US Open glance: Federer hopes for an lighter time at US Open
A quick look at the U.S. Open :
LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY
Roger Federer faces another opponent against whom he is undefeated. Maybe this time it will be lighter. The five-time U.S. Open champ plays his third-round match against No. Thirty one Feliciano Lopez, who has hammered in all twelve meetings. Federer has been compelled to five sets in the very first two rounds for the very first time ever in a Grand Catapult tournament, including his victory over Mikhail Youzhny on Thursday. He improved to 17-0 in that head-to-head but only after overcoming sixty eight unforced errors, upping his total to one hundred twenty four against just one hundred four winners thus far. He says his back is fine but he’s dropped four sets already — he never lost one in his Wimbledon victory — and has been violated eight times, twice as many as in London. He has only once lost as early as the third round at the U.S. Open, falling at that stage in his debut in 2000. Top-seeded Rafael Nadal plays earlier against Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer, while seeded Americans Madison Keys and CoCo Vandeweghe are in activity on the women’s side.
Showers. High of sixty six degrees (Nineteen Celsius).
Mostly sunny. High of seventy one degrees (22 Celsius).
Studs’s third round: No. Twenty nine Diego Sebastian strike No. Five Marin Cilic 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4; No. Twenty three Mischa Zverev hit No. Ten John Isner 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (Five); No. Twelve Pablo Carreno Busta hammer Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-4, 6-3; No. Sixteen Lucas Pouille hit Mikhail Kukushkin 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; No. Seventeen Sam Querrey hit Radu Albot 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; No. Twenty eight Kevin Anderson hammer Borna Coric 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Denis Shapovalov hit Kyle Edmund 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 1-0; Paolo Lorenzi hammer Thomas Fabbiano 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Women’s third round: No. Three Garbine Muguruza strike No. Thirty one Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 6-1; No. Nine Venus Williams strike Maria Sakkari, 6-3, 6-4; No. Thirteen Petra Kvitova hit No. Eighteen Caroline Garcia 6-0, 6-4; No. Sixteen Anastasija Sevastova strike Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3; No. Thirty Julia Goerges strike Aleksandra Krunic 6-3, 6-3; Sloane Stephens strike Ashleigh Barty 6-2, 6-4; Carla Suarez-Navarro hammer Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
STAT OF THE DAY
7 — Consecutive appearances in the fourth round of Grand Ram tournaments for Venus Williams, longest active streak in women’s tennis, after hammering Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-3, 6-4.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I’d rather observe football.” — John Isner, when asked if he would keep watching after he was eliminated in the third round.
US Open glance: Federer hopes for an lighter time at US Open
US Open glance: Federer hopes for an lighter time at US Open
A quick look at the U.S. Open :
LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY
Roger Federer faces another opponent against whom he is undefeated. Maybe this time it will be lighter. The five-time U.S. Open champ plays his third-round match against No. Thirty one Feliciano Lopez, who has hammered in all twelve meetings. Federer has been coerced to five sets in the very first two rounds for the very first time ever in a Grand Tuck tournament, including his victory over Mikhail Youzhny on Thursday. He improved to 17-0 in that head-to-head but only after overcoming sixty eight unforced errors, upping his total to one hundred twenty four against just one hundred four winners thus far. He says his back is fine but he’s dropped four sets already — he never lost one in his Wimbledon victory — and has been cracked eight times, twice as many as in London. He has only once lost as early as the third round at the U.S. Open, falling at that stage in his debut in 2000. Top-seeded Rafael Nadal plays earlier against Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer, while seeded Americans Madison Keys and CoCo Vandeweghe are in act on the women’s side.
Showers. High of sixty six degrees (Nineteen Celsius).
Mostly sunny. High of seventy one degrees (22 Celsius).
Boys’s third round: No. Twenty nine Diego Sebastian strike No. Five Marin Cilic 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4; No. Twenty three Mischa Zverev hammer No. Ten John Isner 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (Five); No. Twelve Pablo Carreno Busta hit Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-4, 6-3; No. Sixteen Lucas Pouille hammer Mikhail Kukushkin 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; No. Seventeen Sam Querrey strike Radu Albot 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; No. Twenty eight Kevin Anderson strike Borna Coric 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Denis Shapovalov hit Kyle Edmund 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 1-0; Paolo Lorenzi hit Thomas Fabbiano 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Women’s third round: No. Three Garbine Muguruza strike No. Thirty one Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 6-1; No. Nine Venus Williams hammer Maria Sakkari, 6-3, 6-4; No. Thirteen Petra Kvitova hit No. Eighteen Caroline Garcia 6-0, 6-4; No. Sixteen Anastasija Sevastova strike Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3; No. Thirty Julia Goerges hammer Aleksandra Krunic 6-3, 6-3; Sloane Stephens hit Ashleigh Barty 6-2, 6-4; Carla Suarez-Navarro strike Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
STAT OF THE DAY
7 — Consecutive appearances in the fourth round of Grand Ram tournaments for Venus Williams, longest active streak in women’s tennis, after hammering Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-3, 6-4.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I’d rather witness football.” — John Isner, when asked if he would keep watching after he was eliminated in the third round.