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US Open Day 8 Schedule of Play / Scores: Monday, Sept. 2

[Scores added as known.]

Arthur Ashe Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Alison Riske (USA) — 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) vs. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (13) — Canceled

Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2) d. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) — 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Colin Fleming (GBR) (12) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) (12) — 7-6(7), 6-4

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Louis Armstrong Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Simona Halep (ROU) (21) — 6-2, 7-6(3)

Not Before 5:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (19) d. Roger Federer (SUI) (7) — 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (11) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (11) vs. Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA) — Canceled

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Grandstand — 12:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Roberta Vinci (ITA) (10) d. Camila Giorgi (ITA) — 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 4
David Ferrer (ESP) (4) d. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (18) — 7-6(2), 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(3)

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Court 17 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (5) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (5) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) / Divij Sharan (IND) — 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 4
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (8) d. Milos Raonic (CAN) (10) — 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-6(9), 7-5

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Court 13

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Ivan Dodig (CRO) (10) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (10) d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) — 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (2) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (2) vs. Cara Black (ZIM) (13) / Marina Erakovic (NZL) (13) — Canceled

Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) vs. Liezel Huber(USA)(8) / Marcelo Melo(BRA)(8) — Canceled

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Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d. Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) — 6-3, 7-6(1)

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) (3) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (3) — 7-6(2), 6-0

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (4) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (4) vs. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (15) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) (15) — Canceled

Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Martin Emmrich (GER) vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) — Canceled

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Court 4 — Not Before 4:30 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (5) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (5) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) / Lisa Raymond (USA) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (16) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (16) — Canceled

Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (4) vs. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) — Canceled

Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) vs. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Frantisek Cermak (CZE) — Canceled

Credits: Cover Photo: wchuang (Creative Commons License)

September 1, 2013
US Open Day 7 Schedule of Play / Scores: Sunday, Sept. 1

[Scores added as known.]

Arthur Ashe Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) — 6-7(1), 7-5, 6-2

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Andy Murray (GBR) (3) d. Florian Mayer (GER) — 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Sloane Stephens (USA) (15) — 6-4, 6-1

Not Before 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d. Joao Sousa (POR) — 6-0, 6-2, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Na Li (CHN) (5) d. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (9) — 6-3, 6-0

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Louis Armstrong Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (9) d. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-7(1), 7-6(7)

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (18) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) (8) — 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (21) d. Tommy Haas (GER) (12) — 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 4
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (24) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (3) — 6-4, 6-4

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Grandstand — 12:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (5) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) (31) — 6-0, 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) — 6-3, 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Tim Smyczek (USA) — 6-4, 4-6, 0-6, 6-3, 7-5

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Court 17 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Leander Paes (IND) (4) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (4) d. Michael Llodra (FRA) (14) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (14) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) (20) — 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 3-6, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 3
Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) d. Brian Baker (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) — 5-7, 7-6(2), 7-6(4)

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (14) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (14) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

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Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Sania Mirza (IND) (10) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (10) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (6) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (6) — 6-2, 6-3

Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Martin Emmrich (GER) d. Lisa Raymond(USA)(6) / Jean-Julien Rojer(NED)(6) — 6-4, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 3
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (8) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (8) d. Liezel Huber(USA)(9) / Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP)(9) — 6-4, 6-3

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) — 7-5, 6-2

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Liezel Huber (USA) (8) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (8) d. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Treat Huey (PHI) — 4-6, 7-6(4), 10-5

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August 31, 2013
Imagine That

US Open, Second Round Recap

The second round of this year’s US Open is now complete, which, until tonight, was about all that usefully could be said about it. There was plenty being said, of course, but little of it was specifically about tennis. It’s always revealing when the controversy centres around those parts of the tournament that don’t involve players hitting balls at each other. Often it reveals that there’s not enough transpiring on court. What is it they say about devilry and idle hands?

For some among the idle-handed this has provided further opportunity to wax righteous on Andy Murray’s behalf. It has been another wearying reminder that burning indignation is a bad state for weak writers to find themselves in, made worse by the fact that for too many of them it is also their default state. In any case, justifiable concern at Murray’s very late first round finish has given way to disgruntlement at his second round relegation to Louis Armstrong Stadium. Rightly or wrongly, placement on the second court was held to be a slight on the defending champion’s status. Murray himself has previously made his distaste for the venue plain. That’s fair enough – he doesn’t have to like it.

More problematic, apparently, was that by playing third today his match wouldn’t see completion before deadlines expired for the attendant British press corps. The USTA was taken to task for this oversight, most notably by Neil Harman of The Times. Some responded that it isn’t the job of the US Open to worry on behalf of the English press. It was pointed out in turn that with newspaper revenues collapsing it was incumbent upon premium events such as this to ensure that newsprint journalists are given every advantage. While I certainly agree that the death of print journalism is deplorable, I’m not convinced it is the task of tennis tournaments to nurse it along more than they already do. Print outlets are already given preference over online interests, including priority seating for late round matches with limited capacity. Print journalists are often the keenest advocates for the suppression of interview transcripts.

Amidst all this, it’s worth remembering than Murray did actually win today in four sets over a surprisingly gallant Leonardo Mayer. Ivan Lendl is doubtless earning his salary by ensuring his man isn’t distracted by all this subsidiary nonsense, although I don’t doubt he’ll have some stern words about today’s third set letdown.

Of course, the United States has its own issues on the home front. The enemy is within the gates. Many of them were in the Louis Armstrong Stadium crowd last night, watching John Isner play Gael Monfils. Television viewers were presented with the unusual spectacle of an American crowd showing vociferous support for a guy who wasn’t born in the same country as them, as opposed to the guy who was. Much has been made of this; rather too much, in fact. It was no coincidence that Monfils, who is immensely popular everywhere – except, often, with his own fans –gained favour when he picked up his game while trailing by two sets to love. This change in sympathy was briefly noted on Eurosport, afterwards regretted by Isner himself, and dissected exhaustively on ESPN. Really, the crowd just wanted a few more sets, and appreciated the things Monfils was doing with his body and the tennis ball. He still couldn’t serve, and Isner often did little else, but it nonetheless transformed into a very entertaining match. The crowd got its wish, which I suspect always included eventual victory for Isner. The American was afterwards equally lavish in praising his opponent.

