FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK - Caroline Wozniacki is the no 1 seed for the women’s title at the US Open and she becomes the first female tennis player to have ever been awarded the top seeding without having won a Grand Slam title. Her no 1 ranking has obviously been easier to attain following the [...]
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK - The seeding for the US Open tennis has been announced and unsurprisingly the top four seeds are in order Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Nadal is the top seed despite the fact that he has never made it to the final of the US Open. It [...]
Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro will contest the US Open men’s final tonight after both winning their semi finals last night. Del Potro thrashed Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, in a match he dominated from the start. Federer also won his clash against Novak Djokovic in straight sets, beating the Serb 7-6 (7-3), [...]
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Kim Clijsters is a hot favorite to win the US Open after her amazing victory over Serena Williams. In all the furore it has almost been forgotten that she meets Caroline Wozniacki in today’s final. Clijsters’ best odds on victory are 2/7 (bet $70 to make $20 profit) while Wozniacki can be backed at 18/5. Clijsters is [...]
Rafael Nadal is the narrow favorite to beat Juan Martin del Potro in today’s delayed men’s US Open semi final. Nadal is the 3/4 (bet $40 to make $30 profit) favorite while del Potro is on offer at 5/4. Nadal is 4/1 to win in straight sets, 10/3 to win 3-1 and 6/1 to win 3-2. [...]
The abandonment of all play at Flushing Meadows on Friday due to heavy rain means that the men's final has been moved to Monday. Officials took the drastic move after losing most of the play on Thursday evening and then seeing persistent rain rule out any play on Friday.
Read: Rain delays means US Open tennis final will be played Monday
The quarter final match between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez was delayed yesterday due to rain with Nadal having taken the first set 7-6 (7-4), and was winning the second set tie break 3-2, with that having gone to serve so far. Nadal’s progress had not been easy however, with him facing two set points in [...]
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Tournament favourite Serena Williams plays Kim Clijsters tonight and there will be an element of revenge as Clijsters knocked out Serena’s older sister Venus earlier in the tournament. World no 2 Serena has been imperious on her way to the semis so far at Flushing Meadows and she has yet to drop a set. She is [...]
Former world no 1 Rafael Nadal plays Fernando Gonzalez in the quarter-finals of the US Open tonight. Nadal looked close to his best last round against Gael Monfils, and his troublesome knees look to be holding up well. Gonzalez will likely employ a similarly gung ho approach as Monfils did, in an attempt to break through [...]
Top seed Roger Federer made it through to the semi-final yesterday as he beat Robin Soderling in four sets. Novak Djokovic also looked good as he beat 10th seed Fernando Verdasco. Elsewhere Melanie Oudin’s remarkable run came to an end as she was beaten by Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets. Federer beat Soderling 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 [...]
