The two-week long 2016 U.S. Open is the capstone of the year’s Grand Slam tournaments, marking the end of another year of major global tennis competition.
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Murray, meanwhile, has gone from strength to strength, winning both at SW19 and in Brazil, putting him as many observer’s favourite at Flushing Meadows to seal a fourth major triumph.
Andy Murray admits he’s playing his best ever tennis as he looks to capitalise on the growing frailties of his rivals and capture a second US Open title.
Unfortunately, the veteran couldn’t compete at the Coupe Rogers due to shoulder inflammation, and needed to recover in order to successfully defend her Olympic gold medal.
The game, also available at SerenaMatchPoint.com, features 22 levels, each representing a Grand Slam final match that Williams won.
It wasn’t just the sister’s doubles performance that fell short of expectations.
Williams’ strengths are her serve which is a unsafe weapon which has bailed her out of trouble, over and over again, and if her shoulder is feeling at 100% in NY, she should have little problems going on a deep run at Flushing Meadows. But if all that’s not enough, don’t forget: there’s the best tennis in the world.
After a sizzling start to the season that included grand slam wins number 11 and 12 at the Australian and French Opens, Djokovic has seen a shocking drop in form with a third-round loss at Wimbledon followed by a first-round exit at the Rio Olympics.
This could be a historic U.S. Open for Serena Williams. Heralded as the greatest tennis player of all time-even called “this tennis era’s Ali” by NBC Sports- Djokovic will certainly come out guns blazing at the Open next week.
Vinci stunned Serena Williams in the semi-finals in 2015 before losing the championship match to Italian compatriot Flavia Pennetta who retired in the immediate aftermath of her first and only Grand Slam win.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion will be looking to win in NY for an Open Era record seventh time, a record now shared with compatriot, Chris Evert at six, and a triumph in Flushing Meadows means a new Open Era record of 23 Grand Slam singles title.
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This time last year, Williams was competing for the chance to hold all four grand slams in a calendar year, therefore this time around it does not feel like such a pressurised situation for her. This time around she won’t let anything stand in her way.