In other results, both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were imperious and utterly untroubled against Carlos Berlocq and Rogerio Dutra Silva, respectively. There’s a real chance they will actually meet in the quarterfinals, although it’s possible they’re just lulling us into complacency. Stan Wawrinka started slowly against Ivo Karlovic, but was quite excellent once he regained the break in the first set. Novak Djokovic also took an age to get going, and almost dropped the first set to Benjamin Becker. Marcos Baghdatis, on the other hand, began superbly and stayed that way until the end against Kevin Anderson. For all we know Baghdatis’s brilliance didn’t abate once he left the court. His momentum was such that he’s probably doing a first-rate job with his dinner even as I write, delivering bon mots that have the table on a roar.

Dan Evans’s excellent New York adventure continues. He beat Bernard Tomic quite comfortably to reach the third round, although his understandable elation at this accomplishment was tempered by the sobering discovery that the result came too late for British print deadlines. For his part, Tomic was typically frank in assessing his own shortcomings: “I think I get lazy on the court, my tennis sort of comes a bit slow. I don’t really know how to put guys away.” I imagine a proper coach could help with that. No one is sure where Tomic’s game is, but his capacity to make the right noises after losses has nearly matched Ryan Harrison’s.

The delightfully articulate Dmitry Tursunov remains a fine advertisement for the sport, and for my powers of prescience: I suggested he’d be the one to emerge from David Ferrer’s quarter, and he has now reached the third round. Even if he somehow loses to the eighth seeded Richard Gasquet, I still get to be half-right. Meanwhile, Tommy Haas moved another round closer to a return to the Top 10, defeating Yen-Hsun Lu in straight sets. As far as I can tell he’ll need to reach the quarterfinals at least, which means he’ll have to beat Mikhail Youzhny in the next round, unquestionably the pick of the round.

Lleyton Hewitt tonight recovered from two sets to one down to defeat Juan Martin del Potro in five sets on Arthur Ashe Stadium, entirely justifying the primetime scheduling. Del Potro has notoriously never recovered from a two set deficit, and for a time appeared fortunate that he didn’t have to put that record to the test. The Australian led by a set, and served for the second at 5-4, but didn’t acquit himself well on either of the set points he gained. The Argentine broke back, broke again to take the set, then again to open the third. He took the third, and then emphatically failed to gallop away with the fourth. Instead Hewitt pressed, and broke again. Again he failed to serve out the set. Del Potro, capricious in his way, defied every assumption that he’d again make Hewitt pay once more. The tiebreaker was all Hewitt, except for the errors, which were all del Potro’s. From there Hewitt went on with it, and broke three times in the final set, which ended with a double fault.

It was a strange match, the type of upset that resists easy categorisation. The quality varied immensely, especially from del Potro, whose left wrist inhibited his backhand, and who sometimes grew oddly fearful when he wasn’t behind. Still, the overall inconsistency of momentum guaranteed consistency of drama, further heightened by the occasion and the venue, and only slightly marred by the heroic sequence of toilet breaks enjoyed by both men. Hewitt is fond of saying that it is for occasions such as these that he still plays, even if he is earning fewer opportunities to say it as the years advance. It is his first victory over a Top 10 opponent in over three years. Whether he’ll go on with it is a nice question, although even wearied he must fancy his chances against Evgeny Donskoy in the next round. After that he might face Haas. In the fourth round of a Major. In 2013. Imagine that.

August 31, 2013
US Open Day 6 Schedule of Play / Scores: Saturday, August 31

[Scores added as known.]

Arthur Ashe Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (13) d. Christina McHale (USA) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-4

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-3

Not Before: 3:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA) d. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (7) / Abigail Spears (USA) (7) — 6-4, 6-4

Not Before 7:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (6) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Roger Federer (SUI) (7) d. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) — 6-3, 6-0, 6-2

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Louis Armstrong Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Simona Halep (ROU) (21) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (14) — 6-1, 6-0

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) (26) — 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) d. John Isner (USA) (13) — 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(5)

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (19) d. Daniel Evans (GBR) — 7-6(6), 6-1, 4-6, 7-5

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Grandstand — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
David Ferrer (ESP) (4) d. Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) — 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (18) d. Jack Sock (USA) — 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Austin Krajicek (USA) / Denis Kudla (USA) — 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(10)

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Roberta Vinci (ITA) (10) d. Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-4, 6-3

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Court 17 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Alison Riske (USA) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) (7) — 6-3, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Milos Raonic (CAN) (10) d. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (23) — 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 3
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (8) d. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (32) — 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 4-2 Ret.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Liezel Huber (USA) (9) / Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) (9) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) — 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-1

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Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Andy Ram (ISR) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) / Divij Sharan (IND) — 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(2)

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (5) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (5) d. Sandra Klemenschits (AUT) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) — 7-5, 6-3

Not Before: 1:30 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Sania Mirza (IND) (10) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (10) d. Katalin Marosi (HUN) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) — 6-3, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (2) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (2) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) — 6-2, 6-2

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Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27) — 7-5, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Julia Glushko (ISR) — 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4)

Not Before: 1:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d. Christopher Kas (GER) / Oliver Marach (AUT) — 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (4) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (4) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / David Marrero (ESP) — 6-3, 7-5

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Court 4 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) d. Vania King (USA) / Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Brian Baker (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) d. Julien Benneteau (FRA) (7) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (7) — 6-4, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (11) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (11) d. Jill Craybas (USA) / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) — 7-6(6), 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) d. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (2) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (2) — 6-1, 7-6(3)

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Lisa Raymond (USA) (6) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (6) d. Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) / Eric Butorac (USA) — 6-3, 3-6, 10-7

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Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Leander Paes (IND) (4) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (4) d. Daniel Brands (GER) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Rohan Bopanna (IND) (6) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (6) d. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) / Mikhail Elgin (RUS) — 7-6(2), 7-6(0)

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (16) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (16) d. Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) — 6-2, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) d. Yung-Jan Chan(TPE) / Robert Lindstedt(SWE) — 6-3, 6-4

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Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (15) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) (15) d. Mona Barthel (GER) / Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) — 7-6(4), 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Marcel Granollers (ESP) (3) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (3) d. Chris Guccione (AUS) / Bernard Tomic (AUS) — 1-2 Ret.

