New York: Fourth seed Naomi Osaka overcame unseeded Shelby Rogers in straight sets to reach the US Open semi-finals on Tuesday and declared it “revenge” for earlier defeats. The Japanese 2018 US Open champion brushed aside the 27-year-old American 6-3, 6-4, in 1hr 20min inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. Osaka, 22, will play 28th-seeded American Jennifer…
World number one Ashleigh Barty announced Tuesday she will not defend her French Open crown, citing COVID fear that also prompted her and several other top players to withdraw from the US Open. The Australian, who claimed her maiden Grand Slam at Roland Garros in 2019, said it was a “difficult” decision but the health…
New York: Novak Djokovic was sensationally disqualified from the US Open on Sunday after striking a lines official with a ball during his last-16 match. The world number one went 5-6 down in the first set to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta when he hit a ball in the direction of the female official. It struck…
Rafa beats Medvedev in a epic five-setter to clinch 19th Grand Slam title Rafael Nadal saw off Russia’s Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 in a four hours and 50 minutes long marathon US Open final on Sunday to capture his 19th Grand Slam title in thrilling fashion. It was also his fourth US…
Rafael Nadal reached the US Open final with a dogged straight-set win over Italian Matteo Berrettini. The Spanish second seed, 33, survived two set points in the opener before his class shone through in a 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-1 win at Flushing Meadows. Berrettini, 23, lost momentum after missing his chance but still showed why…
Becomes Canada’s first Grand Slam Singles champion Teenager Bianca Andreescu became Canada’s first Grand Slam singles champion Saturday with a roller-coaster 6-3, 7-5 win over 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the US Open final. Williams lost to the 19-year-old Canadian at Arthur Ashe Stadium on the same court where she won her first Grand…
Grigor Dimitrov becomes the lowest-ranked New York semi-finalist in 28 years Roger Federer crashed out of the US Open after losing 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6 to Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. While Roger Federer missed out on his 46th Grand Slam semi-final berth, Bulgaria’s 78th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov became the lowest-ranked New York…
Will it be one of the Old Guards or a Next-Gen Player? By U.B. Acharya The last tennis major of the decade will be played in New York from August 26, 2019 onwards for two weeks. While the reigning champion Novak Djokovic (32 years), Rafael Nadal (33 years) and Roger Federer (38 years) are the…
New York: Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam singles title on Saturday as her idol Serena Williams angrily imploded, calling the chair umpire in the US Open final “a thief.” Osaka, 20, triumphed 6-2, 6-4 in the match marred by Williams’ second set outburst, the American enraged by umpire Carlos…
New York: Serena Williams vies for a record-equalling 24th major title at the US Open on Saturday, with Naomi Osaka out to deny her idol and become Japan’s first Grand Slam champion. One of the two will make history on Sept.9 at 1.30 am (IST) on Arthur Ashe Stadium court, where Williams won the first…
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