Ninth seed Dominic Thiem reaches the US Open fourth round – but not without a spectacular bit of racquet-smashing and an unfortunately timed rain delay. …
Posts published in August 2018
Defending champion Rafael Nadal digs deep to outmanoeuvre powerful Russian Karen Khachanov and win their thrilling US Open third-round match. Source: BBC Tennis News
British tennis fans have complained about Amazon’s US Open coverage, but the online giant is breaking new ground. Source: BBC Tennis News
Defending champion Sloane Stephens beats two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-4 to reach the fourth round of the US Open Source: BBC Tennis…
US Open organisers say umpire Mohamed Lahyani went ‘beyond protocol’ in his on-court ‘pep-talk’ with Nick Kyrgios. Source: BBC Tennis News
Maria Sharapova sets up a third-round clash with former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko by beating Sorana Cirstea in New York. Source: BBC Tennis News
The LTA is applying to host February’s round-robin Fed Cup event, which would be the first time Britain has staged a tie since 1993. Source:…
Two-time champion Novak Djokovic moves into the US Open third round after needing four sets to beat big-hitting American Tennys Sandgren. Source: BBC Tennis News
Sisters Venus and Serena Williams meet on day five of the US Open for a place in the last 16 at Flushing Meadows. Source: BBC…
Britain’s Jamie Murray and Brazilian doubles partner Bruno Soares beat Guido Pella and Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the US Open. Source: BBC Tennis News
Fourth seed Angelique Kerber overcomes a second-set wobble against Sweden’s Johanna Larsson to make the US Open last 32. Source: BBC Tennis News
Roger Federer continues his bid for a record sixth US Open title with a comfortable second-round win over France’s Benoit Paire. Source: BBC Tennis News
Australian’s Nick Kyrgios surges back to beat Pierre-Hughes Herbert – after an apparent pep talk from umpire Mohamed Lahyani, Source: BBC Tennis News
Beaten Andy Murray jokes he has “started imagining things” after Fernando Verdasco denies speaking to his coach in a US Open heat break. Source: BBC…
Andy Murray says it is ‘completely normal’ to have doubts about whether he can return to the top of the game after losing in the…
Defending champion Rafael Nadal is through to the US Open third round with victory over the unseeded Vasek Pospisil. Source: BBC Tennis News
Former champions Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber will play on day four of the US Open. Source: BBC Tennis News
Alize Cornet says the decision to ban Serena Williams from wearing a catsuit at future French Opens was “10,000 times worse” than her reprimand at…
Britain’s Andy Murray is beaten in four sets by Fernando Verdasco in the second round of the US Open. Source: BBC Tennis News
Third seed Juan Martin del Potro powers into the US Open third round, where he is joined by another former champion Stan Wawrinka. Source: BBC…