The Big Four in men’s tennis are down to a Big Three for this US Open, but are still looking to extend their dominance over the rest of the field.
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Goffin reached his first major quarterfinal at this year’s French Open.
Flipkens, a former grand slam semi-finalist who advanced to the last 16 at the Rio Olympics, look headed to a humiliating double bagel as Halep swept through the opening 11 games.
“There is no wind”, Nadal said. “Is normal that there is new generation that tries to be in that positions, no?”
More impressive was 26th seed Jack Sock, who cruised into the third round with a 90-minute 6-1 6-1 6-2 rout of German Mischa Zverev. I get injured, is true. “Roger, is true, having is tough year in terms of injuries, too”.
“I started off playing really bad, I was tight”.
Nadal and Seppi play the nightcap on Ashe.
Djokovic had to call for a medical time-out just five games into his 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-1 victory at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night. A wrist injury forced him to withdraw from the French Open and kept him out of Wimbledon. Djokovic then pulled out of the event in Cincinnati because of the wrist. The almost four hours on court that day certainly didn’t help, Vesely added.
Novak Djokovic says he was relieved to have progressed at the US Open following his battling opening win over Jerzy Janowicz.
“When I started to play, the muscles started to pinch the nerves so I didn’t feel much control over my hand”.
The left-handed Vesely retired from his last match before the U.S. Open because of problems with the forearm.
“Tomorrow is a new day. Then in the third set, I broke him and held and I played a little better and more aggressive and took charge of the match from that point”, Sela told The Jerusalem Post.
Rafa Nadal was worn out from his Rio Olympics exertions after emerging from an injury absence to win doubles gold, but the Spaniard perked back up with his trip to NY for the U.S. Open.
He’d lost five straight Grand Slam matches dating to the 2013 U.S. Open before Tuesday. Nadal’s summation of his day: “Not very good; not very bad”.
Two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova has always said she prefers the genteel calm of the All England Club to the bustle of New York City. “I’ve played a lot of tennis and I think often it’s been the case at the US Open that guys at this stage of this year are worn out”. I need to have the confidence again with my wrist. “But I am in the way”.
Fourth seed Rafael Nadal continued his recent promising run of form by beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in three sets, dropping only seven games in the process.
Opening the first night session of the tournament, Djokovic and Janowicz had to wait for the conclusion of a lavish ceremony to unveil the stadium’s new United States dollars 150million roof, before it was their turn to play.
“It was extremely physical out there but I was playing on adrenaline”, said 24-year-old Harrison who was as high as 43 in the world in 2012.
While the Big Four have dominated, a group of other players still has the chance to break through and do damage here.
Opening ceremony featured award-winning actors Alec Baldwin and Susan Sarandon as well as former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and Flavia Pennetta, the shock victor of the US Open women’s title past year. “I’ve had a long summer as well”, he said. “You still have guys like Andy, Rafa, Cilic, Nishikori, Raonic”.
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“So I think even without [Federer], it’s a very strong field”.
