admin | September 14, 2010
Rafael Nadal completed the career Grand Slam by beating Novak Djokovic in the 2010 US Open final. Nadal won a thrilling contest 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 at Flushing Meadows to become only the seventh man in history to win all four major titles. The world number one overcame the distraction of a near two-hour rain [...]
admin | September 13, 2010
The US Open men’s singles final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic has been postponed until Monday. The Flushing Meadows showpiece was due to begin on Sunday at 21:30 BST but tournament officials announced the match was abandoned after persistent downpour in New York. Rain began falling about two hours before Nadal and Djokovic were [...]
admin | September 12, 2010
Novak Djokovic will play Rafael Nadal for the US Open men’s singles title on Sunday after beating Roger Federer 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 7-5 in their semi-final. In an epic contest at Flushing Meadows, the third-seeded Serb came back from two sets to one down and also saved two match points in the decider as [...]
admin | September 12, 2010
NEW YORK (AFP) – Defending champion Kim Clijsters advanced to the US Open women’s final by rallying to defeat US third seed Venus Williams 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, running her US Open win streak to 20 matches. Clijsters will play in Saturday’s championship match against Russian seventh seed Vera Zvonareva, the Wimbledon runner-up seeking her [...]
admin | September 12, 2010
NEW YORK (AFP) – Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and India’s Rohan Bopanna, trying to inspire peace between their homelands, were beaten by US top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in Friday’s US Open men’s doubles final. With United Nations ambassadors Hardeep Singh Puri of India and Abdullah Hussain Haroon of Pakistan sitting together cheering on the [...]
