Once again, Williams will be chasing history in Flushing Meadows.
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“I am 100 per cent focused on tennis and I have lawyers who are working on the case and I don’t think about it often at all, maybe once a month when they call me”, Bouchard said.
“It’s not easy to do that”.
‘And you have to play really good tennis and to continue your good tennis so to have the chance, it’s great. You just have to make the best of every single opportunity.
Kei Nishikori, now ranked seventh, and a US Open finalist in 2014 won a bronze medal in Rio after beating Rafael Nadal.
Fourth-seeded Rafa Nadal, victor of 14 slams, and fifth seed Milos Raonic of Canada could clash in the quarters for a possible semi-finals showdown with Djokovic. “Not the same pressure she faced a year ago, but there will be a little bit of pressure”.
“It’s obvious that we will not be here forever but I think I can play to the level I had before my injury for the next three, four years”.
Third seed Stan Wawrinka, who is in Murray’s half of the draw, begins against Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco, and may have to deal with a young Australian, Bernard Tomic or Nick Kyrgios, in the fourth round.
She has an equally tough start to this year’s event when she faces Ekaterina Makarova of Russian Federation, the world number 36, in her opening round clash today.
“I’m 29 and believe that I’m at a peak of my abilities as a tennis player”, said the Serb.
Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champ, is ranked just 142nd after three left wrist surgeries.
Williams is devastated when she is dealt a setback, such as last year’s loss to No. 43 Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals, a defeat that ended her bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in more than 25 years.
It would also see her set a new open era record of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, as she is now tied with German Steffi Graf on 22, after beating Germany’s Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final in July.
Djokovic beat Roger Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 for his second U.S. Open title and 10th major championship overall.
“However, he has not won as many grand slams as he would have liked since 2013”.
“She wanted to play the Olympics in Rio, it was very important for her but the shoulder was killing her”.
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His career-best 22-match win streak came to a halt at the hands of Marin Cilic in the Cincinnati final last weekend when he simply ran out of gas. She cited a sore shoulder in withdrawing from a hard-court tournament a week later. Just getting out there and trying to play perfectly. Seeded second in NY, she is one of three players with a chance to seize the number one ranking if Williams falters.
