US Open tennis 2016


Two young African Americans had chances to win and choked.

Taylor Townsend (USA) had Caroline Wozniacki but lost in 3.

Frances Tiafoe had John Isner, served for the match, but could not do it - he lost in 5.

Congratulations to Naomi Osaka (half Japanese / half Haitian) on her victory over Coco Vandeweghe
 

http://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2016...-scores-results-angelique-kerber-rafael-nadal

Upsets in bold

Men's Singles results

No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Jerzy Janowicz, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Rafael Nadal def. Denis Istomin, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 Milos Raonic def. Dustin Brown, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
No. 7 Marin Cilic def. Rogerio Dutra Silva, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1
No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Guido Andreozzi, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
No. 10. Gael Monfils def. Gilles Muller, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(5)
Kyle Edmund def. No. 13 Richard Gasquet, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
No. 15 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 7-6, 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-6(3)
No. 18 Pablo Cuevas def. Dudi Sela, 6-3, 6-2, 0-6, 5-7, 6-3
No. 20 John Isner def. Frances Tiafoe, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
No. 23 Kevin Anderson def. Yoshihito Nishioka, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
No. 24 Lucas Pouille def. Mikhail Kukushkin, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
No. 26 Jack Sock def. Taylor Fritz, 7-6(3), 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4
Mikhail Youzhny def. No. 28 Martin Klizan, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas def. Julien Benneteau, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
No. 32 Benoit Paire def. Dusan Lajovic, 6-2, 2-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1

Women's Singles results

No. 2 Angelique Kerber def. Polona Hercog, 6-0, 1-0 (ret.)
No. 3 Garbine Muguruza def. Elise Mertens, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3
No. 7 Roberta Vinci def. Anna-Lena Friedsam, 6-2, 6-4
No. 8 Madison Keys def. Alison Riske, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2
No. 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-1, 6-2
No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova def. Magda Linette, 6-2, 6-3
No. 13 Johanna Konta def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-3, 6-3
No. 14 Petra Kvitova def. Jelena Ostapenko, 7-5, 6-3
Monica Niculescu def. No. 18 Barbora Strycova, 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-1
Lesia Tsurenko def. No. 21 Irina-Camelia Begu, 6-0, 6-4
No. 22 Elina Svitolina def. Mandy Minella, 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2
No. 24 Belinda Bencic def. Samantha Crawford, 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4
Shelby Rogers def. No. 27 Sara Errani, 6-4, 7-6(3)
Naomi Osaka def. No. 28 Coco Vandeweghe, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4
Carina Witthoeft def. No. 30 Misaki Doi, 6-4, 6-1
Saisai Zheng def. No. 32 Monica Puig, 6-4, 6-2
 
There are times watching Venus play and she is just in the zone, but then she goes off course, but this time she corrected and won the match. I am happy for the senior :D graceful lady of tennis.


http://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2016...n-tennis-2016-womens-bracket-schedule-results


2016 US Open: Bracket, schedule and scores for women's draw

Day 2: Tuesday, Aug. 30

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Ekaterina Makarova, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Jessica Pegula, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Simona Halep def. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Venus Williams def. Kateryna Kozlova, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
No. 10 Karolina Pliskova vs. Sofia Kenin
No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Teliana Pereira, 6-0, 6-0
No. 15 Timea Bacsinszky def. Vitalia Diatchenko, 6-1, 6-1
No. 16 Samantha Stosur def. Camila Giorgi, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-1
No. 17 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Louisa Chirico, 6-1, 6-4
No. 19 Elena Vesnina def. Anett Kontaveit, 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3
Ana Konjuh def. No. 20 Kiki Bertens, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Qiang Wang def. No. 23 Daria Kasatkina, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
No. 25 Caroline Garcia def. Pauline Parmentier, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 26 Laura Siegemund def. Patricia Maria Tig, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Denisa Allertova def. No. 29 Ana Ivanovic, 7-6(4), 6-1
No. 31 Timea Babos def. Barbara Haas, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
 
http://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2016/8/29/12680500/2016-us-open-tennis-mens-bracket-schedule-results

upsets in bold.

Donald Young won his first round match.

