Kevin Anderson powered into the US Open fourth round on Friday as he defeated Borna Coric 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 at Flushing Meadows. The South African didn’t always find his best tennis, but urged himself on as he determinedly chipped away at Coric to prevail in one hour and 49 minutes. Coric had been looking to build on the second-round upset win he had recorded over fourth seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday. Anderson will look to reach the quarter-finals for the second time in New York when he faces Paolo Lorenzi on Sunday. The South African made his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Flushing Meadows two years ago with back-to-back wins over Dominic Thiem and Andy Murray (l. to Wawrinka)....
The Cinderella run for #NextGenATP star Denis Shapovalov continues. Competing in just his sixth tour-level main draw, the Canadian teen advanced to the Round of 16 at the US Open on Friday. Shapovalov is the youngest player to reach the US Open fourth round since Michael Chang in 1989 and youngest in a Grand Slam Round of 16 since Marat Safin at Roland Garros in 1998. He will seek his first major quarter-final when he faces Pablo Carreno Busta next, after advancing when Kyle Edmund retired due to injury at 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 1-0. Semi-finalist at the Coupe Rogers just three weeks ago, behind victories over Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro, the 18 year old is thriving once...
The story of the bottom half of the US Open draw took another twist on Friday as Diego Schwartzman ousted fifth seed and 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic in the third round. The Argentine battled from a set down as he edged Wimbledon runner-up Cilic 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4. World No. 33 Schwartzman is through to the fourth round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time and will take on 16th seed Lucas Pouille. [ALSO LIKE] The highest seed now remaining in the bottom half of the draw is No. 10 John Isner, who faces Mischa Zverev in the Arthur Ashe Stadium night session. Cilic’s departure means a new Grand Slam finalist will be guaranteed at Flushing...
It's not how you start, but how you finish. Rafael Nadal escaped a stern test from World No. 121 Taro Daniel to reach the third round at the US Open on Thursday. Nadal rallied from a set and a break down to prevail 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 at 12:30 a.m. local time in New York, discovering his top gear at the critical moment under the lights on Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Spaniard struck 20 winners to 24 unforced errors in the first two sets, but turned the match around in a flash, finishing with 20 winners to just 11 unforced errors in the third and fourth sets. Top seed Nadal booked his spot in the third round for a third...
Dominic Thiem was one point from being taken the distance on Louis Armstrong Stadium, but the sixth seed dug in his heels for a gritty four-set win over home hope Taylor Fritz. Thiem needed two hours and 50 minutes to deny the #NextGenATP American 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in their US Open encounter on Thursday. Fritz held three set points to force a decider at 4-5 0/40, but his Austrian opponent blasted his backhand with precision in the critical moment, staving off the trio of chances. He saved 16 of 18 break points in total. "It was 6-4, 6-4 and it looked pretty easy, but it was not at all," said Thiem. "He didn't convert one break point in the...