Category Archives: US Open

Federer Repeats Mistakes Against Djokovic

Posted on September 11, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

It seems history is repeating itself. Not only has Roger Federer been beaten in the semifinal of the US Open by Novak Djokovic, not only has his loss set up another Rafole final but it was also the same situation Federer went through a year ago. Again Federer had match points and failed to shut the door, giving Djokovic the chance to fire up and take the match and book his place in.

Federer had two match points and just like he did at Wimbledon against Tsonga, Federer squandered a two sets to love lead. Read more »

Posted in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open, Wimbledon

Stosur Cruises Past Zvonareva

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Sam Stosur has confidently crushed Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-3, in just 67 minutes to make a smooth passage to the . It was the eighth consecutive time Sam has beaten Vera.

Stosur was impressive with 84% of first serve points, 25 winners
and a 75% conversion rate on break points. Read more »

Posted in Sam Stosur, US Open, Vera Zvonareva

Sererna Williams Through To Semifinals

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Serena Williams has continued her unbeaten streak by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 6-1 and has reached the US Open semifinals without losing a set.

Their match was originally slated for last night, with tournament organisers hoping to squeeze the women’s matches into a rain break that never really came. When the players came on court last night they never got beyond the warm up. Read more »

Posted in Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Caroline Wozniacki, Serena Williams, US Open

Roddick Beats Ferrer On Court 13

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

The rain delayed match between Andy Roddick and David Ferrer was forced off Louis Armstrong and onto court 13 today as water seemed to seep through the court. While it was an embarrassment for event organisers it left to reorganise the match.

Keen to get play underway while the sun was shining Roddick said, “Court 13 is open, let’s go play,” and took Ferrer and the umpire with him to the much smaller court 13. Read more »

Posted in Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, David Ferrer, Media, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, US Open

Nadal Confidently Through To Quarterfinals

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Rafael Nadal has beaten Gilles Muller after recovering from a distracted start yesterday where he fell behind 0-3 before the match was halted due to rain. Nadal took the first set tiebreak comfortably before powering away with the match 7-6, 6-1, 6-2.

With the sun temporarily out to play Nadal was keen to steady his focus and grip on the match despite finding himself at a 0-4 deficit. Mats Wilander spoke at the Starwood/AMEX event last night at the open saying that rain delays weren’t favourable to a traditionalist like Nadal  who needs to get his teeth into a match and wear his opponent down. But the consistent break in rain during the match allowed Nadal to dismantle Muller’s game slowly but surely. Read more »

Posted in AMEX, Andy Roddick, Australian Open, Gilles Muller, Mats Wilander, Media, Rafael Nadal, Roland Garros, Starwood, US Open, Wimbledon

Starwood And Amex Host US Open Event

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

This year at the US Open Starwood Hotels (SPG) and Amex hosted an event in the hospitality pavilion. For those of you who have been into the hospitality pavilion or to an SPG event before you know how amazing it is.

Beautiful white and fuscia orchids lined the entrance. In the SPG/Amex room they had set up two amazing canopy type areas with lounges for guests to sit, chat and drink the amazing vodka peach sangria’s. Read more »

Posted in AMEX, Luke Jensen, Mats Wilander, Media, SPG, Starwood, US Open

Wozniacki Makes Fun Of Nadal’s Cramps

Posted on September 6, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Caroline Wozniacki has had a little late night fun after he tough three sets win over Svetlana Kuznetsova last night at the US Open. In her post match press conference a giggling Caroline slipped under the interview table, making light of the clearly excruciating cramps Rafael Nadal suffered the other day in his press conference.

While Rafa and other players like Andy Roddick have tried to reassure fans that the cramps are nothing seriously and realistically are not uncommon in professional tennis, Wozniacki took it a step further. Read more »

Posted in Andy Roddick, Caroline Wozniacki, Injury, Media, Rafael Nadal, Svetlana Kuznetsova, US Open

Watch The Fish ‘Dumbass’ Issue

Posted on September 6, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Mardy Fish says he was complaining to the umpire about the noise from Tsonga’s box.He said he directed his “I don’t speak French dumbass” comment at the umpire despite some people thinking it was directed at Tsonga.

Jo-Wilfried to his credit took it in his stride and said he would go and tell his team to pipe down.

Posted in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Mardy Fish, US Open

Federer Talks Davis Cup Disappointment

Posted on September 6, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

Roger Federer hasn’t hidden his disappointment that the Swiss Davis Cup team will fly to Australia next week for their tie. While Federer said “it is what it is,” as he was drawn into the question he complained about the financial burden of traveling to Australia.

Hopefully he was talking about the team as a whole because the Fed-Express has earnt over $50 million in prize money, not to mention what he earnt the other day manning the Nike t-shirt counter at the US Open. Read more »

Posted in Davis Cup, Media, Roger Federer, US Open

Federer Slaughters Monaco

Posted on September 6, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

It was a late night slaughter when Roger Federer walked on to Arthur Ashe Stadium to play Juan Monaco in their fourth round match that started after midnight. Federer was in no mood to get involved in a battle of any variety, instead after six minutes he had broken twice and had a 4-0 lead.

Monaco fought valiantly to get involved in points despite the windy conditions as rain loomed but Federer took the match and completely dominated, taking the first set 6-1 in just 19 minutes. Read more »

Posted in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Monaco, Roger Federer, US Open