Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 men’s seed who is battling a wrist injury, gets unseeded Jerzy Janowicz in the opening match. “I’ve done that every day before practice and matches for the last eight or nine years because I had that issue when I was young”, he said.
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“It’s not easy to do that”. However, now the 29-year-old has revealed that the issue was more personal than physical.
“But I’m doing everything in my power with obviously the medical team to make sure that I’m as close to 100 per cent as possible during the course of this tournament, at least for the beginning of it”.
The 29-year-old holder of 12 majors admitted that he had submitted himself to various treatments as he battled to get fit for NY.
“The third-round loss at Wimbledon to Sam allowed me to take some time and really regroup and think about what was achieved with the French Open”. And Nadal on clay, at a French Open, you’re not going to convince me he’s done yet the way he was playing leading up (before withdrawing injured) – I thought he was getting close to what he was before on the clay. I played her I think in the semis before.
Since that loss, Djokovic has gone on to win a record 30th Masters crown at Toronto before his tearful exit from Rio.
Roger Federer, 35, is still a regular in the latter stages of the Grand Slams – he reached two finals in 2015 – but has not won one of tennis’ top prizes since 2012.
Kerber wants to play her best tennis in a tournament that loves: ´I am here playing tennis.
“I’ll try to keep that peak as consistent and enduring as much as possible”.
‘She’s had enough time off so whereas a lot of the other players seem to be a little exhausted after the Olympics, because it’s been a really intense, demanding summer for players who have done well at the French and Wimbledon and the Olympics.
Disappointing Olympic performances aside, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are the No. 1 seeds for the U.S. Open, which begins on Monday and once again, they will make for a compelling tournament.
Laura Robson has been handed an all-British clash against Naomi Broady at the US Open after she beat Germany’s Tatjana Maria to qualify for the first round.
Williams equalled Steffi Graf’s Open era record of 22 majors with victory at Wimbledon in July.
Djokovic admitted that he had been suffering with his wrist injury for almost a month and was having intensive treatment in the hope of being “as close to 100 per cent as possible during the course of this tournament, at least for the beginning of it”. One of them is her fitness as Williams has been sidelined since the Olympics due to a right shoulder injury that led to her pulling out of the Western & Southern.
It also saw her withdraw from the Cincinnati event last week.
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If Williams isn’t at full strength, Kerber is just one of the players poised to pounce.
