Tennis phenom Serena Williams, who will continue her quest to be the winningest tennis champion to ever live. One of them is her fitness as Williams has been sidelined since the Olympics due to a right shoulder injury that led to her pulling out of the Western & Southern. “Big, strong guy; goes for his shots; takes a lot of risks and has beaten good players over the years”.
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Djokovic has played only nine competitive matches over the last three months since winning the French Open. The 14-time major champ returned for the Olympics and reached the semifinals in singles and won the doubles gold medal. “But it’s not the place and time to talk about it”.
At the age of nine, the Rock Island, Illinois native moved to Florida with her family to train at the academy run by 18-time grand slam victor Chris Evert and her brother John, who became her coach. The 14-time Grand Slam victor gained momentum after winning back-to-back titles during the European clay circuit and was poised to a promising finish at the French Open before a left wrist injury halted his impressive run.
These truly are trying time for three of the greatest players of their generation-and of all-time-but at least two of them are very much in the mix at the U.S. Open, health woes and all, and hoping that they can summon greatness by the time the last ball is struck at the 2016 U.S. Open. Djokovic then pulled out of the hard-court warmup at Cincinnati, the first time he’d cited an issue with the wrist. Djokovic has won the first two Grand Slams of the year while Murray has picked up the third.
If the odds had to be picked, one would side with the Serbian as the conditions at the US Open are more suited to him. Her ranking has slipped to 36th, and she just missed a seed at Flushing Meadows.
Doing an interview shortly after the draw was set, Djokovic joked he wasn’t “mentally ready” to see his bracket quite yet and wanted to wait until “I’m alone”.
Djokovic, the top seed, begins his campaign against big-serving Jerzy Janowicz of Poland while Nadal faces Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in his first round match.
The U.S. Open, like every other tournament this season, is Novak Djokovic’s to lose.
With Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal battling wrist injuries and Roger Federer out for the season, it’s been Andy Murray’s time to shine.
In the women’s draw, Wimbledon champions Serena Williams is the top seed and favourite, with Angelique Kerber and Garbine Muguruza, who upset the American in the final of the Australian Open and French Open respectively, are also expected to contend.
Olympic champion Andy Murray will meet Czech Lukas Rosol in the first round of the US Open, which starts on Monday.
Earlier in the tournament, Williams could run into opponents who have eliminated her at past majors.
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Federer reached the US Open final 12 months ago and his absence will harden the views of those that consider this year’s men’s tournament a two-horse race. With five U.S. Open championships, he’s tied with Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors for the most titles in the Open Era. Ranked No. 142 because of three left wrist surgeries, the 2009 US Open champ got in with a wild card. But the 19th-seeded Johnson could face the Olympic silver medalist in the second round.
