us open 2014

The two names who finally contested the title in New York were certainly not the two predicted to make it all the way to the…

When Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki saw that they were on opposite sides of the draw for the last Grand Slam of the year, they…

A year ago, the man who would take on five-time former champion Roger Federer for a place in the US Open’s semi-finals was not even…

As it if were not enough that Serena Williams, who will be 33 in a fortnight’s time, is the oldest women’s No1 since WTA rankings…

It was a long time coming, the quarter-final that jumped off the draw sheet almost two weeks ago. It looked at times, too, as though…

The top seeds in the women’s draw may have fallen like leaves in autumn throughout the first week of action at the US Open, but…

The bottom quarter of the men’s draw in New York had perhaps not unfolded as the seeds suggested it would. For Roger Federer, that threw…

It’s been a rare Grand Slam indeed in recent years that has not featured two Swiss among its seeds. Roger Federer is playing in a…

It was a highly anticipated contest between two of the biggest names of the new tennis generation. This year, the promise of young players such…

It’s the second week at the US Open, the final Grand Slam week of the year, and if the going has been tough thus far,…

The forecasts had warned New York, the fans, the players from the moment holiday Sunday dawned blazing hot and horribly humid. Anyone who has visited…

A huge groan of disappointment murmured around the grounds of the US Open at the announcement, late on Saturday afternoon. The No3 seed Stan Wawrinka—one…

Before the gates were opened to the hoards arriving in party mood on the first day of Labor Day weekend in New York, Andy Murray…

If one match summed up the span between youth and experience in the first week of the US Open, it came in the second round…

The early afternoon schedule at Flushing Meadows illustrated the point perfectly. Age has been no barrier to making an impression at the final Grand Slam…

Andy Murray’s job at this year’s US Open was already a pretty daunting prospect, even taking into account his good fortune in nabbing a No8…

For a man who has reached the last four finals of the US Open, who won the title in 2011, who has not fallen short…

For a such a big man with such a big game, it’s little wonder that Tomas Berdych, who turns 29 later this month, has scored…

Cheered on by basketball legend Michael Jordan, Roger Federer became the first player to claim 50 match wins this season with a straight-sets victory in…

It has been hard to avoid the news that Roger Federer is marching through his 30s, that talk of the ‘R’ word has come and…

On paper, Heather Watson’s first match at this year’s US Open was a winnable one for the 22-year-old woman newly back inside the top 50.…