Stan Wawrinka beats Novak Djokovic to US Open but insists he is not among the elite of men’s tennis September 12, 2016 Modest Stanislas Wawrinka insists he does not deserve to be included among the elite of men’s tennis despite swelling his grand slam tally to three by winning the US Open on Sunday. Wawrinka, who beat world No1 Novak Djokovic 6-7 (6-1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3, is the only man outside of the Big Four – Djokovic, [...]
Text message from Steffi Graf inspired US Open winner, insists new world No1 Angelique Kerber September 11, 2016 World No1 Angelique Kerber has revealed a good luck message from compatriot Steffi Graf fuelled her US Open final victory over Karolina Pliskova late on Saturday night. Kerber claimed the second grand slam of her career with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Pliskova of the Czech Republic; a triumph which will propel her to [...]
Angelique Kerber surges into US Open last four and remains on course to usurp Serena Williams at top of world rankings September 7, 2016 Germany's Angelique Kerber remained on course for her third grand slam final of 2016 after dispatching Roberta Vinci in straight sets to march into the US Open semi-finals. The 29-year-old defeated Vinci, who reached the final at Flushing Meadows last year, 7-5, 6-0 to boost her chances of overtaking Serena Williams as world No1 at the end [...]
Andy Murray wary of Djokovic-slayer Kei Nishikori after ruthless victory over Grigor Dimitrov at US Open September 6, 2016 Britain's Andy Murray insists he is taking nothing for granted as he prepares to resume his bid for successive grand slam titles against Japan’s Kei Nishikori at the US Open on Wednesday. The Wimbledon champion has beaten world No7 Nishikori in seven of their last eight meetings, including a straight-sets win as part of his successful [...]
Record-breaking Serena Williams powers into quarter-finals of US Open September 6, 2016 World No1 Serena Williams beat Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova to set a new grand slam record of 308 victories and march into the last eight of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. Williams, who had already overtaken Martina Navratilova’s women’s record of 307 wins with victory over Johanna Larsson in round three, beat Shvedova 6-2, 6-3 [...]
US Open 2016: Kyle Edmund pockets biggest prize money payday of his career after beating John Isner in the third round September 3, 2016 British No4 Kyle Edmund has scored the biggest payday of his tennis career to date with a shock fourth round victory over home favourite John Isner at the US Open. Edmund will now face world No1 Novak Djokovic in a fourth round match which marks the furthest he has ever progressed at a Grand Slam tournament. [...]
Andy Murray overcomes roofing issues to surge past Marcel Granollers and reach US Open third round September 1, 2016 World No2 Andy Murray’s bid to reach the final of all four grand slams in 2016 continued with a routine straight sets victory over Spain’s Marcel Granollers in second round of the US Open. Playing under the new roof above Arthur Ashe Stadium as the rain hammered down, Murray waltzed through to round three by defeating [...]
Johanna Konta shrugs off on-court illness to surge into US Open third round August 31, 2016 British No1 Johanna Konta recovered from collapsing on court with blurred vision and breathing issues to beat Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova and reach the third round of the US Open. Konta, seeded a career-high 13th, was leading 6-2, 5-6, but facing set point, when she crouched down and appeared to hyper-ventilate. The 25-year-old also complained of [...]
Britons Naomi Broady and Dan Evans make US Open gains August 30, 2016 World No83 Naomi Broady claimed victory over resurgent Laura Robson in the US Open's battle of Britain to post only the second grand slam main-draw win of her career. Broady prevailed 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-4 to join fellow Britons Kyle Edmund and Johanna Konta in the last 64 at Flushing Meadows. She will face either fourth seed Agnieszka [...]
Britain’s Kyle Edmund stuns world No15 Richard Gasquet to advance to US Open second round August 29, 2016 Britain's Kyle Edmund was left surprised by the quality of his own performance after stunning 13th seed Richard Gasquet with a straight sets thrashing in the first round of the US Open. Playing in the main draw at Flushing Meadows for the first time, Edmund stormed past three-time grand slam semi-finalist Gasquet 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 to [...]