A pair of two-time champions with ailing wrists. “If the day will come when I reach No. 1, that would be incredible”, said the German.
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“The “Big Four”, as you say, are getting older”.
And then there is Andy Murray. Here’s a look at the favorites and darkhorses. But looking poised and actually being the entity are two entirely different things.
Nadal is a potential semifinal opponent for Djokovic, the defending champ, while Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka are in the other half of the bracket.
Six defeats in total – Williams was responsible for three of them.
Murray played 14 matches in 15 days en route to winning his second straight gold medal and reaching the final at Cincinnati, when the fatigue finally caught up to him.
Djokovic has been drawn against Jerzy Janowicz, while Nadal is up against Denis Istomin.
That’s the storyline that rings the cleanest at the moment in Queens. He was full of fire and spunk and struck the ball as clean as he has all year.
“I think usually I prefer to play more coming into the final grand slam of the year, but there is nothing we can do about it”. “And he knows the little tweaks he can make in his game, which is from rust and from maybe not hitting with enough confidence”. “I’ve played so many British people over the last few weeks in the Challengers that as soon as I saw Heather and Naomi had drawn qualifiers, I just had that feeling that I was going to play one of them”.
“Sometimes time is what you need as an athlete and because the U.S. Open is around the corner I don’t have too much time”, Djokovic told reporters on Friday, according to Reuters.
“The third-round loss at Wimbledon to Sam allowed me to take some time and really regroup and think about what was achieved with the French Open”, the Serb said.
But let’s be clear. Will Serena have what it takes to claim the US Open victory and propel herself into the record books, or will her shoulder injury put the dream on the backburner?
But the Swiss came up against Djokovic in the final and, with the Serbian having seen off 2014 champion Cilic in the semis, he broke the hearts of Federer fans with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 win. He’s 0-2 in his career against Murray.
As the US Open 2016 gets near, world no. 1 Serena Williams continuously faces issues regarding her possible downfall.
The physical cracks are starting to show – Djokovic and Nadal have been bothered by wrist problems in recent weeks while 35-year-old Federer has shut down his 2016 season due to a knee injury.
Kerber wants to play her best tennis in a tournament that loves: ´I am here playing tennis.
“I think today I can start the forehand, I think my normal forehand, but it still needs time to feel that I am more confident on my wrist”.
As for Nadal, who turned 30 on June 3, he’d like to get his mojo back in NY, and he’s talking like he truly feels he can do it.
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“It’s obvious that we will not be here forever. But still Novak is No. 1, Andy No. 2”, said 14-time major victor Nadal. It was some other injury I was going through privately and nothing linked to the wrist injury.