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (4) d. Janette Husarova (SVK) / Filip Polasek (SVK) — 6-3, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 2
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Frantisek Cermak (CZE) d. Ashleigh Barty(AUS) / John Peers(AUS) — 7-6(10), 7-6(5)

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Court 10 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (5) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (5) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) / Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) — 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) — 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Polona Hercog (SLO) / Lisa Raymond (USA) d. Julia Goerges (GER) (12) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (12) — 5-7, 6-4, 7-5

Credits: Cover Photo: zoolien (Creative Commons License)

August 31, 2013
Masterclass Match of the Day – Juan Martin del Potro vs. Lleyton Hewitt

US Open 2013 – [6] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) vs. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Arthur Ashe Stadium – 7 pm EDT

Tonight’s marquee match will feature 2 former US Open winners. It has been a few years since either man won it, with Juan Martin winning most recently in 2009 and Hewitt winning 12 years ago in 2001.

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Why has neither man been able to win it since? There are two main reasons. The competition and their injury problems.

In many tourneys between 2003 and 2008, Hewitt was beaten at various stages by the eventual champion, usually Federer, sometimes Nadal or Roddick. In 2004, Hewitt became the first man in history to lose to the eventual champion at each of the slam events. Lleyton Hewitt also had a host of major injury problems since 2008, where he incurred an injury to his left hip in March, which eventually required surgery after further damage to it at the Olympics. Hewitt eventually came back to form in 2009 at the US Men’s Clay Court Championships where he won his first title since 2007. He then played at Wimbledon where he beat Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets in the second round and went all the way to the quarterfinals where he was defeated by eventual finalist, Andy Roddick in a 5 set thriller with two tiebreaks. He then lost to eventual finalist Roger Federer in the 2009 US Open.

In 2010, he suffered a hip injury to his right side after the Australian Open where he lost in the 4th round to Federer again. Again it required surgery. He returned eventually, and finally won a title in Halle, defeating Roger Federer, snapping a 15 match losing streak since 2003. He lost at Wimbledon to Djokovic in the 4th round. He suffered a leg injury in Washington DC., and lost in the first round of the US Open. He then suffered a season ending wrist injury in a Davis Cup loss to Belgium. In 2011, Hewitt underwent surgery on his left foot, returned after 3 months, and suffered an injury to his ankle defending his title at Halle. In Atlanta, he again injured his foot, and it ended his season. He returned in 2012, and had a good run to the 4th round, defeating Andy Roddick and Milos Raonic before finally losing in 4 sets to Novak Djokovic. After the succeeding Davis Cup, Hewitt finally had surgery to insert a plate into his left toe. I think you have the idea of Mr. Hewitt’s misery.

2013 started off nicely for Hewitt where he won an exhibition, the AAMI Kooyong Classic, defeating Raonic, Berdych, then Juan Martin del Potro in the final on hard courts. But he disappointed in the Australian Open losing to Janko Tipsarevic in the first round. He finally found form on the grass at Queens Club, where he beat Querrey, Dimitrov, and Del Potro to advance to the semifinal, but lost in 3 sets to Marin Cilic who would shortly thereafter be apparently facing a doping suspension. At Wimbledon, Hewitt upset #10, Stan Wawrinka, in the first round, but inexplicably fell to Dustin Brown in the second round. He made it to the final in Newport, but was defeated by Nicolas Mahut after serving for the match. His form continued to look good in Atlanta where he made it to the semifinals.

After Juan Martin Del Potro won his 2009 US Open, great things were expected of the gentle giant. Unfortunately in 2010, as he advanced to world #4, he suffered a right wrist injury very early, which he tried to play with at the Australian Open, and it got worse. It persisted, and he finally decided to have surgery in early May. Del Potro was not to return till 9 months later where his rank had fallen to close to #500. In 2011, he finally won again at Delray Beach. He also won in Estoril on clay, and then in Davis Cup helped defeat Serbia in the semifinal winning both rubbers versus Tipsarevic and Djokovic. Later in the year, he suffered a slight shoulder injury, but returned to play the final in Davis Cup against Spain, where he had a heartbreaking 5 set 5 hour loss to David Ferrer, and then a 4 set loss to Rafael Nadal. Del Potro ended 2011 at #11 and was named 2011 ATP Comeback Player of the Year.

2012 was a very successful year for Del Potro, especially toward the latter stages where he beat Federer in Basel, who had previously dominated the results during the year, beating Del Potro in the finals or semifinals or quarterfinals of their previous 6 tournaments during the year. These results included a marathon 4 and a half hour loss to Federer at the Olympics and a 5 set loss at Roland Garros. In 2012, Del Potro still won 4 titles in Marseilles, Estoril, Vienna, and Basil, and finished the year as #7 in the world. During the year he had some minor problems with his knee and left wrist, but overcame them.

In 2013, Del Potro won in Rotterdam, then at Indian Wells successively beat Tommy Haas, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, before succumbing to Rafael Nadal in the final. Del Potro withdrew from Roland Garros with a viral infection, but returned to Wimbledon and advanced past David Ferrer to battle in a fine but ultimately losing effort against Novak Djokovic in a 5 set, 4 hour and 43 minute semifinal thriller, the longest semifinal in Wimbledon men’s singles history. He came back to win the Washington, DC, CitiOpen tournament, beating John Isner in 3 sets.

Against each other, they have split 4 ATP/ITF tour matches, Hewitt beating Del Potro on grass easily at Wimbledon 2009 and in 3 sets at Queens just this year, but losing on hard courts of Washington, DC in three sets in 2009 and San Jose in two in 2011. Hewitt did defeat Del Potro rather easily at this years AAMI Kooyong Classic exhibition on hard courts, but read into that what you may.

I believe it will be a good battle. Both men appear to be in good form and in relatively good health.
They both won in 4 sets, though it appeared that Del Potro had the tougher time with Guillermo Garcia-Lopez that included two tiebreakers.

One has to favor Del Potro on hard court as one would favor Hewitt on grass, but Hewitt can give a good account of himself on hard courts. They’ll be playing at night with forecast of nearly 80 F./26 C. and breezy conditions but relatively low humidity.

I think this match comes down to a couple of keys. Will Hewitt be able to force Del Potro to hit enough shots to make errors, and use enough variety to move Del Potro around the court out of his comfort zone, or will Del Potro be able to use his fearsome forehand to blast Hewitt off the court?

Hewitt definitely moves better on grass than Del Potro, but on hard court it is a bit different story. Hewitt has the better return. Del Potro probably the better serve. Each player has a high degree of mental toughness, but I think Del Potro may have a bit higher at this stage in their career, and has consistently been playing better opponents. Del Potro has had better results in New York.

