Novak Djokovic is “getting there”.
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Meanwhile, Laura Robson has revealed that the secret behind her rejuvenation is that she has stopped focusing on how good she was before the series of wrist injuries that threatened to derail her career. “I don’t know how he’s feeling”, Murray said.
“I will not put too much pressure on it, if the day will come when I will reach number one, it would be wonderful”, Kerber said.
It does, however, offer a hint of vulnerability about a player who, until Sam Querrey’s heroics at Wimbledon, appeared infallible and primed for a period of dominance similar to Federer nearly 10 years ago.
“I am not 100 percent. But it’s not the place and time to talk about it”.
Kei Nishikori, now ranked seventh, and a US Open finalist in 2014 won a bronze medal in Rio after beating Rafael Nadal.
The 17-time Grand Slam victor Roger Federer will be absent through injury so who else could feature? When he first came back from the injury, he had to adjust his technique to avoid pain, so now he needs to get comfortable again with his regular stroke. I hope I’m still playing like this when I’m 38 years old, but it’s pretty unlikely.
World number one and current US Open champion Novak Djokovic is suffering from a wrist injury and recently admitted to suffering from “private problems”. Williams also is seeking her 23rd Grand Slam singles title, which would break a tie with legendary Steffi Graf.
Williams is in a strong quarter that also includes fifth seed Simona Halep of Romania and 16th-seeded Australian Sam Stosur, who beat the American in the 2011 U.S. Open final.
“Novak just missed Cincinnati”.
“That’s something that I have learned as I got older; whereas before when I was younger it was different”.
The world No. 1 takes on 2013 Wimbledon semi-finalist Jerzy Janowicz after Nadal’s match with Denis Istomin.
Nadal is a potential semifinal opponent for Djokovic, the defending champ, while Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka are in the other half of the bracket.
Over the next fortnight he is aiming to become only the sixth man in tennis history to make all four Major finals, emulating Jack Crawford, Donald Budge, Rod Laver, Roger Federer and Djokovic.
Fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland has an outside chance at the world No. 1 ranking if she can claim her first Grand Slam title.
Williams was clearly hindered by the shoulder injury that had forced her out of the Montreal WTA tournament as she served up eight double faults and 37 unforced errors in the straight-set defeat.
Now, for the first time in months, the defending US Open champion has opened up about his issues. That scenario won’t occur – del Petro meets countryman Diego Schwartzman in his opener.
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Andy Murray can join an elite band of tennis superstars if he reaches the final of the US Open which starts here on Monday, writes David McCarthy in NY.
