Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers reached the US Open third round on Sunday at Flushing Meadows as they defeated Mikhail Elgin and Daniil Medvedev 7-6(3), 6-4. The Finnish-Australian duo are bidding to win their second Grand Slam championship of the season after victory at the Australian Open in January. They are also closing in on one of the coveted eight positions at the Nitto ATP Finals, currently second in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London. Fourth seeds and defending champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares also advanced in straight sets, dismissing Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner 7-6(4), 6-3. The US Open was one of two Grand Slam championships that Murray and Soares won in 2016, helping them...
Pablo Carreno Busta advanced to his second Grand Slam quarter-final on Sunday in New York as he ended Denis Shapovalov’s dream run with a 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 7-6(3) victory in the US Open fourth round. Carreno Busta is the fifth different Spaniard to reach the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows in the past five years - joining Rafael Nadal, Feliciano Lopez, David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo – and goes on to face either Lucas Pouille or Diego Schwartzman. Speaking to Darren Cahill in his on-court interview, Carreno Busta said, “It’s amazing. It was the first time I played singles on this court. Arthur Ashe is unbelievable. I cannot describe it. I tried to fight all the time, every point. You never know...
It took four sets, but Rafael Nadal secured his place in the Round of 16 at the US Open. Nadal defeated Leonardo Mayer 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 with the roof closed on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday. For the second straight match, the World No. 1 was forced to rebound after dropping the opening set. On Thursday, he rallied from a set and a break down to defeat Taro Daniel and on Saturday, it was Mayer who sent an early message under the lights on Ashe. Mayer imposed himself from the baseline during the 63-minute opener, sending Nadal scrambling from side to side. The Argentine incredibly saved the first 13 break points faced, consistently coming up clutch in the critical...
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan are ramping up their bid for a sixth US Open men’s doubles crown. The fifth-seeded Americans easily disposed of the all-Australian duo of Nick Kyrgios and Matt Reid to progress to the third round on Saturday. Their 6-1, 6-1 triumph set a showdown with No. 9 seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. There was success for another all-American pairing with wild cards Christopher Eubanks and Christian Harrison advancing. Playing together for the first time, Eubanks and Harrison ground out a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 result over Russian Mikhail Youzhny and German Mischa Zverev on Court 7 after one hour and 31 minutes. "We started out returning really well and gave ourselves lots of chances," Harrison told...
The atmosphere on Court 5 was electric as #NextGenATP Andrey Rublev edged Damir Dzumhur 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to continue his dream run at the US Open. With the stands overflowing and spectators cramming onto the adjacent concourse, the intimate Court 5 played host to an entertaining third-round encounter between the unseeded Russian and Bosnian. A significant opportunity awaited both competitors, with a maiden Round of 16 berth at a Grand Slam on the line. The 19-year-old Rublev handled the moment with aplomb, taking the two-hour and 46-minute affair behind 44 winners and nine breaks of serve. Appearing in just his fifth Grand Slam main draw, he will make his second-week debut. Rublev was without the guidance of coach Fernando...