New York: Roger Federer said he only had himself to blame after his agonising five-set loss to Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals on Saturday. Djokovic saved two match points when Federer was serving for a spot in the final, the first with a sizzling cross-court winner and the second when the Swiss maestro clipped the net cord with a forehand that sailed out. Re-energised after his lucky escape,...
04:00 PM, Sep 11, 2011
New York: Austria's Jurgen Melzer and Germany's Philipp Petzschner won their second Grand Slam doubles title, beating Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in straights sets in the US Open final on Saturday. The ninth-seeded Melzer and Petzschner won 6-2, 6-2 in 49 minutes. They also won Wimbledon last year. Fyrstenberg and Matkowski, from Poland, were seeded sixth. This was their first-ever Grand Slam final appearance. Melzer and Petzschner combined for...
01:48 PM, Sep 11, 2011
New York: Sam Stosur told her parents she wasn't leaving for school until Patrick Rafter won the US Open. Growing up in Australia, Stosur was glued to the TV when her countryman captured titles in 1997 and '98. Now she wonders if kids back home will do the same when she plays Serena Williams for the Open championship on Sunday. The 27-year-old Stosur reached her second Major final on Saturday,...
10:23 AM, Sep 11, 2011
New York: This one didn't come down to a foot fault, a referee's call or anything else that could've made Serena Williams mad. In fact, if Williams was upset about anything on Saturday night, it might have been that she didn't get much of a match. In what was supposed to be her toughest test yet at the US Open, Williams dominated top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals...
10:09 AM, Sep 11, 2011
New York: Facing two match points against a beloved player whose name is already in the history books, Novak Djokovic clenched his jaw, nodded his head and flashed an ever-so-slight glimpse of a smile. "I would lie if I say I didn't think I'm going to lose," Djokovic said. Might as well go down swinging then, right? He turned violently on a wide, 108 mph serve from Roger Federer for...
02:59 AM, Sep 11, 2011
New York: First lady Michelle Obama played kid-sized doubles against Serena Williams, clocked a 55-mph serve and even did some hula-hooping in her first visit to the US Open. Obama spoke to a group of local youngsters on Friday as part of her campaign against childhood obesity. "I'm not really good or anything like that. That's the beauty of tennis," she said. "You don't have to be good to enjoy...
03:07 PM, Sep 10, 2011
New York: American teenagers Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock won the US Open mixed doubles title on Friday night, beating eighth-seeded Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank of Argentina in a tie-break. Oudin and Sock won 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-8 (tie-break) in front of a sparse crowd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium after the men's singles quarter-finals. "Worked really well because he jokes a lot when we're playing and he keeps...
03:00 PM, Sep 10, 2011
New York: India's campaign at the US Open ended after the fifth-seeded Indo-Pak pair of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi crashed out following a straight-set loss to the Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski and Maruisz Fyrstenberg in the men's doubles semi-final on Friday night. At the end of an 82-minute battle, the sixth-seeded duo from Poland got the better of the Indo-Pak Express 6-2, 7-6 (7-4). They will now take...
01:53 PM, Sep 10, 2011
New York: Defending champion Rafael Nadal set up a meeting with fourth-ranked Andy Murray in the semi-finals of the US Open by overwhelming home favorite Andy Roddick in straight sets in the last eight on Friday. Whipping passing shots from all angles and returning superbly, the No 2-seeded Nadal beat No 21 Roddick 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the semis at Flushing Meadows for the fourth consecutive year. The Spanish...
03:47 AM, Sep 10, 2011
New York: The fifth seeded Indo-Pak pair of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi entered the semi-finals of the mens' doubles event of the US Open defeating the British pair of Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins in a gruelling three-setter. At the end of 135-minute battle, the Indo-Pak Express prevailed with the scoreline reading 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 in their favour. The duo will now take on Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski...
11:11 PM, Sep 09, 2011
New York: India's chances in the Davis Cup World Group play-off received a setback after Leander Paes' back spasms during his US Open Tennis Championships men's doubles quarter-final made him a doubtful starter for the tie. He has also pulled out of his mixed doubles semi-final with Elena Vesnina. Third-seeded Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, the runners-up at Flushing Meadows in 1999, lost 4-6, 6-7 (7/4) to sixth-seeded Polish duo Mariusz...
11:42 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New York: At one point, Andy Roddick looked up and saw a fan scaling a chain-link fence behind tiny Court 13, hoping to catch a peek of the 2003 US Open champion's victory on Thursday. At another point, a baby's loud cries provided a distraction at the 584-seat venue. "At least," Roddick deadpanned later, "there wasn't a baby crying on the fence." It was that sort of day at this...
11:26 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New York: Roger Federer avenged his surprise loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at this year's Wimbledon by beating the Frenchman 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the US Open and give himself a chance of a sixth title at Flushing Meadows, in a match delayed about one-and-a-half hours by rain in the first set. Playing his first Grand Slam tournament as a 30-year-old, the five-time US Open champion was...
09:23 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New York: The US Open will slide into a third week after organizers of the last Grand Slam of the year bowed to player pressure on Thursday and agreed to change the finals schedule. The women's singles final, originally set for Saturday night, was moved to Sunday afternoon, while the men's championship decider, initially planned for Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, was shifted to Monday. It...
09:20 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New York: Top seed Novak Djokovic advanced to the semi-finals of the US Open when his Serbian Davis Cup team mate Janko Tipsarevic retired in the fourth set of their quarter-final on Thursday. World number one Djokovic was leading 7-6, 6-7, 6-0, 3-0 when Tipsarevic, who had his leg strapped during the match, quit after three hours, 27 minutes of play at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. "Congratulations to Janko for...
05:08 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New York: Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki defeated No. 10 Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 7-6 (5) on Thursday to set up a semi-final match-up against Serena Williams at the US Open. Wozniacki let a 5-3 lead slip in the second set and wound up in a tie-breaker, but Petkovic made five unforced errors in the breaker and couldn't complete the comeback. Wozniacki, who has been ranked No. 1 for most of the last...
02:14 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New York: Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles event at the US Open in a chaotic day of play on Thursday. After two rain-soaked days at Flushing Meadows left nerves frayed and the schedule in disarray, the sun finally made an appearance. That allowed four fourth-round men's matches - originally supposed to be played on Tuesday, they were suspended after 15 minutes on Wednesday...
11:21 PM, Sep 08, 2011