For those last two reasons, I’m going to give a slight edge to Juan Martin Del Potro, but Lleyton Hewitt is certainly able to beat Juan if Juan Martin is off a bit and Lleyton is firing on all cylinders.

Juan Martin del Potro to defeat Lleyton Hewitt in 4 or 5 sets.

Good luck and good health to both players!

August 30, 2013
Life on the Big Stage

Day One at the US Open 2013

You know you’re a tennis fan when, on a crisp August evening, under a plumb colored sky, you’re sitting at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California, where cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma introduces his quartet, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, by saying, “I bet you’ve never seen four goats on a stage before,” and your immediate reaction is to look around for Roger Federer—or Rafael Nadal; or Serena; or even Djokovic.

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Yep, that’s how you know you’re a tennis fan: you have forgotten that goats exist in the real world, where they have four legs and horns, and don’t know a forehand from a fingerboard. As it was explained to the audience, a “goat rodeo” is a metaphor for a risky and chaotic situation, not unlike the creative process, or an arena filled with angry goats and cowboys, or Super Saturday at the US Open. In fact, I’m pretty sure the musicians named their collaboration in honor of an especially blustery Super Saturday. You know what it’s like, when courts boil and roil from the inside, hurricanes blow from the outside, and the world’s best players don’t get to play much tennis. That’s essentially the definition of a goat rodeo.

Along with Edgar Meyer on bass, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, and Chris Thile—the only mandolin player I’ve ever seen perform while wearing a meticulously tailored hipster suit—Mr. Ma played two hours of music that was almost as exciting as the running slice-slash-stab passing shot Rafael Nadal hit off Ryan Harrison’s overhead smash to earn the first of many, many break points on the American’s serve. But though Nadal did hit several thrilling shots, I have to admit that overall, the single set of music performed by The Goat Rodeo Sessions on Saturday was more engaging than all three sets of the Nadal-Harrison match. I should point out, before I upset a significant number of my readers, this was not Rafa’s fault.

Perched— and chirping away—in the ESPN booth, John McEnroe made the accurate observation that there is simply not a single thing that Harrison does anywhere near as well as Nadal does everything. Ryan Harrison is now 0-20 against Top 10 opponents, a stat he might appreciate more if those losses had occurred at a slightly more advanced stage of important tennis tournaments. When asked, Harrison is always quick to point out that he relishes playing the best “on the big stage,” but I bet he’d trade the biggest and the best for a shot at the second round, or more importantly, a better split-step after his serve.

Shortly after Nadal broke Harrison’s serve and then held his own with ease, McEnroe went on to note— with a delightful disregard for sense—that Ryan Harrison has never won a five set match, and therefore “the longer this goes, the worse it gets for Harrison.” Fortunately for the 21-year-old, it didn’t go on very long. Nadal won 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in just over two hours. Harrison actually lost the final point from the seated position, having toppled over just in time to watch Nadal bury a short ball in the opposite corner of the court.

To go on citing opinions of broadcast commentators, one of the online ESPN announcers (possibly Taylor Dent) said that while Nadal is playing for the title, Harrison is playing for respect. This struck me as a poor choice of motivators for the 21-year-old. After all, it presumes an essential lack in the self that has nothing to do with tennis technique. If he’s not playing to win—which would make a kind of sense in this case—Harrison should be playing to better understand himself, not to try to get other people to understand him better.

In any case, the one-sided nature of the contest made it difficult to judge the Spaniard’s form, but two hours and five minutes was plenty of time for me to form a decided opinion on Rafa’s new pointillist headband: I like it. Like a well-tailored hipster suit on a mandolin player, it works.

What hasn’t worked, on account of the rain delay, was my plan to steal everything Yo-Yo Ma said during his between-song chats at the Greek Theatre — Ma is hands down the jolliest and most insightful world-famous cello player I have ever heard talk about goats— and apply it to the GOATs who were to perform on the Arthur Ashe stage during Day 1 of the Open. Mr. Ma spoke eloquently about his continued love of playing his instrument, and of the undying human need for invention and risk. He said our passions deserve practice, and referred to himself as an old goat who never wanted to stop learning new tricks. (He put both hands to his head as he said this last bit, index fingers pointed skyward, to show us his goat horns. See, a jolly cellist.)

I had intended to lift all these lovely Yo-Yo sentiments and stick them directly to the goatiest of all the current GOATs: Roger Federer. Had all gone according to plan, it would have been very inspirational, like a Blue Mountain card, but with horns. However, as you know, it rained. And like the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, Arthur Ashe stadium is—for now— wide open to the night sky. (Except, I’d like to point out, it does not rain in Berkeley in August.) So, no Federer primetime match, and no making little horns with my fingers while I type. (Probably easier that way.)

Oh, what the heck. I’ll write it anyhow. How often does a tennis blogger get to use a Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom-winning classical musician discussing domesticated ruminants as her muse?

OK, there. You probably can’t see, but I’ve just done the horns. (To do it properly you’ve got to get the index fingers aligned precisely with the edges of your eyebrows.) Now for the typing:

Leading into the Open, there has been much talk concerning the exact moment when the 32-year-old Roger Federer ought to retire.* Yesterday, today, tomorrow, and ten years from now have all been suggested to Roger via helpful tweets. Already the Swiss has fallen to No. 7 in the rankings, which makes it statistically difficult for him to qualify for membership in the Big 4. Moreover, nobody wants to see the sheen rubbed off his GOAT coat if he tumbles any lower.

But the problem with quitting while you’re ahead, or even quitting when there is any possibility at all of getting ahead, is that you’ll never know where you could have gone. In place of the secure knowledge that every avenue was exhausted, there will be uncertainty. And uncertainty is the GOAT of difficult states of being—most of us go to great lengths to avoid it most of the time.

After my initial confusion about goats on the stage at the Greek Theatre, I didn’t think about tennis during The Goat Rodeo Sessions’ performance. Mostly I enjoyed the pleasure of listening to and watching four accomplished musicians work and play at something they so clearly love. But at the end of the evening, just before the encore, I did think about tennis again. The quartet finished their set with a rousing tune called Attaboy. Then, they thanked the audience for being there, and Yo-Yo Ma instructed us, with something very like joy in his voice, all to go home and always practice our passions. He sounded sincere.

