02-09-15 tennis us open womens

WOMENS SINGLES

Perta Kitova cruised through to the second win by only loosing 2 games against Siegemund from Germany

Caroline Wosniki found it very easy to pass opponent Loeb from the USA the Dain looks to be a title competitor this season

Lucie Safarova found an easy 2 set win over Tsurenko it does seem like she improved a lot during the match who to me says that she is ready for anything.She is definitely one to watch out for.

Victoria  Azarenka showed that a seeding of 20 is slightly unfair with a 2 sets to 0 win over Hradeck. She showed that she was on top form throughout the whole match

German Angelique Kerber found it easy in her first round winning by 2 sets to 0 against Romanian Dulgheru she will definitely one to watch out for in the later stages of the competition.

No 2 seed Samona Halep proved that she is one of the best and learned little from her match with Erakovic from New Zealand   winning each set comfortably.

Savine  Lisicki had a few early round nerves in her first round clash with  Sasnovich from Bulgaria

Sara Errani from Italy cruised through to the second round by beating  M Hibi from Japan and it was not even a match in this first round encounter very little can be learned from a match like this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mens singles 2-9-15

MENS SINGLES

Number 5 seed   Stan  Wawrinka from Switzerland   3  cruised to a 3-0 win over unseeded  A Ramos-Vinolas from Spain   a win like this does not help him but does show when the fight comes he will be ready for it.

American Jack Sock also found it easy in his first round match against Estrella Burgos Domican republic as he won also by 3 sets to 0

Scotsman Andy Murray found it difficult against Nick Kyrgious from Australia he lost a difficult third set but winning the fourth so easily does say that he has that sense of fight in him that a champion has

Tomas Berdych got a good fight in the first round against American Fratangelo but each set was not that easily won might help him going forward

American John Isner found it easy in his first round against Tunisian opponent Jaziri I really hope he gets a run in the US open this year as he is one of the underdogs that I like

Swiss tennis player and no 2 seed Roger Federer cruised into the second round and at this age a result like this should help him and if he gets a couple of matches as easy as  Mayer from Argentina I think he can go far.

Bernard Tomic from Australia won a bit of an epic against Dzumhur from Russia even though he lost a set a match like this will help him definitely going forward

Kevin Anderson from South Africa won a bit of an epic against unseeded Rublev from Russia 2 of the sets going to tie breaks didn’t really help Anderson’s confidence as he moves forward  

 

1-9-15 US OPEN ROUND 1 WOMENS RESULTS

WOMEN'S FIRST ROUND

Here are some of the women  look for in the tennis draw

(1)    Serena Williams (USA) beat Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) 6-0 2-0 ret

Serena showed that she was on top form before a poor injury knocked Diatchenko out due to injury but this is not a test for Serena as she did not lose a game

 (19) Madison Keys (USA) beat  Klara Koukalova (Cze) 6-2 6-4

One of my favourite girls in tennis Madison keys found it easy in this first round match getting 2 breaks in the first match and one in the second. I feel that a match like this can only help her going forward.

 (12) Belinda Bencic (Swi) beat Sesil Karatantcheva (Bul) 6-1 6-2

Bencic is a name that I have not heard of when it comes to women’s tennis but an easy win here might get here more in the public eye

 (25) Eugenie Bouchard (Can) beat Alison Riske (USA) 6-4 6-3

This was defiantly in my opinion one to watch out for when it came to tennis in the near future but she does have a very low ranking to back this up. In my opinion a match like this will help her as she only broke once in each set

Coco Vandeweghe (USA) beat (29) Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-4 6-3

Both of these women have a future in world tennis in my opinion but the one that I like to eatch is the unseeded player Slone Stevens so I was disappointed yesterday as she was not able to pick up a set but she did not make it easy for Vandeweghe

 (23) Venus Williams (USA) beat Monica Puig (Pur) 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 6-3

The elder of the Williams sisters found it difficult in this first round tie. This does make me question her fitness going further in the competition but a match like this could only help someone younger.  I want her to go far but would be shocked if she died

Lauren Davis (USA) beat Heather Watson (Gbr) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-0)

One of the Brittish girls Heather Watson is gone out of this competition as she lost a very hard match in the first round. It seemed like the American Davis blew her away in the second set

Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) beat (7) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 6-3 3-6 6-3

This is definitely the first big shock of the us open this year as Cibulkova beat Ivanovic in 3 sets. There are normally a few shocks in the early rounds but this is definitely a big one. I do not think Cibulkova will be able to play wellk in the second round because of the attention that will surround her now.

 (15) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) beat Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 6-2 6-3

Radwanska is also a player that I like and she has also had a very easy first round match. I think she will be one to watch out for definitely as the tournament goes on.

