Nadal, who was also playing in his first US Open semifinal, said that, with the number of matches he had played recently taken into consideration, he was pleased with his overall performance at the Open. [10] Nadal's Olympic counterpart, Elena Dementieva, made hard work of her win against Akgul Amanmuradova,[11] and former champion Lindsay Davenport, playing the US Open for the first time since her return to the sport from a break due to motherhood,[12] beat recent Bank of the West Classic winner Aleksandra Wozniak[13] in a comfortable two sets. It was the 9th grand slam title overall for Williams, who entered the tournament as the fourth seed. 1 ranking did not preclude the two men behind the recent HBO documentary “The Black List” from including her in their portraits of 22 of the most fascinating and influential black Americans. Find out which athletes and teams are winning medals. “I feel like there’s just so much that I can do in my career yet.”, Asked for a one-word description of this year, Williams replied, “Magical,” and explained, “It was everything coming together.”, Serena Williams Wins U.S. Open, Retaking No. 1, https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/sports/tennis/08women.html. The home nation had success; Serena Williams was the first American to win a singles title since Andy Roddick in 2003. From the beginning of 2002 through the end of 2003, Williams won five of the six majors she entered. However, after having broken serve in the fourth, Robredo levelled the match at 3–3, prompting the number three seed to smash his racket, and be the subject of booing from sections of the crowd. “It’s been so long.”. Murray and Huber into Flushing Meadows final. Venus took the initiative in the opening stages, breaking to lead 3–1, and had the advantage of serving for two sets points at 5–3, 40–15. [30][31], In the second set of women's second round matches, world number 188 Julie Coin provided one of the biggest shocks of the tournament, as she defeated Ana Ivanovic, the World No. Murray also had the task of becoming the first man since Sergi Bruguera, at the 1993 French Open, to beat the top two players in the world at a Grand Slam. Coin set up a clash with Amélie Mauresmo, who bypassed the threat of Kaia Kanepi 2–6, 6–4, 6–0. In the tie-break, he squandered an early lead before reeling off three points in a row at 4–5 down to gain a two-set advantage. The 2008 e-Boks Odense Open was a women's professional tennis event on the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit, which took place from 17 to 23 November. Seeds progressing on the first day of play included David Ferrer, Andy Murray, David Nalbandian, Stanislas Wawrinka, Gilles Simon, Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Gaël Monfils. #4 Roger Federer. Jamie Murray and Liezel Huber won their last four match in straight sets to set up a second grand slam final for the Scot. Roland Garros 2010. Bird flu? Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic appeared in the US Open Doubles Final for the second consecutive year, this time with partner Leander Paes, who like Liezel Huber and Cara Black, had a chance to earn two titles at the 2008 US Open. [115][118] After the match, the 30-year-old brothers played down their chances of catching The Woodies, who won 11 Grand Slam titles in their career. The US Open women's singles final will now take place on Sunday afar heavy rain prevented it taking place as previously scheduled on Saturday. Serena sets her sights on more titles after ninth grand slam ... and changed the face of the women's game. The first of the Women’s Singles tournaments ran a few years later at Philadelphia in 1887. A top ten seed who had greater problems progressing was Dinara Safina, who was troubled by her own unpredictable manner of play in defeating Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3; Agnieszka Radwańska, Nadia Petrova, Flavia Pennetta, Alizé Cornet, and Dominika Cibulková also came through. Sophia held game point to force a 3rd set tiebreaker before Jelena broke her to win the match. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. The loss reduced Kristie's record to 13-2 for the year; she won the Landisville, PA ITF title in May, and the Houston ITF title in June, a week after she turned 16. The win put Patty in the 7th Grand Slam singles quarterfinal of her career. It was the biggest victory of Katarina's career (by rank). Live Scores. [104] He did however, hold a win-loss record of 2-1 against Federer, and had most recently beaten him at the 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships. Pivotal Match: 1995 U.S. Open Final, Graf 7-6, 0-6, 6-3 3. 