Venus Has Her Designs On The Fourth Round

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Venus Williams is more than a tennis player. She’s an author, fashion designer, and philanthropist. And her work showed tonight at Arthur Ashe Stadium when she debuted a new outfit designed for the US Open designed by her company EleVen Designs. “So far this year my outfits have been based off [...]

Q & A With Sam Querrey

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – It doesn’t always seem likely, but with Ryan Harrison and John Isner going today, Sam Querrey’s straight sets, 6-2 6-3 6-4 win over Marcel Granollers seemed to be overlooked. As such, I was the only one in the post-match presser asking the No. 20 seed any questions. Below is the Q [...]

Is Isner America’s Best Hope?

FLUSHING  MEADOWS, NY – With Andy Roddick and now Ryan Harrison out of the tournament, is John Isner America’s best champ in bringing back the Men’s Singles championship to the United States? If his ankle holds up, then sure, but that’s a big if. “Yeah, it’s definitely been tough,” said Isner who beat Marco Chiudinelli [...]

The Promise Is There for Harrison

FLUSHING MEADOWS – To quote another Harrison: “My Sweet Lord.” And much like George, who were the least known of the Beatles, 18 year-old Ryan Harrison us definitely the least know of the American’s at the US Open. A native of Shrevenport, LA, Harrison is playing in his first main draw at the US Open [...]

US Open 2009 Women’s Semis

US Open Women’s Results – Day 4

US OPEN New York, NY-USA August 30-September 12, 2010 $22,668,000/Grand Slam Hard/Outdoors Thursday, September 2, 2010 Singles – Second Round (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) 60 60 (4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (Q) Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 64 36 62 (7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 61 76(5) Peng Shuai (CHN) d. [...]

Mentor Maria Hopes To Avoid Upstart Buzzsaw

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Maria Sharapova knows a thing or two about facing the up and comer. Last year she ran into a buzz-saw named Melanie Oudin in the third round and was forced to go home. Now after her 6-1 6-2 win over Iveta Benesova, the Russian beauty will be facing another up and [...]

It’s a Wonderful Life for Beatrice Capra

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Now that Melanie Oudin is out of the US Open, we reporter types always need a new Cinderella story to report. Enter Beatrice Capra. If you haven’t heard of her, don’t sweat it as she’s ranked 317 in the world. But with her first Top 20 win against the 18th seed [...]

Eternal Sunshine of Caroline’s Mind

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – You can’t blame Caroline Wozniacki for being happy. After winning in Montreal and then New Haven, she is on a roll. And now she cruised into the third round of the US Open, losing only two games in the first round to Chelsey Gullickson, 6-1 6-1,  and now the shutting out [...]

Isner Just Getting Back After Wimbledon and Injury

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – The last time we saw John Isner at a major, it took him three days to get the win. Needless to say, this time it was a little easier. “Yeah, just a little bit,” laughed Isner after he disposed of Federico Gil, 6-4 6-3 6-4.  “I don’t know the exact time [...]

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