Record-breaking Serena Williams powers into quarter-finals of US Open September 6, 2016 World No1 Serena Williams beat Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova to set a new grand slam record of 308 victories and march into the last eight of the US Open at Flushing Meadows. Williams, who had already overtaken Martina Navratilova’s women’s record of 307 wins with victory over Johanna Larsson in round three, beat Shvedova 6-2, 6-3 [...]
US Open 2016: Kyle Edmund pockets biggest prize money payday of his career after beating John Isner in the third round September 3, 2016 British No4 Kyle Edmund has scored the biggest payday of his tennis career to date with a shock fourth round victory over home favourite John Isner at the US Open. Edmund will now face world No1 Novak Djokovic in a fourth round match which marks the furthest he has ever progressed at a Grand Slam tournament. [...]
Andy Murray overcomes roofing issues to surge past Marcel Granollers and reach US Open third round September 1, 2016 World No2 Andy Murray’s bid to reach the final of all four grand slams in 2016 continued with a routine straight sets victory over Spain’s Marcel Granollers in second round of the US Open. Playing under the new roof above Arthur Ashe Stadium as the rain hammered down, Murray waltzed through to round three by defeating [...]
Johanna Konta shrugs off on-court illness to surge into US Open third round August 31, 2016 British No1 Johanna Konta recovered from collapsing on court with blurred vision and breathing issues to beat Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova and reach the third round of the US Open. Konta, seeded a career-high 13th, was leading 6-2, 5-6, but facing set point, when she crouched down and appeared to hyper-ventilate. The 25-year-old also complained of [...]
Britons Naomi Broady and Dan Evans make US Open gains August 30, 2016 World No83 Naomi Broady claimed victory over resurgent Laura Robson in the US Open's battle of Britain to post only the second grand slam main-draw win of her career. Broady prevailed 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-4 to join fellow Britons Kyle Edmund and Johanna Konta in the last 64 at Flushing Meadows. She will face either fourth seed Agnieszka [...]
Britain’s Kyle Edmund stuns world No15 Richard Gasquet to advance to US Open second round August 29, 2016 Britain's Kyle Edmund was left surprised by the quality of his own performance after stunning 13th seed Richard Gasquet with a straight sets thrashing in the first round of the US Open. Playing in the main draw at Flushing Meadows for the first time, Edmund stormed past three-time grand slam semi-finalist Gasquet 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 to [...]
US Open 2016 prize money: Richest tournament in tennis offers huge earnings boost to Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams and co August 25, 2016 The biggest prize in tennis has grown to record levels this year, with the US Open offering $3.5m (£2.7m) to its men’s and women’s singles champion. Tennis stars can come away from Flushing Meadows flush with cash after the US Open cemented its position as tennis’ most generous tournament by adding $200,000 to the pay cheque handed to [...]
Andy Murray’s 22-match winning streak ended by Marin Cilic in Cincinnati Masters final August 21, 2016 Olympic champion Andy Murray saw the longest winning streak of his career finally come to an end on Sunday night when he lost the final of the Cincinnati Masters to Croatian Marin Cilic. Murray showed signs of fatigue as world No14 Cilic completed a 6-4, 7-5 win over the Briton, who went straight from Rio [...]
Johanna Konta keeps alive her Olympic dream and progresses to quarter-finals, while Andy Murray surges into last 16 August 10, 2016 British No1 Johanna Konta followed the lead of team-mate Andy Murray and kept her Olympic dream alive with victory over Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Rio tennis singles. Konta progressed to the quarter-finals after navigating a dramatic three-hour contest against eighth seed Kuznetsova 3-6, 7-5, 7-5. The 25-year-old will now face her Australian Open semi-final [...]
Andy Murray begins Olympic title defence in style and heaps pressure on himself to win second gold medal August 7, 2016 Defending Olympic champion Andy Murray began his quest to retain his title with a crushing straight sets victory over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki in the opening round of the men’s singles at the Rio Games. Murray, Great Britain’s flag bearer at Friday’s opening ceremony, dispatched Troicki 6-3, 6-2 to progress to round two where he will [...]