us open 26-8-14

MALE

Andy Murray played Tony Hasse in this first round tie of the US open. In the first time Hasse took a bit of time to get used to the game as Andy Murray lead by 4 games to Love but if he did not get the start of the match he could have won this set as Murray won it by 6 games to 3. In the second set Murray was 3-1 down and did not look like he had the form but Murray did force to a tie break. Murray was down in the tie break but brought it back to 6-6 and then got the mini break to win the second set 8-6.

Murray was not himself in the third as he got an early game but Hasse got 5 games in a row to win the set and it looked like we were watching an injured Murray. In the final set Hass was 2-0, 4-2 and 5-3 up and it did not look good. Andy did win the next 4 games to ensure a spot in the second round winning 7-5 and Andy does not look right for the tournament.

Novac Djockovic showed his class in the first set winning 6-1 but losing a game on his own serve. It did look like Schwartman was getting better and better during the match as the second set was won 6-2 but Schwatman could have won the third going down by 6 games to 4. Djockovic looks ready for this US open and we will see how far he goes.

Other results include 3 sets to 1 win for Jo Wilfred Tsonga over Monaco of Argentina Wawrinka beating Vesley by 3 sets to 0 but needing 2 tie breaks to win. Milos Raonic from Canada defeated Daniel from Japan in straight sets to secure a second round place.  

FRMALE

Maria Sharapova showed why she is one of the best after defeating Maria Kirlenko also from Russia.  She cruised through the second set quitter comfortably winning it by 6 games to 0. But the first set was not as comfortable as it was 4-4 in games before Maria Sharapova got the break which set her up in the next round of the championship.

Anngelique Kerber of Germany defeated Pervic from Russia by 2 sets to one And Slone Stevens defeated Beck of Germany in straight sets. Anna Radwanska from Poland defeated Fichman of Canada also in straight sets. Simona Halep lost the first set in a tie breaker against Rose Collins of the US but in the second and third sets showed her class wining them both quite comfortably.