THE RETURN OF THE KING!

Federer wins his 5th straight US OPEN

Well Well Well it looked as if Federer is gonna retire and now He is back with a Bang! as he defeated 6th seed Andy Murray of Britain to win his 13th Grandslam and 5th at the flushing meadows and that too in 5 consecutive years.

Roger Federer owns a dazzling array of shots, a keen court sense and a winning disposition.

He’s also got a pretty good set of ears. And he could hear what the tennis world was saying about him: At 27, his reign at the top was over.

“I was aware of it,” he said.

Whatever, that version of the vulnerable Federer was nowhere to be seen at center court Monday. Instead, the Roger of old returned, overwhelming Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to win his fifth straight U.S. Open championship and 13th Grand Slam title.

“I felt like I was invincible for a while again,” Federer said.


Federer won his first major title of the year, breezing through three sets without a double-fault and leading 36-16 in winners. He earned nearly half his points at net, a skill he honed while winning the Olympic gold medal in doubles.

When Murray’s final shot landed in the net, Federer fell to his knees on the blue court at Arthur Ashe Stadium and rolled onto his back.


“I always knew that if I were to get one Slam under my belt, especially the last one, things weren’t looking that bad, like everybody was talking about,” he said.

Because, for sure, people were talking. His reaction to all that jabbering?

“Sometimes, to a point, a bit annoyed because all sorts of crazy people started writing me and trying to reach me, telling me I need some help either mentally or physically,” he said. “You’re laughing, but it’s the way it goes. People come out of the closet and think they can start helping me now. It’s just a pain.


“For me, this sort of puts them to rest a little bit and calms down the phones at my parents’ a little bit, which I’m happy about,” the Swiss ace said.

While Federer enjoyed a glass of champagne with family and friends inside the locker room, his dad wandered out.

“Maybe you can’t win everything,” proud pop Robert said. “After the French Open, you could see many (negative) comments saying, ‘Federer is gone,’ ‘Federer will never win another Grand Slam.’ And Federer proved the opposite.”

Federer won’t leave New York with the No. 1 ranking—after 4 1/2 years on top, he lost that to Rafael Nadal—but the No. 2 seed sure enjoyed getting the silver trophy, the $1.5 million winner’s check and a new Lexus.

All in all, a nice way to end a season that Federer began with a bout of mononucleosis.

The sixth-seeded Murray went into his first Grand Slam final with a 2-1 lifetime record against the champ. But trying to become the first British man to win the U.S. Open since Fred Perry in 1936, he never had a chance.

“I came up against, in my opinion, the best player ever to play the game,” Murray said. “He definitely set the record straight today.”

The 21-year-old Scotsman paid tribute to Federer when they met at the net.

“He told me that it was a great tournament for me. I said that I agreed with everyone that he’d had a terrible year,” Murray kidded.

“Making the semis of Australia, final of the French, the final at Wimbledon — playing one of the best matches of all-time—winning a gold medal, and obviously winning the U.S. Open,” he said. “I told him that he had a phenomenal year, regardless of what anyone said.”

Federer became the first man since Bill Tilden in the 1920s to win this tournament so many times in a row. He’s now within one major title of matching Pete Sampras’ career record of 14.

“One thing’s for sure,” Federer said, “I’m not going to stop at 13. That would be terrible.”

This win also made Federer the only man in tennis history to take five straight titles at two major tournaments.

“It’s nice to compare five U.S. Opens to five Wimbledons. Not many—nobody can do that,” he said.

Murray was the fifth different opponent Federer had played in the finals at Flushing Meadows during his run. The former U.S. Open junior champion won the opening coin toss and, based on his previous success, chose to let Federer serve first.

Federer won the first game by taking four straight points.

Murray’s best chance to stay in the match came in the second set with score tied at 2. Down 15-40, Federer hit a shot that looked long, but Murray kept it in play and wound up losing the point.

Murray walked to the spot to see if there was a mark, having lost his chance to call for an instant-replay challenge. Too bad, too, because a television replay showed the ball was out.

Instead of being up 3-2 and serving, Murray watched Federer rally back to win the game.