The essence of sports depends on laying down a firm line between the experiences of victory and defeat, but for a split-second I wished it didn’t. What if Federer and the Williams, and the struggling Harrison, and James Blake—who did announce his retirement, effective immediately after his final round at the Open— could all pick up their stringed instruments and collaborate—practicing, performing, and enjoying? Wouldn’t it be nice if the goal was for each person to become the best they could become on that very day, instead of “better than everyone else for all eternity”—an enterprise doomed to failure?

Well, it would be nice. But it would also be a lot less like tennis.

So instead, we’ll wait and watch, and be uncertain. And if Roger Federer —or Venus Williams, or James Blake, or Tommy Haas, or any other people too old to know how to twerk like Hannah Montana — do manage to win the US Open, I am going to put on my best hipster jacket, break out my mandolin, and totally pretend I know how to play it. Attaboy!

*They say the champions –from Venus Williams to Roger Federer to Francesca Schiavone—always think they can get it back. Federer is 32. Venus and Fran are 33. But come September, Serena Williams, who allowed Schiavone only six points in six games, will also be 32-years-old. And Tommy Haas, as we all know, is 142. Age is not the only deciding factor.

August 30, 2013
US Open Day 5 Schedule of Play / Scores: Friday, August 30

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Arthur Ashe Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Na Li (CHN) (5) d. Laura Robson (GBR) (30) — 6-2, 7-5

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d. Benjamin Becker (GER) — 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Sloane Stephens (USA) (15) d. Jamie Hampton (USA) (23) — 6-1, 6-3

Not Before — 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (6) — 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Serena Williams (USA) (1) vs. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)

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Louis Armstrong Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (3) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (32) — 6-4, 7-6(1)

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Tomas Berdych (CZE) (5) d. Denis Kudla (USA) — 7-6(3), 7-6(3), 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Andy Murray (GBR) (3) d. Leonardo Mayer (ARG) — 7-5, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1

Not Before: 5:30 P.M.
Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Eric Butorac (USA) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) — 6-3, 6-2

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Grandstand — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Tommy Haas (GER) (12) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) — 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3)

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (24) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) (16) — 6-4, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Florian Mayer (GER) d. Donald Young (USA) — 7-5, 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (18) d. Jie Zheng (CHN) — 6-2, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Treat Huey (PHI) d. Victoria Duval (USA) / Donald Young (USA) — 2-6, 6-4, 10-6

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Court 17 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Rajeev Ram (USA) — 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (9) d. Kurumi Nara (JPN) — 6-4, 7-6(5)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Martina Hingis (SUI) — 6-3, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Kevin Anderson (RSA) (17) — 6-2, 6-2, 6-2

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Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (5) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (5) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) — 6-0, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Julien Benneteau (FRA) (31) d. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Andreas Seppi (ITA) (20) d. Somdev Devvarman (IND) — 7-6(8), 6-4, 7-5

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Martin Emmrich (GER) d. Sloane Stephens (USA) / Jack Sock (USA) — 6-4, 6-4

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Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Melanie Oudin (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) d. Lauren Davis (USA) / Grace Min (USA) — 6-2, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Tim Smyczek (USA) d. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) — 3-6, 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 3
Angelique Kerber (GER) (8) d. Kaia Kanepi (EST) (25) — 6-0, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (9) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) — 7-5, 7-6(8), 6-4

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Court 4 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (21) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) — 7-5, 6-1, 6-3

Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) d. Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) — 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Sandra Klemenschits (AUT) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Heather Watson (GBR) — 6-1, 7-5

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Frantisek Cermak (CZE) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) / Colin Fleming (GBR) — 6-2, 7-5

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Martina Hingis (SUI) / Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) — 7-6(5), 7-6(5)

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Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Jill Craybas (USA) / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) d. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) / Simona Halep (ROU) — 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Joao Sousa (POR) d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) — 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) d. Kaitlyn Christian (USA) / Dennis Novikov (USA) — 6-1, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (2) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (2) d. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — -6-4, 6-1

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Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) / Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 6-3, 6-0

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Allie Kiick (USA) / Sachia Vickery (USA) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) — 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) d. Peter Gojowczyk (GER) — 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3

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Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Polona Hercog (SLO) / Lisa Raymond (USA) d. Petra Martic (CRO) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) — 6-2, 3-6, 6-4

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Rohan Bopanna (IND) (6) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (6) d. Bradley Klahn (USA) / Sam Querrey (USA) — 6-2, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Michael Llodra (FRA) (14) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (14) d. Fabio Fognini (ITA) / Albert Ramos (ESP) — 6-3, 6-4

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Alize Cornet (FRA) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Sabrina Santamaria (USA) / Jarmere Jenkins (USA) — 6-4, 6-1

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) d. Julia Goerges (GER) (3) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) (3) — 6-7(1), 6-2, 10-6

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Court 9 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (8) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (8) d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) / Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) — 6-3, 6-4

Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (14) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (14) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) / Johanna Larsson (SWE) — 7-5, 7-6(9)

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Albert Montanes (ESP) / Tommy Robredo (ESP) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-1

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Janette Husarova (SVK) / Filip Polasek (SVK) d. Yasmin Schnack (USA) / Eric Roberson (USA) — 6-4, 7-6(3)

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) / Scott Lipsky (USA) — 6-3, 6-3

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Court 10 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Vania King (USA) / Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) / Donna Vekic (CRO) — 6-1, 6-0

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Colin Fleming (GBR) (12) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) (12) d. Ryan Harrison (USA) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) — 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) d. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Andre Sa (BRA) — 6-7(7), 7-5, 7-5

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) / Austin Krajicek (USA) — 7-5, 6-2

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) / John Peers (AUS) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (1) / Alexander Peya (AUT) (1) — 4-6, 6-3, 11-9

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Court 14 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Cara Black (ZIM) (13) / Marina Erakovic (NZL) (13) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) — 6-1, 7-6(5)

Men’s Doubles – Round 2
Ivan Dodig (CRO) (10) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (10) d. Andre Begemann (GER) / Martin Emmrich (GER) — 7-6(5), 6-3

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (2) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (2) d. Cara Black (ZIM) / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) — 6-3, 6-1

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Liezel Huber (USA) (8) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (8) d. Sania Mirza (IND) / Horia Tecau (ROU) — 4-6, 7-6(10), 10-4

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Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) / Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d. Florin Mergea (ROU) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 4-6, 7-5, 6-0

Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 2
Anna-Lena Groenefeld(GER)(6) / Kveta Peschke(CZE)(6) d. Timea Babos (HUN) / Francesca Schiavone (ITA) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Christopher Kas (GER) / Oliver Marach (AUT) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) — 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (4) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (4) d. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) — 6-3, 6-4

