Watch highlights as Mischa Zverev upsets American John Isner to reach the US Open fourth round. Highlights courtesy US Open. Visit usopen.org for more video. Highlights not available in USA. Photo: Getty Images
Sam Querrey is on track to serve his way into the Nitto ATP Finals in London this November. That will make you do a double-take since he is currently No. 21 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. But dig a little deeper and you will find he is No. 10 in the Emirates ATP Race to London, with two players ahead of him (Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka) already declaring their 2017 season over. Querrey’s career-high ranking is No. 17 (31 January 2011), and he looks set to blow right past that in the coming months, as he only has 20 Emirates ATP Rankings points to defend for the rest of 2017. If he continues recent form, he could quite conceivably...
Watch highlights as Diego Schwartzman upsets fifth seed and former champion Marin Cilic in US Open third-round action on Friday. Highlights courtesy US Open. Visit usopen.org for more video. Highlights not available in USA. Photo: Getty Images
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...