Serena Williams matches her easiest win over sister Venus in US Open rout
September 01, 2018 9:11 ISTSerena equalled her most-lopsided victory against her sister with a 6-1, 6-2 rout in the third round of the U.S. Open.
Serena equalled her most-lopsided victory against her sister with a 6-1, 6-2 rout in the third round of the U.S. Open.
The US Open says it regrets that a player was given a code violation for changing her shirt on the court during a match, clarifying its rules on when that is allowed.
Djokovic wasted a match point in the third set, before going on to win 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2 against Sandgren.
Federer was crisp in a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 win over Benoit Paire in and made it 18 of 18 lifetime in the second round of the U.S. Open.
Andy Murray lost to no. 31 seed Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of US Open 2018.
Schnyder is ranked 186th, so she had to go through qualifying rounds to make it into the main draw and she became the oldest woman to successfully do that at any Grand Slam tournament.
Serena Williams set up the highly anticipated matchup at Flushing Meadows by hitting 13 aces and overwhelming 101st-ranked Carina Witthoeft of Germany.
For years, actually, Federer has dealt with questions about when he might retire. In part, that's because elite tennis players often used to become not-so-elite by the time they passed the age of 30.
Federer saved the first eight break points he faced before finally faltering by pushing a forehand long on the ninth.
Bhambri, who is world No 96 lost 3-6 6-7 (3-7) 5-7 to Frenchman Herbert in a match that lasted nearly two and half hours.
He was not even one and half hour into his first match at Flushing Meadows in two years, and while Djokovic eventually would get past Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 Tuesday, it was a bit of an ordeal.
Serena Williams scored a 6-4, 6-0 victory over 68th-ranked Magda Linette of Poland under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Murray hadn't played in a Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon last year, before needing hip surgery that has limited him to just eight matches this year.
Halep was beaten 6-2, 6-4 by 44th-ranked Kaia Kanepi of Estonia on Monday in a match that was stunningly lopsided and lasted all of 76 minutes.
The top in both the WTA and ATP rankings remain unchanged with all the players holding on to their spots.
The Swiss maestro had won five titles in a row in Flushing Meadows and was a game away from a sixth in 2009 when Juan Martin del Potro pulled out a fourth-set tiebreaker, then won the fifth set.
The star duo of India Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan beat Kazakhstan's Aleksandr Bublik and Denis Yevseyev by 6-3, 6-4 in final.
If the sisters do play each other, the winner might face no. 1 ranked Simona Halep in the fourth round.
Unlike other sports, tennis players cannot do without pocket-less shorts as they have to keep spare balls in them.
She lost against China's Shuai Zhang by 4-6, 6-7 at the semifinals and settled for the bronze.
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