OLE OLE OLE Ole Ole, Delpo, Delpo! The song rang around Grandstand after Juan Martin Del Potro completed a sensational comeback from two sets down to Dominic Thiem in the best match of the US Open. Del Potro fought off illness and a two-set deficit to one of tennis’ rising stars in an emotional, […]
RAMPANT Rafael Nadal roared into the quarter-finals of the US Open by thrashing Alexandr Dolgopolov. And the odds on Nadal going on to win the tournament will surely narrow after this 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 winning performance. He played an opponent who finds one of his matches last month under investigation because of irregular betting patterns. […]
KAROLINA PLISKOVA finally played like the world No 1 and proved she could claim her first Grand Slam title in New York. Pliskova, who had been a match point down in her previous match, destroyed Jennifer Brady 6-1 6-0 in just 46 minutes to move into the US Open quarter finals. NEW CUSTOMER OFFER: ENGLAND […]
MARIA SHARAPOVA last night crashed out of the US Open – after losing in three sets to Anastasija Sevastova. The Russian was bidding to make the second week of her first Grand Slam since returning from a drugs ban. But she ran out of steam as her 16th seed opponent came through 5-7 6-4 6-2. […]
ROGER FEDERER cruised into the fourth round of the US Open. But Rafael Nadal again had to come from a set down to keep hopes alive of a first ever clash between the great rivals in New York. Federer shook off fears that his back problem was troubling him with a ruthless defeat of No […]