An opportunity awaits for the eight players remaining in the bottom half of the draw. For the first time since 2014 at the US Open a first-time Grand Slam finalist is guaranteed. Three years ago first-time finalists met in the championship as Marin Cilic defeated Kei Nishikori. In the fourth round of the bottom half of the draw, the highest-seeded players are No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta, No. 16 Lucas Pouille, No. 17 Sam Querrey, No. 23 Mischa Zverev, No. 28 Kevin Anderson, and No. 29 Diego Schwartzman. Only Anderson (2015) and Pouille (last year) have reached the quarter-finals in Flushing Meadows. UnseededPaolo Lorenzi and #NextGenATP qualifier Denis Shapovalov are also left. In the opening match on Arthur Ashe Stadium,...
US OPEN DAY SIX HIGHLIGHTS • Three former US Open champions are in third round action on Saturday with five-time titleholder Roger Federer, two-time winner Rafael Nadal and 2009 champ Juan Martin del Potro leading the way Also on the schedule are No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem, No. 9 seed David Goffin and No. 11 seed Roberto Bautista Agut. • Nadal brings a 3-0 head-to-head record against lucky loser Leonardo Mayer of Argentina in the last match of the day session on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Nadal leads the ATP World Tour with 51 wins on the season and he’s trying to reach the 4R at the US Open for the 9th time. He is 8-2 in 3R matches. Mayer, who...
DAY FOUR HIGHLIGHTS • Second round action in the top half of the draw on Thursday features five-time US Open champion Roger Federer, two-time champion Rafael Nadal and 2009 titleholder Juan Martin del Potro. All but Federer and Nadal are back in action for the second straight day. Also on the schedule are No. 6 seed Dominic Thiem and No. 7 seed Grigor Dimitrov, both who reached semi-finals earlier this season at Roland Garros and the Australian Open, respectively. • Federer, who defeated #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe in five sets on Tuesday night in his opener, brings a 16-0 head-to-head record against Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Federer is also 16-0 in 2R US Open matches. He is looking for his 80th...
If history is any indication of what's to come at the US Open, Rafael Nadal will be quite pleased with his fortnight in New York. The last time the top seed entered the last Grand Slam of the year as World No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings was in 2010. The result? His first of two US Open titles, culminating in a four-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the final. This time, Nadal returns to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ready to embark on his 142nd and 143rd weeks at No. 1. Ahead of his 13th appearance in the Big Apple, the Spaniard says he is simply happy to be back and has one objective on...
It somehow has never happened, but Roger Federer – and every tennis fan in the world – would welcome the occasion. Federer and Rafael Nadal have played 37 times in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, including three times this year – Australian Open final, Indian Wells round of 16 and Miami final – all of which Federer won. But the all-time greats have never faced off at the US Open, which starts Monday in New York. The match-up could happen this year, though. Federer, the third seed, has been drawn in the same half as No. 1 seed Nadal. The two could meet in the semi-finals. “I'd love to play Rafa here in New York. Hopefully it will be a night...