Defending champion Novak Djokovic is ready to let his racket do the talking about how his body is holding up at this year’s U.S. Open.
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Britain’s Kyle Edmund backed up his first round win over world number 15 Richard Gasquet with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 victory over U.S. wildcard Ernesto Escobedo. He didn’t play again until the Olympics, where he lost the bronze medal match to Kei Nishikori. Donaldson is ranked a career-best 122nd. Going into this tournament, he had played only nine matches since winning the French Open in June and his ring-rustiness showed against Janowicz. “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”.
He also said the incident lasted only briefly, that the two players talked about it in the lockerroom and that it is no longer an issue.
The Flushing Meadows complex was showcasing its gleaming $600 million refit which includes a retractable roof over Arthur Ashe and a brand new Grandstand court.
Novak Djokovic takes on Jiri Vesely in the men’s singles second round clash of the 2016 US Open on Wednesday (31 August).
“It wasn’t to be in the second set but overall it was a good performance”.
He’s also dropped seven of his past eight meetings with Serbian opponents – the only win that upset of Djokovic at Wimbledon. In his second match back after a 2 1/2-month layoff, Nadal won that day 6-3, 6-3.
Giorgi capitalized on only 3 of 14 break-point opportunities.
Marin Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champ, advanced to the third round.
Dudi Sela was knocked out in the first round of a Grand Slam event for the fifth time in the past six tournaments on Monday, losing a five-set thriller to No. 18 seed Pablo Cuevas in the US Open in NY.
Italian seventh seed Roberta Vinci, last year’s runner-up, faces Christina McHale of the United States. But he exited in the first round in 2011, 2013 and 2015.
From a commanding position, Myneni lost grip over the match.
Ivanovic is a former No. 1 player and 2008 French Open victor who has slipped to No. 31 in the rankings.
The 26-year-old Dane recovered from 0-4 down in the first set to record a seventh win in eight meetings and third in NY over the ninth-seeded Russian. Or to serve: That’s normally his most effective stroke, yet he double-faulted 15 times.
“Different surface, different circumstances, best-of-five”, said Djokovic of the second-round tilt. That was all he really needed to take complete control of the match as Janowicz’s shotmaking started to fade.
Fifth-seeded Romanian Simona Halep survived late jitters to make it safely into the second round with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Belgian Kirsten Flipkens.
Her ranking down to 74th after an ankle injury and on-court struggles, Wozniacki is unseeded at the U.S. Open for the first time since her debut in 2007.
Halep says she wasn’t flawless, but pleased with how she played against the Belgian.
“She’s gotten to the semifinals”.
“The most important thing is I’m here in NY and that makes me happy”, said Spain’s 14-times grand slam victor, who could not continue through the French Open and also missed Wimbledon and the Toronto event due to his wrist injury. Andy Murray has been playing passionately lately after his win at the Wimbledon and the Olympics.
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Venus will take on Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine in the afternoon Tuesday before her top-ranked sister plays Ekaterina Makarova of Russian Federation in the night match at the stadium with the new retractable roof.
