The star player was knocked out by Harmony Tan at Wimbledon in her first singles match for a year earlier this summer, but has her sights set on the US Open in what could prove her farewell tournament.
It was the 14th time this season that Djokovic rallied to victory from a set down to capture his sixth Paris Masters title.
Djokovic, after winning the first three majors of the year, was trying to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win all four majors in one season and break a tie with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most major titles in history (20 each).
Ranked world No.150, Raducanu is the lowest-ranked player to win the US Open title since an unranked Kim Clijsters of Belgium earned the first major of her comeback in Flushing Meadows in 2009.
Bhubaneswar/New York: World number 1 tennis player Rafael Nadal beat Kevin Anderson at the US Open to clinch his second grand slam of the year and 16th of his career. Nadal, whose resurgence after repeated periods of injury laybacks defied all odds to claim the title by beating Anderson of South Africa, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, […]
New York: Novak Djokovic of Serbia has defeated the third seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in straight sets to claim his third US Open men’s singles title. Djokovic, the sixth seed, tamed the Argentine big artillery 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in three hours and 15 minutes, here on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
New York: The young Japanese Naomi Osaka, champion of the US Open, received her trophy with tears before the booing of the public, which favoured the American Serena Williams. The Japanese, only 20 years old and 20th seed, defeated Williams 6-2 and 6-4 as the American lost control during the match. “I do not want […]
New York: Top seed Simona Halep’s US Open campaign was cut short in the first round after losing to Kaia Kanepi, who needed just two sets to score the first big upset of the season’s last Grand Slam at 6-2, 6-4. The Romanian on Monday became the first top seeded woman to lose in the […]
New York: American Madison Keys beat compatriot Coco Vandeweghe in straight sets to reach the women’s singles final at the US Open tennis tournament for the first time. The 15th seeded Keys defeated her 20th seeded opponent 6-1, 6-2 here on Thursday night. Keys will now take on compatriot Sloane Stephens for the championship, reports […]
New York: Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina upset Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 in the US Open tennis quarterfinals, denying tennis fans the chance at seeing the Swiss star play rival Rafael Nadal in the next round. Since the draw was announced, fans have eagerly anticipated a semifinal matchup between Federer and Nadal. […]
New York: Indian star Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Shuai Peng entered the women’s doubles semi-finals of the US Open tennis tournament with a straight sets win over Timea Babos of Hungary and Andrea Hlavackova of Czech Republic here on Thursday. The fourth seeded Sino-Indian pair needed an hour and 56 minutes to carve […]
New York: Venus Williams eliminated Spain’s Carla Suarez in the fourth round of the US Open, moving to the quarterfinals after downing her rival 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Willams defeated Suarez during the match on Sunday in an hour and 50 minutes at Flushing Meadows here, Efe news reported. Williams, the 9th seed, will now go up […]
New York: Roger Federer produced an improved performance to easily defeat Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows here. The No. 3 seeded Swiss, who had struggled to see off lower-ranked opponents in the opening two rounds, made light work of the first two sets against […]
New York: The total prize money up for grabs at this year’s US Open tennis Grand Slam will reach $50.4 million, the organisers said here. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) on Tuesday said in a statement that the tournament purse had been increased by $4 million, which once again makes the tournament the richest […]
New York: India’s Sumit Nagal moved a step closer towards making the main draw of the 2019 US Open. The 22-year-old beat Canada’s Peter Polansky 7-5, 7-6 in two hours and five minutes in the second qualifying round to set up a clash against Brazil’s Joao Menezes in the final qualifying tie. Nagal raced to […]
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