Her shoulder looks fine and King doesn’t have much that should give the No. 1 player issues.
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The older McEnroe added: ” If things are going on in your personal life, for me it made it very hard to get that focus and intensity and will and all the other things you need to bring to the table – preparation, too – in order to play your best on the court.
Ahead of Monday’s start to the season’s final Grand Slam, the 29-year-old is the sport’s man of the moment.
After Sky Sports lost the rights to broadcast the US Open, Eurosport will show live and exclusive coverage from Flushing Meadows. Depending on results in New York, Williams could be surpassed in the rankings after the tournament.
And injuries are part of the reason she needs to perform so well at this tournament.
“I don’t know the status of his wrist but maybe he’s playing rope-a-dope”. She has played just three matches since winning Wimbledon, though, while her chief competition has been active and relatively successful.
Murray has played in all of the first three finals of the majors in 2016, losing to world No. 1 Djokovic in Melbourne and Paris before defeating Milos Raonic in straight sets in the Wimbledon final.
“Conditions during the day are quite different, so just trying to get used to that”.
Del Potro, 2009 US Open victor, has been handed a wild card after his impressive return to tennis after multiple surgeries to his knee and wrist.
FLIPPING OUT: Venus Williams hasn’t played a singles match since an early exit in Rio, either – though she did wind up winning silver in mixed doubles.
The end of summer brings about the final Grand Slam of the year, the U.S. Open. A fast start could get the crowd on her side early, but it’s hard seeing NY root against Serena. Serena hasn’t lost in a grand slam before the third round since the 2014 French Open.
“That should be a really enjoyable experience for her. Venus started to get it a few years ago and her admiration will continue to be off the charts”. 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.
She hit 12 aces and reached 121 miles per hour on her powerful serve during a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Ekaterina Makarova, a potentially tricky first-round opponent at Flushing Meadows.
Kerber and Muguruza have both outgunned the 34-year-old in major finals this year but the German insists the landscape has not changed yet.
Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic secured the top seeds for the 2016 U.S. Open when the draw was revealed Friday. He also could encounter the surging Marin Cilic, the 2014 Open champion, in the quarterfinals, and possibly Rafael Nadal in the semifinals.
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And the American was in stunning form, dropping just 19 games in six matches on her way to the final, where top seed Victoria Azarenka – who had earlier seen off defending champion Stosur – put up more of a fight but was ultimately beaten 6-2 2-6 7-5.
