Women main focus on Arthur Ashe on Sunday
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Women’s tennis’s biggest names still remaining at the U.S. Open take center stage on Sunday with grand slam winners Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Garbine Muguruza and Petra Kvitova all appearing on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Rahm has ‘nearly perfect’ back nine for Boston lead
(Reuters) – Big-hitting Jon Rahm jump-started his day with an eagle and catapulted into a two-stroke lead after the second round at the Dell Technologies Championship in Massachusetts on Saturday.
Elder Zverev volleying his way to the big time
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When the U.S. Open began, the idea that a German man named Zverev would be in the last 16 would barely have raised an eyebrow.
Del Potro rekindling Big Apple love affair
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There are three men’s U.S. Open champions still in the hunt for this year’s grand slam crown – Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Juan Martin Del Potro – but only one has worked his way into the fourth round without dropping a set.
Monfils injured yet again as he loses to Goffin in New York
(Reuters) – Gael Monfils suffered yet another injury as he retired from his third-round match against Belgian ninth seed David Goffin at the U.S. Open on Saturday.
Baseball returns to Houston, providing diversion to deluged city
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The Houston Astros returned to their home baseball field on Saturday for the first time since Hurricane Harvey dumped deadly floodwaters on the city, providing a welcome diversion for those fans fortunate enough to have escaped the …
Wasteful French Open champion Ostapenko out of U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) – French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko was knocked out of the U.S. Open third round, losing 6-3 6-2 to Russian Daria Kasaktina after hitting a massive 38 unforced errors on Saturday.
No relief for Osaka in post-match news conference
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As if her third-round defeat against Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi was not heartbreaking enough, Naomi Osaka suffered more pain during her post-match news conference at the U.S. Open on Saturday.
Rahm takes early lead at Boston thanks to eagle
(Reuters) – Young Spaniard Jon Rahm made an eagle in a five-under-par 66 and the early second-round lead at the Dell Technologies Championship in Boston on Saturday.
Thiem marches on quietly at U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem continued to work his way quietly through the U.S. Open draw on Saturday, easing into the fourth round with a 7-5 6-3 6-4 win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
