WASHINGTON, September 10, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Pablo Carreño Busta overcame back pain, 76 winners and the never-say-die spirit of No. 12 seed Denis Shapovalov, and somehow after four hours and nine minutes managed to emerge from his Tuesday night […]
WASHINGTON, September 10, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Three mothers – Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Tsvetana Pironkova– all enjoyed center stage on Arthur Ashe Stadium, each bidding for a semifinal berth at the US Open on Wednesday. Six-time US Open champion […]
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who was defaulted from his fourth-round US Open match after he unintentionally struck a ball that hit a line judge in the throat on Sunday, took to social […]
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) German fortunes in the US Open has been lean for many years. Now, with Alexander Zverev‘s run to the men’s singles semifinals, that’s about to change. On Tuesday afternoon, the fifth seed Zverev […]
WASHINGTON, September 8, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) There’s been plenty of bizarre things that have happened in the storied 140-year history of the US Open. In recent years, one need only look back to the contentious women’s singles final of […]
WASHINGTON, September 8, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams won her 100th career match on Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the US Open quarterfinals Monday afternoon. The No. 3 seed Williams from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., defeated 15th […]
WASHINGTON, September 7, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Alexander Zverev had just sat down to his participate in his virtual press conference following his fourth-round US Open victory against over-matched Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, when everyone wanted to ask the 23-year-old German […]
WASHINGTON, September 7, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Jennifer Brady has achieved another milestone in what has been her breakthrough season. On a bright and sunny Sunday afternoon, the No. 28 seed Brady beat 2016 champion Angelique Kerber, 6-1, 6-4, to […]
WASHINGTON, September 7, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Sunday afternoon, the already unimaginable 2020 US Open took another crazy turn when men’s World No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic was disqualified from his round of 16 match against Spain’s No. […]
WASHINGTON, September 6, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) No matter where in the world – and at all different hours – fans may have watched the US Open third-round match between Borna Coric and Stefanos Tsitsipas that began on Louis Armstrong Stadium Friday evening […]
