Tiger Woods remains head and shoulder above his peers but if swing coach Butch Harmon is to be believed, Phil Mickelson will overtake Woods in a couple of years. Harmon, who has been Woods’ swing coach at some point of time, said his new client Mickelson has the zest and zeal to work hard and [...]
Nick Dougherty’s two-under 68 was enough to fetch him the lead while world number one Tiger Woods was tied fifth after a round of one-over 71 after the opening round in the US Open. In the challenging Oakmont golf course, Dougherty sunk four birdies as against a couple of bogeys to finish the first round [...]
Maria Sharapova has struggled this year in Grand Slams because of injuries and poor form but looks like she is determined to defend US Open title, which she won last year. Sharapova, wearing her much-publicized new red dress, was in ominous form as she dominated Italy’s Roberta Vinci through out the match. Such was the [...]
Former world number one Martina Hingis relied on her bag of tricks while Svetlana Kuznetsova came up with a power-packed performance as both the former champions breezed into the third round of the US Open tennis tournament. Hingis was all finesse as she mowed down unheralded Pauline Parmentier 6-2, 7-5, while Kuznetsova overcame a dropped [...]
Tim Henman Grand Slam career ended with a disappointment. Playing in his last Grand slam tournament, he was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 2-6 7-5 6-4 at the US Open. After losing the first set in the tiebreak, Henman fight back in the second. But Tsonga was just too good for the player whose playing [...]
Long-ago playmates produced an entertaining and lengthy U.S. Open match that was awesome and will be remembered for quite a long. When it ended, Djokovic waved his hands to admire the fans standing ovations, which held them captivated for four and a half hours. Meanwhile, Stepanek stepped over the net, dropped his racket to apply [...]
Third seed Novak Djokovic survived a four-set thriller as the Serbian huffed and puffed his way to the quarterfinal of the US Open with a hard-earned 7-5 7-6 (7-2) 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 victory against a spirited Juan Monaco. Relieved after taming Monaco, Djokovic admitted I had to fight hard for every point against him (Monaco) [...]
Top-seed Federer is going great guns as he produced a phenomenal display to see off a fired-up Andy Roddick 7-6 7-6 6-2 in a dazzling US Open quarter-final. The American playing in front of his home crowd showed some astonishing forehand shots but could not survive the flawless display of power tennis, to face a [...]
“She played unbelievable. She fought well. She deserved to win.” – her opponent Serbian Jelena Jankovic. Recently chosen as one of People’s Magazine’s annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Venus Ebone Starr Williams, a 5 time grand slam winner has kept the nations chances alive in her home grand slam the 2007 US [...]
Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer chalked out facile straight-set wins to sail into the semifinals of the US Open, joining Roger Federer and Nikolay Davydenko in the last four stage of the Grand Slam tournament. Third seed Djokovic outplayed 17th seed Carlos Moya 6-4, 7-6 (9-7), 6-1 at the National Tennis Center, while David Ferrer [...]