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August 29, 2013
US Open Day 4 Schedule of Play / Scores: Thursday, August 29

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Arthur Ashe Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Sara Errani (ITA) (4) — 6-3, 6-1

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) — 6-3, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Roger Federer (SUI) (7) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-1

Not Before 7:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (6) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2) d. Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) — 6-2, 6-1, 6-0

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Louis Armstrong Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Angelique Kerber (GER) (8) d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) — 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
David Ferrer (ESP) (4) d. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) — 6-3, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA) d. Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) — 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-3

Not Before: 5:30 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 2
John Isner (USA) (13) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) — 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4)

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Grandstand — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Christina McHale (USA) d. Elina Svitolina (UKR) — 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (13) d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) — 6-2, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Sam Querrey (USA) (26) — 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Milos Raonic (CAN) (10) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

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Court 17 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Sabine Lisicki (GER) (16) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 6-2, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Alize Cornet (FRA) (26) d. Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Daniel Evans (GBR) d. Bernard Tomic (AUS) — 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) (23) d. Bradley Klahn (USA) — 6-4, 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Victoria Duval (USA) — 6-2, 6-3

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Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Kurumi Nara (JPN) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (19) — 7-5, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Richard Gasquet (FRA) (8) d. Stephane Robert (FRA) — 6-3, 7-5, 7-5

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Alison Riske (USA) d. Mona Barthel (GER) (28) — 6-4, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) — 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2

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Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27) d. Shuai Peng (CHN) — 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Jack Sock (USA) d. Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) — 7-6(3), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (19) d. Frank Dancevic (CAN) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

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Court 4 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (9) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) — 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (18) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Petra Kvitova (CZE) (7) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) — 6-2, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Julia Glushko (ISR) d. Sachia Vickery (USA) — 7-5, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d. James Blake (USA) / Jack Sock (USA) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-2

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Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Kaia Kanepi (EST) (25) d. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — 6-4, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) (22) — 6-1, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d. Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) — 6-4, 6-4, 7-5

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Ivan Dodig (CRO) d. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) — 6-1, 6-4, 6-4

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Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (24) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) — 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 2
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) (32) d. Guillaume Rufin (FRA) — 7-6(4), 1-1 Ret.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Federico Delbonis (ARG) / Leonardo Mayer (ARG) — 7-6(1), 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (14) d. Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) — 6-3, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) — 6-4, 7-6(8)

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Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Roberta Vinci (ITA) (10) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) — 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Andy Ram (ISR) d. Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) (11) / Scott Lipsky (USA) (11) — 6-2, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Simona Halep (ROU) (21) d. Donna Vekic (CRO) — 6-2, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) — 7-5, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Alize Cornet (FRA) / Caroline Garcia (FRA) d. Mallory Burdette (USA) / Taylor Townsend (USA) — 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

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Court 9 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) (7) / Abigail Spears (USA) (7) d. Natalie Grandin (RSA) / Darija Jurak (CRO) — 6-1, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d. Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) (8) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (8) — 6-4, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (11) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (11) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) — 6-2, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) / Philipp Petzschner (GER) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Julia Goerges (GER) (12) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (12) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Mandy Minella (LUX) — 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

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Court 10 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) — 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Andre Begemann (GER) / Martin Emmrich (GER) d. Alex Kuznetsov (USA) / Bobby Reynolds (USA) — 6-4, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (8) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (8) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) — 6-4, 6-1

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Brian Baker (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) d. Paul C. Oosterbaan (USA) / Ronnie Schneider (USA) — 6-0, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Michael Llodra (FRA) (14) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) (14) d. Jarmere Jenkins (USA) / Mac Styslinger (USA) — 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Leander Paes (IND) (4) / Radek Stepanek (CZE) (4) d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) / Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) — 6-4, 7-6(4)

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Court 12 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Ryan Harrison (USA) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d. Steve Johnson (USA) / Michael Russell (USA) — 7-6(6), 7-6(8)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Julien Benneteau (FRA) (7) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (7) d. Tomasz Bednarek (POL) / Lukas Lacko (SVK) — 6-1, 7-6(4)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Marcel Granollers (ESP) (3) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (3) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) / Florian Mayer (GER) — 5-7, 7-5, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (16) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (16) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) / Christina McHale (USA) — 6-4, 6-4

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Court 14 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) d. David Marrero (ESP) (9) / Fernando Verdasco (ESP) (9) — 7-6(4), 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Timea Babos (HUN) / Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) / Alicja Rosolska (POL) — 7-6(5), 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) / Saisai Zheng (CHN) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) / Kaia Kanepi (EST) — 6-3, 6-3

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) d. Julian Knowle (AUT) / Jurgen Melzer (AUT) — 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-6(5)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (5) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (5) d. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) / Lukasz Kubot (POL) — 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

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Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Cara Black (ZIM) (13) / Marina Erakovic (NZL) (13) d. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) / Shahar Peer (ISR) — 6-4, 7-6(4)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Austin Krajicek (USA) / Denis Kudla (USA) d. Martin Klizan (SVK) / Michal Mertinak (SVK) — 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) / Divij Sharan (IND) d. Robin Haase (NED) / Igor Sijsling (NED) — 6-1, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (15) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) (15) d. Irina Buryachok (UKR) / Karin Knapp (ITA) — 6-2, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (6) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) (6) d. Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) — 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

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Court 16 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Daniele Bracciali (ITA) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) / Andreas Seppi (ITA) — 7-5, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Sania Mirza (IND) (10) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (10) d. Annika Beck (GER) / Monica Puig (PUR) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) / Ken Skupski (GBR) — 6-3, 6-3

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) / Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) / Janette Husarova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (14) / Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) (14) d. Eva Birnerova (CZE) / Stefanie Voegele (SUI) — 6-2, 7-5

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August 29, 2013
You Know You Made It When…

Hours before Andy Murray opens his 2013 US Open title defense campaign, there seems to be an unusual — but welcome — air of tranquility surrounding him, or more accurately, surrounding his critics, supporters, and tennis pundits in general. Sure, there is no escaping the clichéd narrative of “defending champion pressure,” as it seemed to become the de facto question mark once the media ran out of reasons to doubt the Brit, but that almost seems like a compliment when compared to years of harsh assessments, inaccurate labels, and false predictions of a gloomy future following every loss. In the span of twelve months, Murray went from everyone’s obligatory choice on a “best player never to win a Slam” shortlist, to the heaven-sent savior of British tennis and a multiple Grand Slam champion.