3 and will overtake Ana Ivanovic, who lost in the second round. Federer broke serve at 4–4 (games) in the second set, and then served that set out; Müller put up stronger resistance in the third set tiebreak, leading 4–1 and 5–3, but after this allowed Federer to win the next four points. This win allowed them to recover their number one spot in the rankings, dethroning Daniel Nestor, who had lost in the third round partnering Nenad Zimonjić. Novak Djoković was forced into a first set tiebreak against American qualifier Robert Kendrick, and, after having been 6–2 up, faced two sets points in Kendrick's favor, before winning it 10–8; Djoković then took the next two sets, 6–4, 6–4. Jankovic had 15 winners and 22 unforced errors. [81][82] If the men's matches were completed, but the women's final could not be, then both finals would be played on Day 14, the final Sunday. The last time the pair had met on hardcourts was in January, in the Australian Open semifinal,[86] where Djoković had convincingly beaten Federer;[87] the time before this was in the aforementioned 2007 final, where Federer had won in straight sets. Djoković was also pushed to five sets, defeating fifteenth seed Tommy Robredo 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 in nearly four hours. It was his 13th career Grand Slam title, and his 5th (consecutive) US Open title. Both of these players were particularly successful on their serves. Murray was aided in the next game, when he was serving to stay in the set, as Federer hit four unforced errors, all going long. Williams had won her first Grand Slam at the Open, in 1999, and reflected on her future by saying that she wanted to win several more before her career was over. As ecstatic as she was after match point, Williams made it clear in her news conference 90 minutes later that nine was not enough. Murray then broke back, and dominated the tiebreak that took place shortly afterwards. Nadal struggled in the latter stages of the second set (which was the first one he dropped in the tournament), and up until the tiebreak of the third, putting in a subdued performance in which the quality of his serve wavered. Fifth seed and 2004 finalist Elena Dementieva progressed first, defeating the fifteenth seed Patty Schnyder with a competent display, 6–2, 6–3. 1 spot at the end of the tournament. Les Roopanarine. Williams was highly successful on her first serve, with a conversion rate of 69%, and a points-won rate of 90%. He did, however, win the next two games. WTA Tournament(s) Fed Cup. Federer fired another series of big serves in the seventh game, and then broke Murray to win the first set, 6–2, in twenty-seven minutes. It was the 128th edition of the US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. Petra Cetkovska CZE & Yanina Wickmayer BEL r1, s6 Victoria Azarenka BLR & Shahar Peer ISR r1. Murray and Huber fall at final hurdle. It was Paes's fourth mixed doubles title, Black's third, and their first together. It was little wonder that the match was high on drama. It was the 9th grand slam title overall for Williams, who entered the tournament as the fourth seed. 11 Grand Slam final losses! The last two being the most memorable by Stan Wawrinka in Roland Garros 2015 and US Open 2016. [123] Three American boys made the semifinals, making this the most successful tournament for the home nation since 2000, when Andy Roddick, Ytai Abougzir, and Robby Ginepri all reached that stage. In the second set, the teams traded breaks, before the Bryans came through a longer tiebreak. [46] In the other matches, ninth seed Agnieszka Radwańska eased to victory over eighteenth seed and recent Rogers Cup finalist Dominika Cibulková, 6–0, 6–3; sixteenth seed Flavia Pennetta beat Nadia Petrova, seeded three places lower; Amélie Mauresmo ended the run of Julie Coin; and wild card Séverine Brémond knocked Tathiana Garbin out of the tournament. Safina, who had reached the final stage of six of her previous seven tournaments, said that she hoped to emulate her brother Marat, who won his maiden Grand Slam tournament at Flushing Meadows in 2000. Black and Huber had faced each other three days earlier in the mixed doubles final. Serena Williams defeated Jelena Janković 6–4, 7–5 in the final, to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2008 US Open. World number ones Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic went out in the semifinal and second round, respectively. I let my opportunities go away.”. Recent Olympic gold medalist, and new World No. [82], In the girls' singles final, American wild card Coco Vandeweghe defeated Gabriela Paz Franco 7–6(3), 6–1. 1 and top seed Ana Ivanovic, who had recently returned from injury, began her campaign with a hard fought win over Vera Dushevina, coming through 6–1, 4–6, 6–4. Williams told afterwards of her excitement of having an American player back in the final (the last women's singles final to feature an American woman was 2002, when, as previously mentioned, she and her sister played each other). During the match, Djoković had felt the wrath of the US crowd, who were vociferous in their support for Federer, and who at times cheered when he hit unforced errors. [91][92] Had the match gone to seeding, Nadal would have been facing his rival, Federer, for a third time in a Grand Slam final in 2008, after having already beaten him at the French Open[93] and Wimbledon. 