US Open

Del Potro Powers Past Federer On His “Home Court”

NEW YORK, September 7, 2017 Eight years and four wrist surgeries since ending Roger Federer’s 40-match US Open win streak, Juan Martin del Potro returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium for a rematch. The 28-year-old Argentine repeated his 2009 final victory, […]

An Almost Perfect Nadal Advances To His Sixth U.S. Open Semifinal

WASHINGTON, September 7, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Perhaps, ESPN analyst Darren Cahill put it best as soon as Rafael Nadal ended his all-too-brief, 96-minute U.S. Open quarterfinal match against #NextGenATP hopeful Andrey Rublev with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. “If you […]

Anderson Beats Querrey For US Open Semi-Final Berth

NEW YORK, September 6, 2017 Kevin Anderson advanced to his maiden Grand Slam semi-final with a  7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 triumph over Sam Querey, the last US-American standing in the men’s draw of the US Open on Tuesday night. The 28th […]

Carreño Busta’s Incredible Run To The Semifinals

WASHINGTON, September 6, 2017 (by Michael Dickens) Pablo Carreño Busta knows he’s had a good draw in this year’s U.S. Open at Flushing Meadow. Maybe, it’s too good to be true. Imagine, though, what it must feel like sailing through the first four […]

USTA Donates $500,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief

USTA Press Release, September 5, 2017 The USTA announced that it has donated $500,000 as part of its initial contributions toward immediate Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, with additional funds to come from on-site fundraising at the US Open – including […]

Keys Battles Past Svitolina To Book US Open Quarterfinal Spot

NEW YORK, September 5, 2017 Madison Keys delighted the home crowd in Monday’s night session of the US Open, outlasting No.4 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 7-6, 1-6, 6-4 in exactly two hours of play. The 22-year-old US-American will now […]

Nadal To Face Rublev In US Open QF

NEW YORK, September 5, 2017 Rafael Nadal advanced to his seventh US Open quarterfinal and his first since winning the 2013 title, beating Alexandr Dolgopolov from the Ukrian 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday afternoon. The World No. 1 was in total control […]

Querrey Is Flying The US-American Flag

NEW YORK, September 4, 2017 As the last US-American man remaining, Sam Querrey headlined Sunday’s night session at the US Open beating Mischa Zverev from Germany 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in just one hour and 16 minutes. The 17th seed showed an […]

Carreno-Busta Into US Open Quarterfinals

NEW YORK, September 4, 2017 The bottom half of the men’s draw was back in action at the US Open on Sunday. Pablo Carreno Busta opened the day and ended the fantastic run of #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the […]