29-8-14 us open

MENS

Scotsman Andy Murray looks a lot better than he did on Monday as he broke in the 8^th game of the first set. German Bachinger was giving away some easy points to Andy Murray which gave him the confidence to go on. Murray hit a sweet return shot to give him 2 set points to win the set which he took with a quality shot. Murray then broke in the first game of the second set to give him comfort.  Bachinger stole a game of Andy Murray as Murray was 30 love up and Bachinger hit 4 shots in a row to win it.  Andy Murray managed to win the second set and at this stage he looked a lot better than the first round. Andy Murray gave away 3 break points at 4-3. Andy Murray then had a brilliant game to win the match as it brought the tie from 4-4 to 6-4 winning all four points. .  Bachinger did deserve a set in this match but Andy showed how clinical he is.

Novac Djockovic took an early break in the first set to lead by 4-1against Mathieu and after doing that taking another break to lead 5-1and as he took the set it looked like he could not lose this match. Djockovic did take a break in the 6^th game but this set was definitely a lot tighter. Djockovic did take the second but must have felt Mathieu getting better. The third seemed to be Djockovic at his best as he took 2 breaks of serve to lead 4-0 and took the fifth to love and this form looks like there might be a champion here. Djockovic looked very impressive in that final shot to win 6-0

American John Isner won in straight sets against Struff of Germany. Frenchman Jo Wilfred Tsonga also got a straight sets win against Nedovyesov. American Sam Query beat Spaniard Garcia Lopez the seed in straight sets  

WOMENS

Serena Williams showed why she is the best in the world after beating Viana King by 6 games to 1. Serena showed her class in the second set to win 6-0 but the conditions were very windy.

Euginie Bouchard took an early break against Cirstea in her second round match. In the final game of the set it did seem that Cirstea had given up a little bit as it seemed like she let Bouchard win it to make the score 6-2. . The second set was much closer as at 4-4 it seemed like Bouchard was in a battle. Bouchard then lost control of the match as she lost a break and Cistea was serving for the set. Bouchard did break back and force a tie break. Cistea wins the tie break by 7 points to 4.Bouchard got an early break in the third set to make it 3-1. Cistrea broke straight back to make the score 3-3. Bouchard then broke again to give herself a chance to win this match but the way they are breaking you can’t be certain. Cistea then Broke to make this result look more like it should Cistea hit the ball long and as every ball was on serve the tie was won by Bouchard

 

Petra Kitova from the Czech Republic won in straight sets against Cetkovska also from the Czech Republic in straight sets. Victoria Azerenka from Bulgaria won in straight sets against Mc Hale from the USA.