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For years, Murray was impatiently crucified for every high profile loss, every shocking defeat, and yes, even every Masters 1000 event tournament win because “if only he can do that in Majors.” At times, he was given a few deserved passes due to competing in an era where three of the greatest ever to play the game happen to dominate, but he was ultimately a victim of his own success: He had proven he could beat them on more than one occasion, but had yet to do so when it mattered most. Of course, in an ever fickle tennis world, failing to string together two consecutive wins over Nadal and Federer in your first ever Major semifinal (and final) appearance, losing to Novak Djokovic on his beloved Australian Open turf, and succumbing to the Swiss master on the Centre Court of Wimbledon dubiously brings your mental toughness into question.

If the general consensus was to be believed, every Slam was Murray’s last chance to win a Major, and every Grand Slam final loss somehow meant his chances of finally snatching one were decreasing, despite the fact that he was continuously putting himself in a position to do so. Murray’s years of unfair media treatment were largely a result of him not winning a Slam as early as most predicted. Typically, he was quick to be put on a pedestal only to be shot down once he didn’t immediately meet the needlessly inflated expectations.

In hindsight, Murray’s career has been far from unusual. In fact, its evolution makes sense, once one looks at the tennis aspect of his game, what he lacked, what he excelled at, and what he has managed to improve. If experts simply distanced themselves from the fanfare and unreasonable demands of immediate glory, the reasons behind Murray’s “failings” were fairly evident, especially once contrasted with his subsequent success in winning Grand Slams.

Murray was long chastised for his inability to play aggressively in key matches or moments, but this was hardly a mental block that he was somehow unable to overcome, or an elusive strategy he had yet to comprehend. From a pure tennis perspective, Murray’s forehand was letting him down against the game’s elite. That is not to suggest that he had never approached a match the wrong way, implemented an ill-advised strategy, or remained too content to stay within his comfort zone. In fact, those factors definitely contributed to many of his defeats. Likewise, while he was never nearly as shaky between the ears as many would have you believe, the Scot didn’t always have the most exemplary attitude facing adversity (a semifinal match with Nadal at the 2011 US Open particularly stands out), and he was obviously nervous in his first ever Grand Slam final appearance against Federer.

However, for the bulk of his career, Murray’s forehand was what was stopping him from employing the aggression many urged him to, while the improvement he later made to that very shot (helped immensely by the partnership with Ivan Lendl) turned him into the champion many predicted he would become. Heartbreaking as it must have been, Murray’s 2012 Australian Open semifinal loss to Novak Djokovic was the definite sign of things to come. Up until that point, Murray had been routinely dominated in forehand-to-forehand crosscourt exchanges by Djokovic, Federer, and even by Nadal’s crosscourt backhand. That Djokovic semi marked the first time since his brilliant 2010 Australian Open performance against Nadal that Murray used his forehand with authority against one of the game’s “Big 3” in a Major. The Lendl partnership was immediately paying off.

Looking back at the pre-2012 US Open phase of Murray’s career, you can pinpoint four crucial matches that perfectly capture his development. Often, a player turns in an eye-opening performance (even in defeat) that earns him premature predictions of guaranteed greatness by trigger-happy fans and pundits, only to spectacularly fail to live up to the hype. Murray, on the other hand, is a rare case of a player whose defining matches were corroborated by his career trajectory.

Murray had shown flashes of his future brilliance in a five-set loss to David Nalbandian at Wimbledon in 2005, and a straight-set upset of Roger Federer at the 2006 Cincinnati Masters. However, his real “take notice” moment, at least as far as I’m concerned, was his five-set loss to Rafael Nadal at the 2007 Australian Open. A more fit version of Murray would have more than likely emerged victorious, but the Brit looked noticeably winded in the deciding set. Nevertheless, Murray’s talent was on full display, as he handled Nadal’s spin with crosscourt backhands all day, toyed with his opponent with silky-smooth drop shots, and showed incredible hands at the net. While injury would soon derail his momentum that year, it remains the match which gave us the first glimpse of Murray against a future rival, and one of the sport’s giants on the Grand Slam level.

Eighteen months later, Murray got his shot at redemption, this time producing what was the most sensational tennis of his career to topple Nadal in 4 sets at the 2008 US Open semifinal. Murray had just broken into the Top 10, and cemented his status as a legitimate threat at Majors by eliminating the Spaniard in the midst of the hottest run of his career. The match remains among Murray’s finest hours, as his serve, aggression, and forehand looked near unplayable. Despite a disappointing outing against Federer in the final, Murray would build off that monumental win over Nadal with an impressive fall indoor season, winning his second Masters 1000 event in Madrid (his first was at Cincinnati earlier that summer), thus officially becoming part of the sport’s “Big 4” (when the term was first coined).

If the two Nadal matches were turning points as far as Murray cementing his status among the sport’s very best is concerned, his aforementioned semifinal with Djokovic at the 2012 Australian Open was the turning point with regards to his eventual Grand Slam triumph. The Lendl partnership was still in its early stages, but the intent was clear. Despite the loss, there was an overwhelming amount of positives for Murray to take. The match saw him combine his variety, defense, and aggression to deliver an absolute classic that would have been even more fondly remembered had it not been for a rough opening set and the subsequent Djokovic/Nadal final.

Murray built off that match to take himself all the way to his first Wimbledon final, where he was once again toppled by his Grand Slam final tormentor, Roger Federer. However, a few weeks later, Murray would gain revenge in one of the greatest moments of his career, and his ultimate pre-Grand Slam win turning point, when he beat Federer in the final of the 2012 Olympics in London. From a tennis perspective, the performance itself may not have been as telling as Murray’s aggressive outing against Djokovic in Melbourne, but it finally gave Murray a satisfaction that rivals winning a Major, and the emotional boost he needed on his way to realizing his dream. It took him mere weeks to do so, as Murray once again used that career exemplifying match against Federer to win the US Open crown by beating Novak Djokovic in five windy sets.

Almost a full year later, Murray revisits the ground that provided him his first taste of Grand Slam glory, and walks in as the Wimbledon champion to boot. There are no talks of last chances, mental obstacles, “first British man since…”, or the need to adopt a more aggressive approach. In fact, there have been no overreactions to his now-customary post-Slam final lulls when he surprisingly loses early in Masters 1000 events. There is only “Andy Murray: US Open and Wimbledon champion.”

