If you took Kim Clijsters aside before the match and told her she’d lose seven of her service games and that her unforced error to winners ratio was 43:25, she probably wouldn’t like her chances. But Clijsters managed to hold on, and defeated the even shakier Sam Stosur tonight, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. Clijsters now has Read More
The men of Spain are to men’s tennis what the ladies of Russia are for the women’s game.
Spaniards Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo and Feliciano Lopez are in the final group of 12 for the men’s side, and what gets them this far? Let’s ask Mardy Fish!
“They’re in shape,” he Read More
Novak Djokovic just took the court to take on Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals. He’s a win away from playing Roger Federer for a third straight year at the U.S. Open (assuming Federer wins tonight against Robin Soderling), but there’s very little buzz surrounding Novak this year.
Just over two weeks ago, Djokovic hired Todd Read More
Spain’s Fernando Verdasco is the mystery man of the men’s draw. All the other guys looking at the quarterfinals have a line about them–they’re Grand Slam winners, or finalists, or wildly talented up-and-comers, or they dated Martina Hingis (Radek Stepanek)–but there’s no read on Verdasco.
That may well change this tournament. Novak Djokovic had difficulty Read More
We are shielding our eyes from the “embarrassing” (CBS’ word, not ours) blowout that Kateryna Bondarenko is currently executing against Gisela Dulko…on Arthur Ashe, no less. (It’s 6-0, 5-0 as we write this.) (UPDATE: 6-0, 6-0. Yikes.)
That means that Melanie Oudin will get an early start–she’s the next match up on Ashe. Certainly Nadia Read More
It was an incredible day of tennis on the first Saturday of this U.S. Open. The biggest stories, of course, were John Isner and Melanie Oudin, but it was a day full of excellent matches, Novak Djokovic’s hardfought win over Jesse Witten among them. There was so much great play that by Read More
