07-09-15 us open

MENS SINGLES

Serbian Novac Djockovic won his last 32 match in 4 sets against R Bautista-Agut from Spain this was a particularly close match where Djockovic was not allowed to take control of the match as each set was close  

Lopez from Spain found it easy against Fognini the toughest set in this match he did have a tie break which will help him massively in going forward as now he is likely to play a seed

Jo Wilfred Tsonga found it easy in this all French match against Paire there was not a time in this match that you would say he would lose it. Paire

Marian Cilic won in 4 sets one of which was won on a tie break against Jeremy Chardy from France. This is definitely a good match for him going forward and I think that Cilic could be one to watch out for in the tournament

WOMENS SINGLES

Serena Williams Cruised through against fellow American Madison Keys you never thought that Willims had lost control of this match as she broke in each set

Her sister Venus also got through to the next round as she looked back to her brilliant best only loosing 3  games in her last 32 match

 Unseeded French woman Mladenovic won in 3 difficult sets against Makarova from Russia  but this was definitely a win hard fought first set  and after losing the second the third was in Cruise control

 

04-09-15 day 4 womens singles

WOMENS SINGLES

Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic beat Gibbs from the Us in 2 sets and looks like one to watch out for in the US open but there is little that can be said at this stage about form.

Sara Errani needed 3 sets and a set to wake up as in the first set it seemed like she was completely asleep. In the second she took control and won it by 6 games to 4 and the third 6-3 but Errani has definitely got a lot to worry about.

Sam Stoser Cruised through to the third round against Russian Rodina as she only conceded 2 games and looks to be ready for anybody going forward.

Dain Caroline Wozniacki beat Czech  Cetkovska in 3 sets and the final set went all the way until the final ball was hit and Wo9n the tie break to win the third set and book a spot in the third

Bulgerian Victoria Azarenka had 2 hard sets against Wickmayer from Belgiyum she does look like a potential champion at this stage but I have seen playerws like her go to a point but could not go any further.

German Savine Lisicki had a hard first set against Giorgi from Italy but it did seem like in the second set Lisicki was able to just pull away

Romanian Salena Halep beat K Bondarenko in 2 tough sets to secure a spot in the second round you cannot be sure what a result like this means in context but as she is such a high seed you would be disappointed if she did not reach the quarters

German Angelique Kerber had both a hard and an easy set against Italian Knapp the first set nearly went to a tie break but the second was over quite quick as a double break won the match.

 

 

 

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MENS SINGLES

Swiss player Stan Wawrinka won 3 epic sets each one won on a tie break against Chung from Korea. Chung is definitely one to watch out for and was very unlucky not to win a set but a win like this you are not sure whether was good or bad for Wavwenka.

Andy Murray came from 2 sets down to win the last 3 sets quite comfortably to win this matcfh against Mannarino from France this was definitely a scare for Murray and it is so9mething that he has to look at going forward

Latyh Hewitt beat Bernard Tomic in an epic 5 set match won by 7 games to 5 in the final set. Tomic took the first 2 sets before losing the second 2 sets and you thought that momentum would win it for Hewitt but it did not go that way at all as Tomic won the fifth by 7 games to 5.

American John Isner found it quite simple against   Youzhny as he won is 3 straight sets to go through to the third round.

Roger Federrer was in dreamland against Darcis from Belgium only loosing 4 games and having a double break in each set he seems to be ready for the big challenges as the  fewer games he plays the better as he is ageing

Frenchman Richard Gasguet won in 4 sets as he defeated Haase from Belgium after losing the first set Gasguet won the second in a tight battle before a tie bresak and another hard set. Matches like this will be very good for Gasguet going forward

Kevin Anderson from South Africa cruised through to the third round after beating Krajicek he had a tough second set but showed who he was in the final set after taking control to win it 6-2

Tomas Berdych found it tricky at the start of the match against Melzer from Austria hew showed his class in the second after the first set went to a tie break.

03-09-15 womens singles

WONENS SINGLES

Serena Williams found it tricky against Dutch opponent Bertens in the first set it looked like Williams was not completely there as she was off balance but found a way to win the set. In the second she took more control

Madison Keys Cruised through to the third round against Smitkova from the Czech Republic you always would ask the question of whether a result like this can help or harm someone so young and inexperienced a big events

Venus Williams from the USA won in 3 sets against Falconi but showed her age in this match as a younger Venus would not have dropped the second set. Sometimes champions stay too long in a sport maybe it is her time.

Canidan Eugenie Bouchard won in 3 sets against  Hercog from Slovackia in 3 sets with the second going into a tie break and the third only being won by 3 games maybe there is not the hope that there is this year that there has been years before

Anna Radwanska won in 2 very easy sets against Linette from Poland she knows that she is knowing that she is being looked at and and she is looking good in this tournament

Elana Makarova from Russia beat Davis from the US in a quite comfortable performance so much so that you cannot be sure whether she has learned whst she needs to know to go further in the competition.

 

 

03-09-15 us open mens singles

MENS SINGLES

Serb Novac Djockovic found it easy passing his second round against Haider-Maurer from Austria he did get better and better as the match went on but does show here that he has the form to win on this match.

Canadian Milos Ranoc won in 4 sets against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco this match was a good match in these early rounds of the match and Verdasco is definitely not an opponent that you would think would want to mess with

Spaniard Fernando Lopez won an epic 5 set match against M Fish from the USA this was a match that you could not be certain would be won by either in the end until the end of the match when Loopez took control

Rafa Nadal showed his class in winning 3 very difficult sets against S Schwartzman from Argentina this was the right type of fight for Nadal and it also helped him that he got out early.

Frenchman Jo Wilfred Tsonga showed that he could be a contender with an easy second round win over Granollers from Spain. This quickness of this match can only help Tsonga going forward

Crotian Marion Cilic defeated Donskoy from Croatia winning by 3 sets to 0 the only match that was in any way tight was the third which makes me think he has over the line anxiety over getting over the winning post.

 Goffin from Belgium won a 5 set match to make his way into the third round nobody took control of the match until the 4^th set where Goffin seemed to just find another level

David Ferrer from Spain my underdog won 3 epic sets to go through to the third round of the US open against Krajinovic from Serbia after each set he needed 7 games to win

 

 

 

 

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