You know you’ve made it when the media manage to keep a level head after you lose, and still pencil you in as one of the favorites for a Major, instead of using said defeat as a sure-fire sign of a tennis apocalypse. Only a few players are offered this luxury. Andy Murray, you have officially made it.

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August 28, 2013
US Open Day 3 Schedule of Play / Scores: Wednesday, August 28

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Arthur Ashe Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Na Li (CHN) (5) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) — 6-2, 6-2

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) (6) d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) — 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(7)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Serena Williams (USA) (1) vs. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) — Canceled

Not Before 7:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Andy Murray (GBR) (3) d. Michael Llodra (FRA) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-3

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Sloane Stephens (USA) (15) d. Urszula Radwanska (POL) — 6-1, 6-1

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Louis Armstrong Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (3) d. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) — 6-0, 7-5

Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Jie Zheng (CHN) d. Venus Williams (USA) — 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) d. James Blake (USA) — 6-7(2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2), 7-6(2)

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Grandstand — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Kevin Anderson (RSA) (17) d. Daniel Brands (GER) — 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Brian Baker (USA) — 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Jamie Hampton (USA) (23) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) — 7-5, 6-4

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Angelique Kerber (GER) (8) vs. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) — Canceled

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Court 17 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (18) d. Coco Vandeweghe (USA) — 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Tim Smyczek (USA) d. James Duckworth (AUS) — 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Rajeev Ram (USA) d. Fabio Fognini (ITA) (16) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) vs. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Martina Hingis (SUI) — Canceled

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Court 13 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Somdev Devvarman (IND) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) — 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) d. Benoit Paire (FRA) (24) — 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(5)

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (24) vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) — Canceled

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (9) vs. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) — Canceled

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Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) d. Go Soeda (JPN) — 6-4, 6-3, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Laura Robson (GBR) (30) d. Caroline Garcia (FRA) — 6-4, 7-6(5)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) (9) d. Radek Stepanek (CZE) — 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Sabine Lisicki (GER) (16) vs. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — Canceled

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (19) vs. Kurumi Nara (JPN) — Canceled

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Court 4 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (21) d. Nicolas Mahut (FRA) — 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(4)

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Peter Gojowczyk (GER) d. Igor Sijsling (NED) — 7-6(7), 2-6, 6-4, 6-1

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Kaia Kanepi (EST) (25) vs. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) — Canceled

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) vs. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) — Canceled

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Court 6 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) d. David Goffin (BEL) — 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) — 7-6(4), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4)

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Rohan Bopanna (IND) (6) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) (6) vs. Bradley Klahn (USA) / Sam Querrey (USA) — Canceled

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Vania King (USA) / Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) vs. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) / Donna Vekic (CRO) — Canceled

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Court 7 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Singles – Round 2
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (32) d. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) — 6-4, 6-0

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Andreas Seppi (ITA) (20) d. Xavier Malisse (BEL) — 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) (1) / Alexander Peya (AUT) (1) vs. Ashleigh Barty (AUS) / John Peers (AUS) — Canceled

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Court 8 — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Liezel Huber (USA) (9) / Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) (9) d. Nina Bratchikova (RUS) / Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) — 6-1, 6-1

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Kiki Bertens (NED) / Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Shelby Rogers (USA) / Maria Sanchez (USA) — 7-5, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Jurgen Zopp (EST) — 6-1, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Melanie Oudin (USA) / Alison Riske (USA) vs. Lauren Davis (USA) / Grace Min (USA) — Canceled

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Court 9 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Albert Montanes (ESP) / Tommy Robredo (ESP) d. Frantisek Cermak (CZE) (15) / Filip Polasek (SVK) (15) — 6-4, 6-0

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Katalin Marosi (HUN) / Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) d. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Klara Zakopalova (CZE) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (4) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (4) vs. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) — Canceled

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Ryan Harrison (USA) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) vs. Steve Johnson (USA) / Michael Russell (USA) — Canceled

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Court 10 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Colin Fleming (GBR) (12) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) (12) d. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) / Eduardo Schwank (ARG) — 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Singles – Round 1
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) (29) — 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(3)

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Victoria Duval (USA) / Donald Young (USA) vs. Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Treat Huey (PHI) — Canceled

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Sharon Fichman (CAN) / Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) vs. Allie Kiick (USA) / Sachia Vickery (USA) — Canceled

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) / Simona Halep (ROU) vs. Jill Craybas (USA) / Coco Vandeweghe (USA) — Canceled

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Petra Martic (CRO) / Andrea Petkovic (GER) vs. Polona Hercog (SLO) / Lisa Raymond (USA) — Canceled

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Court 14 — 11:00 A.M.

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (4) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) — 6-2, 2-6, 10-8

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) d. Elina Svitolina (UKR) / Renata Voracova (CZE) — 6-2, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) / Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) vs. Florin Mergea (ROU) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) — Canceled

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Julia Goerges (GER) (12) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) (12) vs. Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Mandy Minella (LUX) — Canceled

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (2) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (2) vs. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) — Canceled

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Court 15 — 11:00 A.M.

Mixed Doubles – Round 1
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / David Marrero (ESP) d. Saisai Zheng (CHN) / Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) — 2-6, 6-0, 10-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) / Mikhail Elgin (RUS) d. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) / Grega Zemlja (SLO) — 1-6, 6-3, 6-2

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) (11) / Scott Lipsky (USA) (11) vs. Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Andy Ram (ISR) — Canceled

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (11) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (11) vs. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) — Canceled

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Austin Krajicek (USA) / Denis Kudla (USA) vs. Martin Klizan (SVK) / Michal Mertinak (SVK) — Canceled

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Court 16 — 11:00 A.M.

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) d. Max Mirnyi (BLR) (13) / Horia Tecau (ROU) (13) — 6-2, 7-5

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Mona Barthel (GER) / Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) / Eva Hrdinova (CZE) — 6-3, 6-4

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs. Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG) / Juan Monaco (ARG) — Canceled

Women’s Doubles – Round 1
Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Heather Watson (GBR) vs. Sandra Klemenschits (AUT) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) — Canceled

Men’s Doubles – Round 1
Pablo Andujar (ESP) / Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs. Christopher Kas (GER) / Oliver Marach (AUT) — Canceled
Credits: Cover Photo: jpellgen (Creative Commons License)

August 27, 2013