Tennis news
NEW YORK (AP)—Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic is back in the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time since 2007, and she’ll take on defending champion Kim Clijsters next.Serbia’s Ivanovic easily eliminated 157th-ranked wild card Virginie Razzano of France 7-5, 6-0 in the third round at Flushing Meadows on Friday.Ivanovic briefly sat atop the WTA rankings in 2008 after winning that year’s French Open, one of three Grand Slam finals she’s reached. But injuries and inconsistent play dropped her all the way to 65th in July, and she is currently 40th.The U.S. Open is the only major tournament at which Ivanovic never has played in the quarterfinals. To change that, she’ll need to get past the No. 2-seeded Clijsters, a 6-3, 6-0 winner over No. 27 Petra Kvitova. [more]
NEW YORK (AP)—American John Isner served 24 aces and maxed out at 144 mph to win his second-round match at the U.S. Open.The 18th-seeded Isner, the highest ranked U.S. man left in the tournament, defeated Switzerland’s Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Friday.Isner, who defeated Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set of the first round at Wimbledon, has spent just under five hours on the court in his two wins at Flushing Meadows—still six hours less than he spent in the history-making win over Mahut.He needs one more win to match his best showing ever at the U.S. Open or any Grand Slam tournament. [more]
NEW YORK (AP)—Britain’s Andy Murray has defeated Jamaica’s Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to move into the third round of the U.S. Open.The fourth-seeded Murray is seeking to make his second U.S. Open final in three years. He won this year’s U.S. Open Series title, which means he could earn up to an extra million in prize money if he wins the tournament.Brown pushed him to 5-5 in the first set of the match Friday, but Murray won 14 of the next 17 games. The entire match lasted 1 hour, 25 minutes and the third set went 18 minutes. [more]
ALL NEWS