Day 2: Tuesday, Aug. 30

No. 2 Andy Murray vs. Lukas Rosol
No. 3 Stan Wawrinka def. Fernando Verdasco, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Kei Nishikori def. Benjamin Becker, 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
No. 8 Dominic Thiem vs. John Millman
No. 11 David Ferrer def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6-5 (ret.)
Jared Donaldson def. No. 12 David Goffin, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 - Nice upset of the young american
No. 14 Nick Kyrgios vs. Aljaz Bedene
No. 16 Feliciano Lopez def. Borna Coric, 3-4 (ret.)
Damir Dzumhur def. No. 17 Bernard Tomic, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(0)
No. 19 Steve Johnson vs. Evgeny Donskoy
No. 21 Ivo Karlovic def. Yen-Hsun Lu, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 7-5
No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov def. Inigo Cervantes, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(7)
Nicolas Mahut def. No. 25 Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 7-5, 1-0 (ret.)
No. 27 Alexander Zverev def. Daniel Brands, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)
Janko Tipsarevic def. No. 29 Sam Querrey, 7-6(4), 6-7(0), 6-3, 6-3
No. 30 Gilles Simon def. Radek Stepanek, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
Juan Martin Del Potro def. Diego Schwartzman, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(3)
 
Steve Johnson is quietly winning, making others take notice

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/open/2016/08/31/steve-johnson-us-open/89665020/

NEW YORK — Steve Johnson doesn’t want you to know his name. The only problem: He keeps winning tennis matches.

Earlier this summer, the 26-year-old former NCAA champion at USC became the top-ranked American man when he reached a career high of No. 21 in the world. He won a bronze medal in the men’s doubles event at the Rio Olympics (with Jack Sock) and he was points away from defeating eventual champion Andy Murray in the singles quarterfinals.

“I’m not the kind of guy that walks around to get noticed,” Johnson, the No. 19 seed at the U.S. Open, told USA TODAY Sports in an interview. “I’m someone who would rather talk about anything else than my accomplishments, that’s all.”
 
Major upset -
Ryan Harrison was ready to pounce when Milos Raonic stumbled

http://www.espn.com/tennis/usopen16...son-pounced-no-5-milos-raonic-showed-weakness

NEW YORK -- Ryan Harrison looked across the net midway through the third set of his second-round US Open match with Milos Raonic on Wednesday afternoon and saw that his opponent was suffering and appeared ready to be knocked out.

At that point, Harrison might have been justified in feeling a twinge of bittersweet satisfaction. The men had been junior rivals and closely watched prodigies. But where Raonic made a dramatic breakthrough in 2011 and went on to become a fixture in the top 10, Harrison's career got off to a fast start and then devolved into a tale of struggle and woe.
 
http://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2016...n-tennis-2016-womens-bracket-schedule-results

Day 3: Wednesday, Aug. 31 (recap)

No. 2 Angelique Kerber def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 6-2, 7-6(7)
Anastasija Sevastova def. No. 3 Garbine Muguruza, 7-5, 6-4 - Major Upset
No. 7 Roberta Vinci def. Christina McHale, 6-1, 6-3
No. 8 Madison Keys def. Kayla Day, 6-1, 6-1
Caroline Wozniacki def. No. 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4, 6-4 - Major Upset
No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova def. Evgeniya Rodina, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-2
No. 13 Johanna Konta def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
No. 14 Petra Kvitova def. Cagla Buyukakcay, 7-6(2), 6-3
No. 22 Elina Svitolina def. Lauren Davis, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
No. 24 Belinda Bencic def. Andrea Petkovic, 6-3, 6-2
 
http://www.sbnation.com/tennis/2016/8/29/12680500/2016-us-open-tennis-mens-bracket-schedule-results

Day 3: Wednesday, Aug. 31 (recap)

