The US Open tennis tournament will increase its annual prize money to USD50 million by 2017. ...
10:13 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The 2009 US Open winner won 7-6 (2), 6-3. Benneteau, who beat No. 2-ranked Roger Federer in the quarterfinals, is now 0-8 in ATP finals. ...
09:30 PM, Feb 17, 2013
London: The ATP opposes the US Open's switch to a Monday final in 2013 and is not satisfied with the prize money increase for the tournament. The US Tennis Association announced last Friday that the women's final would be moved to Sunday and the men's championship match to Monday next year. While the move builds in a rest day ahead of each final for the first time, the ATP said...
10:19 AM, Dec 18, 2012
London: For Andy Murray 2012 marked a golden milestone, for Novak Djokovic the year was an emphatic reminder of his status as the world's best male player, and for Roger Federer and his army of fans it was proof that the old master's magic still sparkles. Serena Williams used the second half of the year to demonstrate that she continues to be head and shoulders above her rivals in the...
08:59 AM, Dec 18, 2012
New York: The US Open tennis tournament has extended its schedule to a Monday men's finish next year after a fifth year of weather delays disrupted the event in September, the US Tennis Association said on Friday. The new program will feature a Sunday women's final followed by the men's title match on Monday, and provide a day's rest between the semi-finals and finals for both the men and women,...
09:54 AM, Dec 15, 2012
London: When Andy Murray steps out on court to face Tomas Berdych in his first match at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday the expectation he usually shoulders will weigh a little less. The season-ending event will be the London-based Scot's first tournament on home soil after he finally made his major breakthrough by winning the US Open in September, beating Novak Djokovic in an epic final. The 25-year-old...
12:18 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Shanghai: Novak Djokovic exacted revenge on Andy Murray for his U.S. Open final defeat by outlasting the Briton 5-7 7-6 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters tennis title on Sunday. The Serbian saved five match points in the second set, including four in the tiebreak, to force a tense decider. The world number two then broke Murray, winner in Shanghai for the last two years, in the seventh game and...
06:17 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Toronto: Rafael Nadal has no timeline for his return to competitive tennis but on Tuesday the world number four did not completely rule out the possibility of returning from injury in time for next month's Davis Cup and ATP World Tour finals.Nadal has not played since suffering a shock second-round Wimbledon defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol in June and has yet to return to the practice court, but the 26-year-old...
08:40 AM, Oct 10, 2012
New York: Andy Murray was the toast of New York City on Tuesday, basking in the glory of his first grand slam title that ended Britain's 76-year wait for a male singles champion on the biggest stage. The Scotsman celebrated his stunning five-set win over world number two Novak Djokovic in the US Open final at a Manhattan restaurant late on Monday with family and friends but there were no...
10:11 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New York: Novak Djokovic hates to lose, but the five-times grand slam champion was happy for his friend Andy Murray, who beat him in a pulsating, five-set struggle for the US Open title on Monday. "Any loss is a bad loss. There is no question about it," the Serb told reporters after his 7-6 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2 defeat that denied him back-to-back US titles. "I'm disappointed to lose the...
12:05 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New York: US Open men's doubles champions Bob and Mike Bryan and 2011 women's champion Samantha Stosur are the first recipients of the Grand Slam tennis tournament's sportsmanship award. The US Tennis Association announced the honours on Monday. The Bryan twins won their Open-era record 12th Grand Slam doubles title at Flushing Meadows on Friday. Stosur lost in this year's quarter-finals to top-ranked Victoria Azarenka. The USTA sportsmanship award comes...
09:18 AM, Sep 11, 2012
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...
06:39 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New York: American tennis great Andre Agassi, a two-time US Open champion, was inducted into the US Open Court of Champions that celebrates the legacy of the greatest singles champions in the history of the US Open. Agassi received a huge cheer from the Arthur Ashe Stadium during Sunday's ceremony that was attended by recently retired Andy Roddick, 2003 US Open champion, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors...
12:47 PM, Sep 10, 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: Novak Djokovic was happy to complete his weather-delayed semi-final victory over David Ferrer in sunshine on Sunday but the Serb still lashed out at the US Open's crammed schedule. "It's a great relief obviously to get it over with in four sets," reigning champion Djokovic said after finishing off a 2-6, 6-1 6-4, 6-2 victory over the 10th-seeded Spaniard. The victory moved the 25-year-old Serb, who trailed 5-2...
09:44 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New York: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci both got to celebrate this time. Four days after facing off in a US Open singles quarter-final, when Errani didn't even crack a smile after clinching victory, they were dancing on court Sunday over their doubles title. The second-seeded Italians beat Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-2 for their second Grand Slam championship " and second in three months after they broke...
08:41 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: With a potentially dangerous storm bearing down on the US Open, play was suspended in the first set of defending champion Novak Djokovic's semifinal Saturday, making this the fifth consecutive year the tournament will fail to finish on time because of the weather. Djokovic was trailing fourth-seeded David Ferrer 5-2 after about a half-hour of action when tournament referee Brian Earley came out on court and told the...
08:15 AM, Sep 09, 2012
