The American is gunning for Slam No 23 at the US Open, but it is her ‘power’ dress that is also turning heads. She evoked ‘Wonder Woman’ when describing to reporters the superhero-looking outfit she sported. The 34-year-old had a black and pink outfit, accessorized with long glove-like compression wear on her arms. “It is functional, so I think that Read More

Swiss third seed Stanislas Wawrinka outlasted tiring former champion Juan Martin del Potro in four sets to advance to the semi-finals of the US Open on Wednesday. Twice Grand Slam winner Wawrinka ended the rousing comeback effort by the Argentine at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win to close out Day 10 at the year’s last Grand Read More

Lucas Pouille crowned a glorious French charge at the US Open on Sunday by ousting 14-times Grand Slam singles winner Rafa Nadal in a five-set thriller. The 22-year-old Pouille, seeded 24th, won a deciding tiebreak 8-6 to complete a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6) marathon victory and join compatriots Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils into the last eight at Flushing Read More

Indian mixed doubles pair of Sikki Reddy and Pranaav Jerry Chopra clinched their maiden Grand Prix title, bagging the Brazil Open with a straight games victory over Canadian combo of Toby Ng and Rachel Honderich at  Foz do Iguacu in Brazil, on Sunday. The top seeded Indian pair, ranked 65, prevailed 21-15, 21-16 over second seeds Toby and Rachel in Read More

In the climactic tiebreaker, Nadal fought off Pouille’s triple match point at 6-3, but the Frenchman won the final two points, the last coming on a blistering forehand winner. “He’s young. He’s a player that has all the shots. He’s a potential top 10,” Nadal said of Pouille. songa advanced to a clash against either world number one Novak Djokovic Read More

Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann were knocked out in the first round of men’s doubles at the US Open after losing to the Stephane Robert-Dudi Sela 6-2 5-7 4-6 on Saturday. Despite starting on a positive note after taking the first set 6-2, Paes and Begemann lost the next set by a narrow margin (5-7). In the Read More

Day three at the US Open 2016 saw two top-10 players in both men’s and women’s draw tumble out. Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic fell prey to Ryan Harrison and Garbine Muruguza crashed out in the second round for a second straight Grand Slam. However, there was no trouble for Rafael Nadal in the final match of the night – with Read More

US Open 2016 on day three begins with Petra Kvitova taking court on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Roberta Vinci against American Christina McHale in what is a promising encounter on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Other top picks on day three will see Rafael Nadal take on Andreas Seppi in the final match of the day. During the day session, Novak Djokovic would Read More

As Rafael Nadal stood near the net at the US Open after winning his first Grand Slam match in three months Monday, he unraveled the thick wrap of white tape protecting his all-important left wrist and then clutched at that arm with his right hand. Sure, there were matches that provided more drama or surprises on Day 1 at Flushing Read More

Sure, Monica Puig would have loved another week between the Olympics and the US Open to “come down from the high” of becoming Puerto Rico’s first gold medalist. Then again, that’s not how the tennis calendar works. Puig realizes that if she wants to climb back to those heights, she’ll need to figure out this sort of turnaround. For now, Read More