Key Statistic II: 186 – Number of consecutive weeks Williams will have spent at No. 1 by the end of the U.S. Open, equaling Graf’s all-time WTA record.
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“I am not 100 percent but I am getting there”. I think having that different perspective helps a lot. In Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Cincinnati he played 15 matches: ´It was hard going from Rio to Cincinnati.
“Before Wimbledon it was like, just hand the trophy to Djokovic, but now it’s shifted ever so fractionally and that’s what makes it so exciting, because, if Murray wins, that’s two majors apiece this year, which hasn’t happened in a long while, and there could be a real shift of the guard happening”.
The 34-year-old American, seeking to break her tie with Steffi Graf for most grand slam singles titles in the Open era on 22, has a 4-1 career record against Makarova, but lost to the Russian in the fourth round at the 2012 Australian Open.
“Sometimes time is what you need as an athlete and because the US Open is around the corner I don’t have too much time”.
Murray landed his third Grand Slam with a second Wimbledon victory earlier this summer before going on to defend his Olympic gold medal, becoming the only player to have won two Olympic singles titles.
Williams is a strong favorite to win the year’s final major of the year for a seventh time.
And she even figured maybe the time she couldn’t spend serving during training sessions paid off, in a way, because she was forced to work on other aspects of her game, including footwork.
Ahead of the 2016 edition of the US Open, we take a look at how the last five years have panned out at Flushing Meadows.
Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 US Open victor, has been handed a wildcard entry into the tournament after taking silver in Brazil and could be an awkward early obstacle for the favourites.
“I want to really do well there”, the Spaniard said.
“Fernando is a tough player to play”.
In the third round, she could meet Ana Ivanovic, who beat her at the 2014 Australian Open.
“It’s tough to repeat of course the results of a year ago”, Vinci said.
Olympic silver medallist Juan Martin del Potro has been drawn against fellow Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
The 27-year-old del Potro, nearly pushed into retirement by three wrist surgeries, is back at Flushing Meadows for the first time since 2013, earning a wild card invitation with a stirring run to an Olympic silver medal.
As is always the case with Serena in NY, more history will be on the line.
The late wobble, in front of a crowd that included compatriot Nadia Comeneci – the first gymnast to be awarded a flawless score of 10 – had Halep rating her own performance “less than nine”.
After Sky Sports lost the rights to broadcast the US Open, Eurosport will show live and exclusive coverage from Flushing Meadows.
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Radwanska will face Britain’s Naomi Broady for a place in the last 32.
