US Open: Leander Paes and Purav Raja reach second round; Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna lose
September 02, 2017 12:32 ISTVeteran Paes and Raja thrashed Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-3 at the Flushing Meadows.
Veteran Paes and Raja thrashed Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-3 at the Flushing Meadows.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner said last month she was planning to return to tennis for the Australian Open in January.
The Indo-Chinese pair of Sania Mirza and Shuai Peng will next face Slovakia's Jana Cepelova and Magdalena Rybarikova in the second round of US Open.
Maria Sharapova required a wild card to get into the tournament because of her low ranking and the U.S. Tennis Association was happy to provide it.
It is the first time Roger Federer has played five-setters in both the first and second rounds at a major tournament.
Alexander Zverev is the highest-ranked man to exit Flushing Meadows so far and what bothered him so much was not merely that he didn't play well but that there was a real opportunity for him to have a true Grand Slam breakthrough.
Nick Kyrgios called the series of health issues that have hampered him all year "diabolical."
Sharapova became the first woman into the third round at the U.S. Open by using 12 aces to help set aside a poor start and coming back to beat Timea Babos of Hungary 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1.
Roger Federer, meanwhile, shrugged when asked about the noise after his five-set victory over American teenager Frances Tiafoe.
Angelique Kerber's exit further thins the women's bracket, which was missing 23-time major champion Serena Williams to begin with because she is expecting a baby.
Roger Federer had to overcome an early deficit and a late lapse Tuesday night to edge 19-year-old American Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in a compelling first-round contest.
Maria Sharapova recovered after faltering midway through the match and emerged to beat Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Andy Murray, who yielded the No.1 ranking to Rafael Nadal this week, has not played a match since July 12 at Wimbledon.
Ajay Jayaram, seeded 13th, produced another clinical show to get past world No. 50 Mark Caljouw 21-13, 21-18 in a 33-minute men's singles match.
Milos Raonic joins 12-time major champion Novak Djokovic, 2016 US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and 2014 finalist Kei Nishikori in missing the tournament because of injuries.
Ramkumar, now India's number one singles player at 156, faces seasoned Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, who is now placed 213 in the ATP ranking chart.
Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, lost 6-2, 6-1 in the first round.
Victoria Azarenka has not played since Wimbledon, and the former No. 1 player is now ranked 204th.
Murray, who was out of action because of a hip injury, drops to second spot with 7,150 points.
Garbine Muguruza defeated Simona Halep 6-1, 6-0 for her first Western & Southern Open title on Sunday, needing only 56 minutes to extend her run of success.
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