Stuff related to the US Open
Seventeen-year-old Victoria Duval of the USA pulled the biggest upset of the US Open so far by defeating 2011 US Open champion, Samantha Stosur of Australia 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round of the 2013 US Open. After dropping the first set 5-7, Duval was able to overcome her young age and inexperience for
Serena Williams of the U.S.A. kept the U.S. Open trophy on home-turf for the fourth time in her career on Sunday with a hard-fought win over World No. 1, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. Final score: 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. Williams, who is ranked No. 4, won the match at 2 hours and 18 minutes, the longest
Former World No. 1, Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, ended the hopes of American teen, Sloan Stephens, in a hard fought match on Saturday night in round three of the 2012 US Open Tennis Tournament at Flushing Meadows. Stephens pulled out a tiebreaker in the first set against Ivanovic, who hadn’t been challenged for a
Once Rafael Nadal dropped out of Cincy which ends a week prior to the start of the US Open, there were whispers whether he'd be ready to play the US Open. Well, the answer is out. Rafa is out of the US Open. Rafa tweeted this announcement earlier today. He's historically had problems with knee
Just three years ago, in 2009 as a 17-year old, Melanie Oudin of the USA was being called the comeback kid. Now she might be called the where-did-she-go kid. Back in 2009, the unknown Melanie was the story of the US Open, making an amazing run in only her 2nd US Open appearance, wearing her
No. 3 seed, Maria Sharapova of Russia, went down in defeat today to No. 25 ranked Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in round 3 of the U.S. Open. Maria's serve was part of the problem that led to her early exit, committing a dozen double-faults. That really came as no surprise, as Maria's
Teenager Christina McHale of the USA pulled a huge upset over No. 8 seed, Marion Bartoli of France with a straight-sets victory 7-6(2), 6-2 in round 2 of the 2011 US Open. Nineteen-year-old Christina hit 20 winners, with 28 unforced errors and converted on 5 of 16 break-point opportunities. Marian hit 21 winners with 38
Two-time champion Venus Williams of the USA has withdrawn from the U.S. Open due to an illness. Williams was scheduled to play 22nd-seeded Sabine Lisicki in the 2nd round. In a statement afterward, she said: "I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my
No. 6 seed and reigning French Open champion, Li Na of China, was disappointed early at the U.S. Open by No. 53 ranked Simona Halep of Romania. It was over in two quick sets, 6-2, 7-5. Halep was playing in only her second U.S. Open. She lost last year in the first round. That makes
