US Open: Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna reach quarterfinals; Leander Paes- Purav Raja out
Tennis | September 04, 2017 19:17 ISTPaes and Raja, who joined forces recently, were knocked out of the men's doubles following a close 4-6 6-7(7) defeat.
Paes and Raja, who joined forces recently, were knocked out of the men's doubles following a close 4-6 6-7(7) defeat.
Rafael Nadal will look to reach the quarter-finals in New York for the first time since 2013 when he faces Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Roger Federer recorded a 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 victory over 31st-seeded Feliciano Lopez in the third round at US Open.
The 18-year old Canadian became the youngest man to reach the U.S. Open's fourth round since Michael Chang in 1989.
Fognini, known as a volatile player, was fined $27,500 by Wimbledon in 2014 for his outbursts during a first-round victory.
The duo treated the crowd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium with an intruging battle, with Kenin rebounding strongly from a 1-4 deficit to keep within reach of causing the upset in the first set.
Veteran Paes and Raja thrashed Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-3 at the Flushing Meadows.
The Indo-Chinese pair of Sania Mirza and Shuai Peng will next face Slovakia's Jana Cepelova and Magdalena Rybarikova in the second round of US Open.
Maria Sharapova required a wild card to get into the tournament because of her low ranking and the U.S. Tennis Association was happy to provide it.
It is the first time Roger Federer has played five-setters in both the first and second rounds at a major tournament.
Alexander Zverev is the highest-ranked man to exit Flushing Meadows so far and what bothered him so much was not merely that he didn't play well but that there was a real opportunity for him to have a true Grand Slam breakthrough.
Nick Kyrgios called the series of health issues that have hampered him all year "diabolical."
Sharapova became the first woman into the third round at the U.S. Open by using 12 aces to help set aside a poor start and coming back to beat Timea Babos of Hungary 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1.
Roger Federer, meanwhile, shrugged when asked about the noise after his five-set victory over American teenager Frances Tiafoe.
Angelique Kerber's exit further thins the women's bracket, which was missing 23-time major champion Serena Williams to begin with because she is expecting a baby.
Roger Federer had to overcome an early deficit and a late lapse Tuesday night to edge 19-year-old American Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in a compelling first-round contest.
Maria Sharapova recovered after faltering midway through the match and emerged to beat Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Andy Murray, who yielded the No.1 ranking to Rafael Nadal this week, has not played a match since July 12 at Wimbledon.
Milos Raonic joins 12-time major champion Novak Djokovic, 2016 US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and 2014 finalist Kei Nishikori in missing the tournament because of injuries.
Ramkumar, now India's number one singles player at 156, faces seasoned Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, who is now placed 213 in the ATP ranking chart.
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