with the US Open app when I saw a tick next to Tommy Robredo‘s name this morning. I know Federer has been struggling all year, but to lose in straight sets to Robredo, a player he has a 10-0 head-to-head record against was a real upset. Richard Gasquet…
The third quarter of the women’s draw has lost both it’s top eight seeds promising a first Grand Slam semi-final for either Simona Halep, Flavia Pennetta, Roberta Vinci or Camila Giorgi. I think it is always exciting to see a new player reach a big milestone at a Grand Slam and all four are highly…
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