2011 US Open Favorite: Serena Williams (+160) Defending US Open Ladies Champion: Kim Clijsters 2011 US Open TV Coverage – Network: Tennis Network, NBC. [122][123], By reaching the finals, Britton and Vandeweghe became the first American boy/girl duo to make the singles finals since 1992, when Brian Dunn and Lindsay Davenport did so. But her career-high WTA rank is # 171, and this is the first time she has reached a Grand Slam main draw. US Open History. Federer dispatched his opponent in straight sets, winning 7-6(3), 7–5, 7–5, to round out the final two players remaining from an original draw of 128 men's professional tennis players. The pair had previously faced each other in the Open final, with Venus winning in 2001 and Serena the following year. The predecessor to the United States Open Tennis Championships, the Open Era dating back to 1968, was the U.S. Men’s Singles National Championship founded back in 1881 and held on Rhode Island. Aged 18, he was the youngest man to reach the fourth round at the US Open since Marat Safin in 1998, and the first Japanese man since Shuzo Matsuoka at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam. [77] Williams also won in two sets, defeating Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–2. Fifteenth seed Tommy Robredo knocked out the nineteenth seed and Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who was playing his first tournament since having knee surgery in May);[25][48] eleventh seed Fernando González defeated Jarkko Nieminen in four sets; and number twenty-three seed Igor Andreev defeated his higher-ranked opponent, number thirteen Fernando Verdasco, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. She has won 4 ITF singles titles, including one this year. Federer won the next three points, despite, on evidence of a replay, having clearly hit one of his shots long. Women's Singles. Federer failed to hit any successful first serves in the next game, and Murray gained three consecutive break points at 0–40. Dimitrov, playing in his final junior tournament, defeated Britton 6–4, 6–3. Murray, though, was dismantled by Federer in straight sets in that Australian Open final and would lose another four finals Down Under by the time 2016 was barely a month old. [66] In the first set, Murray raced ahead, and led 4–1 before del Potro went on to win the next four games. @LesRoopanarine. Marion Bartoli reached the fourth round, beating veteran Lindsay Davenport, who would neither confirm nor deny whether she was on the brink of retirement. Both players then had opportunities to break at the start of the fourth. The final major of the 2008 tennis season is upon and the US Open has never been so wide open in both the men’s and women’s field. Serena prevailed in two sets, 7–6(6), 7–6(7), but not without considerable difficulty. Julie was a three-time All-American at Clemson; she was ranked # 2 in NCAA singles in 2005. Emma Raducanu defeated Leylah Fernandez in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, in the 2021 US Open women’s singles final, becoming the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title. Murray came back into the match, levelling the scores at 3–3; and he broke again to win the match at 5–4. [99] Williams, who had dominated the sport from 2002 to 2003, but been ranked outside the top 125 in 2006,[100] put her renaissance, not only in this tournament but for the whole of 2008, down to a better approach towards fitness. [71] Ultimately, with one men's match finished, and another half-way completed, the organizers decided to designate a fifteenth day's play, with the women's final having been cancelled due to ongoing rain. It was played on indoor carpet courts. However, Nadal improved his performance in the following three sets, and produced a number of passing shots to counter Fish's aggressive play, eventually coming through 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2. [101][110] Murray lost the first two games of the second set, meaning that Federer had won a cumulative total of six games in a row. Between 1970 and 1989 it was a premier tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and was part of the Grand Prix Super Series top tier events. Federer broke again in the fifth game of the fourth set, and did not lose another game as he cruised to victory. Roland Garros. He was rewarded with two breaks of serve in the first set, at 1–1 and 4–2. The second seed, who has dropped just one set en route to the final, is now one match away from capturing his first major title at Flushing Meadows. Federer eased through next service game, and broke Murray for the first time at 3–2 following a succession of errors from Murray. Women Tennis US Open 1996 Qualification Surface: Outdoor Hard. WTA Championships - Doha 2010. 16-year-old Coco is the daughter of Tauna Vandeweghe, a US Olympic team member (100 meter backstroke) in 1976, and the niece of former NBA basketball player Kiki Vandeweghe. However, she said that her recent Olympic triumph provided more than mere consolation, as she assigned a higher worth to the Olympic tennis event. In the second set, it was Murray who broke late in the set, at 5–5, and he had an opportunity to serve for the set. Seeded losers included 2007 semifinalist Anna Chakvetadze, who lost to Ekaterina Makarova, making this her worst Slam finish in three years;[11] Maria Kirilenko, who lost to Tamira Paszek; and Shahar Pe'er, who lost to Li Na 2–6, 6–0, 6–1. Nishikori, ranked world number 126, won after Ferrer had staged a comeback from two sets down, and then saved five match points of his, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 7–5. 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