 (13) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Teliana Pereira (Bra) 6-3 6-3

Makarova is someone that I have heard off but I do not think that she is that well known outside of her country but this is the type of win that you will need going into the second round it was tough but comfortable as she won by 2 sets to 0.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-3216697/US-OPEN-2015-results-Men-s-women-s-singles-Flushing-Meadow.html

 

US OPEN mens singles results 1-9-15

The US open started yesterday and here are a few players that I am interested in I wonder how far they will go in the competition

MEN'S FIRST ROUND

(8) Rafael Nadal (Spa) beat Borna Coric (Cro) 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4

Rafa Nadal showed that he was cool under pressure in his first round tie against Croatian Coric as he lost his lost his third set he found a way back into the match winning the fourth by 6 games to 4  

(7) David Ferrer (Spa) beat Radu Albot (Mol) 4-6 7-5 6-1 6-0

 

Ferrer appeared to get better and better as the match went on in this match as he had a bit of a fight in the first set but then found it quite easy to win a performance like this can only help him in the second round.

(1)    Novak Djokovic (Ser) beat Joao Souza (Bra) 6-1 6-1 6-1

Novac Djockovic was in cruise control in his first round tie winning each set by 6 games to 1 and looks like the best player in the world at this currant time

(9) Marin Cilic (Cro) beat Guido Pella (Arg) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3)

Cilic had a bit of a battle in his first round tie and a match like this can only help him as he goes further in the tournament with 2 tie breaks won he is getting in some match practice early which is a very good thing

(27) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) beat Ryan Shane (USA) 6-2 6-1 6-7 (6-8) 6-2

Chardy showed that he had class to lose the third set in a tie breaker and then take complete control of the fourth. In the early stage of the match it seemed like there could only be one winner but Shane did come back in the third and this might have been a mental hurdle for Chardy to beat but he managed to take control and win.

 (26) Tommy Robredo (Spa) beat Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-2 6-2 6-4

Robledo showed that he will do very well in this tournament with a comfortable win in the first round finding it tricky in the final set will not help him in any way but the ease that he won the first 2 say that there is potential there

 (10) Milos Raonic (Can) beat Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-4 7-6 (10-8) 6-1

Milos ranoc seemed to find it difficult in the early stages of the match but when he won the tie break Smyczek seemed to just give up and we started to think that it was not his day and so did he as in the third Smyczek was just not there

 (19) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) beat Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 6-3 6-1 6-1

Tsonga is always a tennis player to watch out for in the draw and you could see improvement in his game in this tie. Tsonga showed why he is a force to be recond with even with his low seeding as there did not seem to be anyone else there.

 (14) David Goffin (Bel) beat Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-4 6-1 6-2

David Goffin showed with a cruise control performance why he is seeded no 14 in the draw as there did not seem to be a match here and an early competitive set seemed to be the only thing that could help Goffin in the later rounds

(17) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) beat Matthew Ebden (Aus) 6-4 6-2 6-4

Dimitrov seemed to get the best of both worlds in the fact that each set was competitive but he won the match by 3 sets to 0 and I am sure that Ebden is disappointed that he did not get a set.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-3216697/US-OPEN-2015-results-Men-s-women-s-singles-Flushing-Meadow.html

13-7-15 mens final

DJOKOVIC PROVES YOUTH BEATS EXPERIENCE

Serb Novak Djokovic beat Swiss Player Roger Federer 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 to secure that he won his third Wimbledon title. Federer did have a break in the first set but Djokovic did have the skill to break back and if Federer got that set anything could have happened. The first 2 sets were epics up until the tie breaks as Djokovic's he won easily while the set that Federer won he had to win by 10 points to 8. In the third and fourth sets Djokovic was able to break in the third but Federer did have a few chances to break back in the fourth set.

You do wonder whether Federer will be able to get that 8^th Wimbledon title.

Djokovic now goes level with Boris Becker on number of Wimbledon wins. 

WIMBLEDON 12-7-15 WOMEN'S FINAL

SERENA HOLDS ALL FOUR MAJORS

SERENA BREAKS PERFECTLY

Us Tennis star Serena Williams won 6-4, 6-4 against Spaniard G Muguruza yesterday but this match was lost on the 7^th game  of the first set as G Muguruza had a break at this stage as she lead by 4 games to 3 and |Serena was definitely not playing that well. It wasn't until she broke that we started to see Serena's a game and she never looked back from this point. Serena broke early in the second set.  Muguruza had a couple of chances at the end of the match to break back and go 5-5 but Serena took control from 40-15 down to win the match.

Serena is now 1 grand slam off Steffi Graf and 2 off Margaret Courts all time record of grand slam victories and this win. This will not go down as her greatest win but the win itself was very important as she has the aim of winning all 4 majors in a year also. 

11-7-15 WIMBLENON

MEN'S SEMI FINALS 

2 semi-finals very close but at the same time both games were won by 3 sets to 0

The first match between Serb Novac Djokovic and Frenchman Richard Gasguet where all 12 games were on serve before the set went into the tie break where Djokovic won it by 7 points to 2 and this seemed to give him the confidence to win the second and the third set each by a break winning by 6 games to 4. Djokovic looked incredible in this match.

But if you compare this to Swiss tennis player Roger Federer who never dropped serve and was able to break Brit Andy Murray at the right time winning the first and second set by 7 games to 5. In the third the break came earlier as Federer broke to win by 6 games to 4 but Andy Murray did show his quality in this match and a 3-0 loss was slightly unfair on him.