Williams, recovering from a shoulder injury that contributed to her third-round exit in Rio, drew Russian lefthander Ekaterina Makarova as her first opponent.
Advertisement
“For all we know, maybe it’s not that bad and maybe it’s going to get better and maybe he is going to play at the level he did at the French Open and Australia, beating everyone again”.
“I’m disappointed with what I think happened so I have to fight for what I think is right”. And, when it ended, the same broad smile and quick wit that charmed NY spectators a year ago. “It’s always a good feeling”.
McHale won a first-set tiebreaker against her idol Williams at Wimbledon last month, she’s played in three tournaments and World Team Tennis to prepare for the U.S. Open.
In three main-draw appearances she has won just one match. “They complimented me, and they wished me good luck”.
Looked perfectly fine against Makarova, a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist who is ranked 29th and beat Williams in straight sets at the 2012 Australian Open.
If Serena isn’t at full strength, Kerber is just one of the players poised to pounce.
Murray won both of those tournaments and despite recently losing the final in Cincinnati, is being tipped to win a second Flushing Meadows title. Only Margaret Court owns more major titles, with 24, but more than half of them came against amateur competition.
Nishikori, who earned Japan’s first Olympic tennis medal since 1920 a little more than two weeks ago, advanced in NY on Tuesday by beating Benjamin Becker 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
“I want to really do well there”, the Spaniard said.
“She will feel so much less pressure than a year ago, also because she won Wimbledon and has at least tied Graf”, Shriver said.
Angelique Kerber is thrilled at the prospect of usurping Serena Williams to become world No 1 – but says she is trying her best not to think about it.
NEW YORK (AP) – A couple of days before she returned to the site of her stunning upset of Serena Williams at the 2015 U.S. Open, Roberta Vinci was grabbing a coffee at a Starbucks in Manhattan when her breakfast was interrupted by fellow customers.
“I have not played a lot, I haven’t practiced a lot, but I’m just now starting to feel a little better. Hopefully just every day I will keep going higher”, said the American.
No. 3 Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland is a two-time Grand Slam victor searching for his first championship in Queens, where he reached the semifinal past year.
As is always the case with Serena in NY, more history will be on the line.
Only Roger Federer, Rod Laver and Novak Djokovic in the Open era to have made the final of every Grand Slam event in a calendar year.
Advertisement
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. “That’s all I can do now”.
