New York: His considerable lead, and a chance at history, slipping away, Andy Murray dug deep for stamina and mental strength, outlasting Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set, nearly five-hour US Open final on Monday.
It had been 76 years since a British man won a Grand Slam singles championship and, at least for Murray, it was well worth the wait.
Ending a nation's long drought, and snapping his own four-final skid in majors, Murray finally pulled through with everything at stake on a Grand Slam stage, shrugging off defending champion Djokovic's comeback bid to win 7-6 (10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2.
"Relief is probably the best word I would use to describe how I'm feeling just now," Murray said, adding: "You do think: Is it ever going to happen?"...
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06:39 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New York: Andy Murray is on the verge of crowning Britain's golden summer by ending one of the longest droughts in sport. Only the formidable figure of Novak Djokovic stands in his way of winning Monday's US Open men's final. It has been 76 years since a British man last won a grand slam title, providing a mixture of frustration and embarrassment to the country where modern tennis originated. Entire...
10:13 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New York: Finally tested, even trailing, at the US Open, Serena Williams turned things around just in time. Two points from defeat, Williams suddenly regained her composure and her strokes, coming back to win the last four games and beat No 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 on Sunday night for her fourth championship at Flushing Meadows and 15th Grand Slam title overall. "I honestly can't believe I won. I...
05:23 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New York: The weather was much better at the US Open on Sunday. So was Novak Djokovic. Under a cloudless blue sky, in only a hint of wind, defending champion Djokovic got his game into high gear and reached his third consecutive final at Flushing Meadows by beating fourth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in a match suspended a day earlier. Ferrer was ahead 5-2 in the...
11:05 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New York: Scotland's own Sean Connery and Alex Ferguson crashed Andy Murray's post-match news conference after he won his US Open semi-final on Saturday. "Excuse me for interrupting," Connery, the Oscar-winning actor, said right after the Scottish tennis star answered a question about getting a day of rest before the final. He then introduced Murray to Ferguson, the Manchester United manager. Murray and his mother, Judy, posed for pictures with...
10:22 AM, Sep 09, 2012
New York: Dealing with 20 mph (32 kph) wind that blew a changeover chair onto the US Open court on one point and yanked his hat off during another, Andy Murray navigated his way into his fifth Grand Slam final. Adapting to the conditions far better than his opponent did, Olympic champion Murray came back to beat mistake-prone Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (7) in...
02:32 AM, Sep 09, 2012
New York: Leander Paes and his Czech Republic partner Radek Stepanek lost to Bryan brothers - Bob and Mike - in the one-sided men's doubles final at the US Open here on Friday. The Indian-Czech pair could hardly match the prowess of their American counterparts, who won their 12th Grand Slam doubles title by clinching the final 6-3, 6-4 at the Flushing Meadows. The American pair converted two break points...
11:39 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Andy Roddick chased the groundstroke halfway around the baseline to meet it. The return was well wide. Roddick changed his racquet to his left hand, ...
11:20 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Brazil's Bruno Soares completed an unlikely run to the US Open mixed doubles title by beating fourth-seeded Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic and Marcin Matkowski of Poland on Thursday. Makarova and Soares committed to the tournament at the last minute and the unseeded duo rode the partnership to a grand slam triumph when Peschke failed to return a baseline backhand from Makarova to...
09:25 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: Locked in a taut, thrill-a-minute second set, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro headed to a tiebreaker and promptly produced a 20-stroke masterpiece of a point befitting a pair of past US Open champions. More than a dozen shots in, defending champion Djokovic tossed up a lob. Del Potro, the 2009 champion, sprinted with his back to the court, got to the ball and lofted a lob...
09:15 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek on Thursday entered the men's doubles final of the US Open. The fifth seeded duo prevailed upon the sixth seeded Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez when the latter retired with the scoreline reading 6-6. They will face the winners of the other semifinal between second-seeded Americans Bob and Mike Bryan and the Pakistan-Dutch pairing of Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and...
12:20 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: Roberta Vinci toppled second seed Agnieszka Radwanska to cap a rousing upset double for Italy at the US Open on Monday that also put her doubles partner Sara Errani into the women's singles quarter-finals. Errani, the 10th seed, beat sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 7-6, 6-3, and 20th seed Vinci followed onto Louis Armstrong Stadium court for a 6-1, 6-4 shocker to end a doubly delightful afternoon for...
08:50 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: A ruthless Serena Williams charged into the US Open quarter-finals on Monday with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Czech Andrea Hlavackova after Roger Federer was gifted a spot in the last eight when Mardy Fish withdrew from the year's final grand slam. Showing no mercy against her 82nd ranked opponent, Williams sent an ominous warning of her intention to add the US Open title to her recent wins...
08:36 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Serena Williams does not enjoy viewing videos of her losses. Not one bit. She used to engage in that sort of film work, Williams said, but "it was so painful; it was like stabbing myself." So even though Williams knew her third-round opponent at the US Open would be the same woman she lost to at the Australian Open, preparing by studying a replay of that January defeat...
08:29 AM, Sep 02, 2012