No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Jiri Vesely, (walkover)
No. 4 Rafael Nadal def. Andreas Seppi, 6-0, 7-5, 6-1
Ryan Harrison def. Milos Raonic, 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 - Major upset for the American - this is the furthest he has gotten in a major.
No. 7 Marin Cilic def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. James Duckworth, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 10 Gael Monfils def. Jan Satral, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
No. 15 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Federico Delbonis, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
Nicolas Almagro def. No. 18 Pablo Cuevas, 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(9)
No. 20 John Isner def. Steve Darcis, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(10), 6-3
No. 23 Kevin Anderson def. Vasek Pospisil, 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4
No. 24 Lucas Pouille def. Marco Chiudinelli, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-0
No. 26 Jack Sock def. Mischa Zverev, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
Andrey Kuznetsov def. No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(5)
Marcos Baghdatis def. No. 32 Benoit Paire, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
 
Nice win for Caroline - she has been off her game for most of the year

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/31/tennis/us-open-wozniacki-djokovic-kvitova-konta/index.html

U.S. Open 2016: Caroline Wozniacki once again flourishing in New York

(CNN)The U.S. Open is providing relief -- again -- for Caroline Wozniacki but the heat and humidity in the Big Apple took its toll on one of the Dane's peers on the women's tour, Johanna Konta.

Remarkably, however, Konta -- who could be heard saying her heart rate increased and suggested her vision was blurred after she had dropped to the court -- recovered to join Wozniacki in the third round in New York.

Wozniacki -- whose season has been blighted by ankle and arm injuries -- achieved her best grand slam showing of 2016 by winning a round and the former No. 1 went one better Wednesday by defeating 2004 U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 6-4.
 
What a day. Jack sock - big upset. greatest comeback for Madison Keys.

The improvements to the national tennis center are great
 

Novak Djokovic is good ... and now he is very lucky

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/tenni...Feed:+rss/cnn_latest+(RSS:+CNN+-+Most+Recent)

(CNN)You've heard of the expression "Better to be lucky than good?" But what if you are both lucky and good?

At this year's US Open, Novak Djokovic -- one of tennis' all-time greats with 12 majors -- is a prime example.
When Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired trailing the world No. 1 in Tuesday's quarterfinals 6-3 6-2, it marked the third time during the tournament that Djokovic benefited from a walkover or retirement.
It all began in the second round when Jiri Vesely withdrew with a forearm complaint. Then in the third round, Mikhail Youzhny called it quits with a hamstring injury while behind 4-2.
Tsonga stopped on Arthur Ashe stadium due to a left knee problem to extend Djokovic's good fortune.
"I can only wish all of my opponents a speedy recovery," Djokovic, who next faces another Frenchman, Gael Monfils, told reporters.
 
Serena Williams is constantly the target of disgusting racist and sexist attacks

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/11/8189679/serena-williams-indian-wells-racism

Serena Williams, who's widely considered the greatest woman tennis player ever, has made history again: Monday, she defeated Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in the fourth round of the US Open, giving her more Grand Slam victories (308) than any other tennis player.

But longtime fans know that, along with celebrating, they should brace for more of the expressions of bigotry have threatened to tarnished nearly every victory, magazine cover, and interview of her entire incredible career. All too often, instead of being celebrated, she's targeted with outrageous racist and sexist comments.

For example, in the moments surrounding her win at the French Open in June 2015, Williams was compared to an animal, likened to a man, and deemed frightening and horrifyingly unattractive. One Twitter user wrote that Williams "looks like a gorilla, and sounds like a gorilla when she grunts while hitting the ball. In conclusion, she is a gorilla." And another described her as "so unbelievably dominant ... and manly." ESPN sports commentator Bomani Jones responded to those reactions — as well as to the ones that dismissed them as subjective commentary — with a series of tweets.
 
Serena needed to showcase her legendary game to defeat Simona Halep

http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/ar...d-showcase-legendary-game-defeat-simona-halep

After a torrid start in which it seemed she might run Halep right off the court, Williams needed every bit of her legendary game -- her service bombs, her defensive prowess and net play, the power ground strokes and delicate drop shots she parachuted down here and there -- to survive everything Halep started to throw at her during the 2 hours, 14 minutes they raged at each other on a muggy night at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Until this match, no previous opponent had managed to keep Williams on-court more than 68 minutes. In the end, Williams knew she had only herself to blame for the length of this match. She went 0-for-12 on break points in the second set and double-faulted to hand Halep a decisive break of her own
 
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