Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in an Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night, the longtime rivals playing with the intensity they normally display when they meet in Grand Slam finals. This match rather posed the question of whether Roger Federer at 30 and having not defeated the younger man [...]
Andy Murray will move ahead of Roger Federer to No. 3 in the ATP tennis rankings after winning the Shanghai Masters to secure a third straight title this month. Andy Murray beat Spain’s David Ferrer 7-5 6-4 to claim the Shanghai Masters tennis title on Sunday and move ahead of Swiss Roger Federer in the [...]
For the 4th straight year, the men’s final at the US Open had to be postponed a day because of bad weather earlier in the tournament. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal play Monday. Australian Samantha Stosur defeated American Serena Williams in the women’s final on Sunday. For Rafael Nadal to retain his US Open [...]
Following a script eerily similar to that of the U.S. Open semifinal the 2 played last year, Novak Djokovic saved two set points to defeat Roger Federer, 6-7(7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5, booking a spot in his second consecutive Open final. With good reason, Roger Federer struggled to accept the uncanny repetition of defeat by [...]
Second seed Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray advanced to the US Open semifinals by winning Friday. The 2 will square off Saturday following the first semifinal between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Roger Federer. With First Lady Michelle Obama watching from the stands on a glorious sunny day at Arthur [...]
Second-seeded Rafael Nadal erased the last American from the 2011 US Open men’s singles draw with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 victory that put the Spaniard in the semifinals for the 4th time in 4 years. The sounds from Andy Roddick were anguished Friday, groaning, heaving grunts of effort, and then Rafael Nadal would send a [...]
Rafael Nadal has defeated Andy Roddick in the Men’s Single quarterfinal of the 2011 US Open. CBS Sports’ Mary Joe Fernandez caught up with Nadal after his victory. Defending champion Rafael Nadal overwhelmed Andy Roddick right from the start in their US Open quarterfinal. Whipping passing shots from all angles and returning superbly, the No. [...]
American and international brands are lining up to play their parts in the world’s best-attended, annual sporting event—the US Open in Flushing Meadows The US Open 2011 begins on Monday with matches beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. Roger Federer and Vera Zvonareva are the top men’s and women’s seeds on the schedule. Aug 29, 2011 [...]
Despite Irene’s threats to lay waste to the US Open tennis this week, the tournament will start today on schedule, with matches beginning at 11 a.m., as planned. Whether the fans will be there remains to be seen. With the transit system in flux — as you might have noticed this morning — opening day [...]
The US Open 2011 will begin Monday with tweaks to the day’s original schedule, including a two-hour delay for the start of play at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The US Open tennis 2011 tournament will begin on schedule after the National Tennis Center in New York sustained “minimal damage” from Tropical Storm Irene. The final [...]
