“Maybe a little later when I’m alone”.
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Give me Serena in straight sets.
Williams begins her US Open campaign against experienced Ekaterina Makarova of Russian Federation.
“You really have to make that mental and emotional commitment to the game”, Evert said in a conference call for tennis writers organized by USA broadcaster ESPN this week.
Women’s world number one Serena Williams, a beaten semi-finalist a year ago, begins her campaign against Russian Ekaterina Makarova, while Britons Heather Watson and Naomi Brody will play qualifiers. Had Puig remained unseeded, she could have met one of the top players in the first or second round.
He will take on compatriot Diego Schwartzman in round one, while Spaniard Nadal will go up against Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin. I just hope to be healthy and to be enabled to play the way I wish to play in US Open.
Djokovic’s closest competition on the U.S. Open odds comes from the man who beat him in the 2012 final, Andy Murray, who sits at +180. Still, health and fatigue can slow La Monf, who owns a 15-12 record in five-set matches.
Murray, whose 22-match winning streak was snapped in the final of the Cincinnati Maters last Sunday, can not be displeased with how it may shape up.
China’s Zhang Shuai, who earned a quarter-final berth at the Australian Open, will be one of the top local players in the women’s draw.
First-round match to watch: (5) Milos Raonic vs. Dustin Brown-The first meeting between the pair should produce serving fireworks and plenty of drop shots from touch master Brown.
Kei Nishikori, a finalist in 2014, will also fancy his chances, while Stan Wawrinka is a two-time grand slam champion and has a habit of lifting his game for the grand slams.
Earlier this year, Novak Djokovic finally won the French Open, the only Grand Slam still missing from his hands. Del Potro is ranked No. 142 because three left wrist surgeries forced him to miss so much time.
Andy Murray will face Lukas Rosol in his first match. He has lost both previous tour meetings against Murray, at Indian Wells and the 2015 BMW Open in Munich, the latter of which was a heated contest and memorable for the world number two telling his opponent that “no-one likes you on the tour, everyone hates you”.
“I’m doing well and I’ve been training as much as I possibly could to re-strengthen my quad and my body to keep it in shape”, said Federer, who had surgery on his left knee in February. “I think I try to look at it as we all always have tough matches”. But the record-holding 17-times Grand Slam singles event victor has repeatedly been insistent, to anyone that has asked, that he will be fully fit and raring to go at next January’s Australian Open.
Williams lost in the semi-finals to Roberta Vinci 12 months ago in NY.
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Watch out for 12th-seeded David Goffin. Murray later grumbled across the court to Rosol about nobody liking him. Contrasting styles could make this a compelling match.