“That was key,” Federer said. “After that, I began to play freely, the way I usually do.”

By the third set, it was no contest as Federer went up 5-0. Murray won two games and a couple more ovations from the crowd, then it was soon over.

“I don’t understand redemption quite that well, but I don’t think that’s what it is. I don’t feel like I needed this win particularly to prove myself,” Federer said.

“It’s just being happy to be on top,” he said. “So things are not looking that bad like everybody’s talking about.” Read more!

Meet the New world No.1

Serena Williams wins her 1st US open after 6 years

On the very first point of the match, Serena Williams hit a backhand so hard that her earring flew off.

Turns out she was just getting warmed up.

Williams kept pounding away, her shots and shouts getting louder with every stroke. And when she finished off Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 Sunday night for the U.S. Open championship and a ninth Grand Slam title, Williams really went wild.

She flung her racket high into the sky, hollering and hopping in a celebration that even she thought might’ve been over the top.

“I’m sorry I got so excited,” she told Jankovic when they met at the net.

Williams’ father, Richard, jumped to his feet after the final point. He didn’t seem to expect his daughter to do the same.

“I never knew Serena to be very, very excited. I knew Serena to be very, very mean,” he said after it was over. “I describe her as being a combination of a pit bull dog, a young Mike Tyson and an alligator.”

The fourth-seeded Williams beat sister Venus in the quarterfinals and barreled through this tournament without losing a set. This win did more than earn Serena her third silver trophy at Flushing Meadows—it assured she will return to No. 1 in the rankings for the time since August 2003, the longest gap at the top for a woman.

“I feel so young and I feel so energized,” Williams said. “Sometimes, I’d wake up at 6 in the morning to go practice and it was too dark.”

Williams and Jankovic originally were scheduled to play Saturday night, but rain from Tropical Storm Hanna delayed their match. Read more!

Murray upsets No.1 Nadal

Rafa Nadal was looking to win his First grandslam as No.1 but he was outclasees by the scotland born Andy Murray in the semi-finals of The US OPEN. The rain intrupted Semis finals saw Murray defeating NAdal 6-2 7-6 4-6 6-4.

“He beat me because he was better than me,” acknowledged Nadal, whose 19-match winning streak at major tournaments ended. “When he’s playing aggressive, he can beat everybody.”

Federer will be attempting to win his fifth consecutive U.S. Open championship and 13th Grand Slam title overall. And Murray? The 21-year-old Scot is trying to become the first British man to win a major tennis title since Fred Perry at the 1936 U.S. Open.

Get this, though: Murray owns a 2-1 career mark against Federer.

So Will Murray be a better threat to Federer than Nadal? Well Tuesday morning 2.30 IST can answer..... Read more!

Federer reaches 18th straight GS semi finals

Men and Women draw come to semi Finals

That litany of health issues Novak Djokovic dealt with earlier in the week—hip, ankle, stomach and more—seemed a tad humorous to Andy Roddick.

So Roddick joked about it, first by saying in an on-court interview it sounded as though Djokovic had “about 16 injuries,” then by wondering aloud whether the problems might not also include bird flu, anthrax, SARS and a common cold.

Djokovic heard about the comments. He wasn’t amused.

So when he finished beating Roddick 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the U.S. Open quarterfinals Thursday night, Djokovic said so.

“That’s not nice, anyhow, to say in front of this crowd that I have 16 injuries and that I’m faking,” Djokovic said after match, eliciting hearty boos from spectators in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

“They’re already against me,” he said of the fans, “because they think I’m faking everything.”

Still, as much motivation as Djokovic might have derived, and as well as he played in the match, 2003 U.S. Open champion Roddick’s own serving miscues had a lot to do with the outcome.

After working his way back from a huge deficit, Roddick was two points from forcing a fifth set at 5-4, 30-love in the fourth. But he double-faulted twice in a row and was broken for the fifth time—twice more than he lost serve in his first four matches combined.



“You know what? I honestly don’t feel like they were super-tight doubles,” Roddick said. “I had been playing pretty high-risk, high-reward tennis to get back and I probably wasn’t about to stop.”

In Djokovic’s prior match, a five-set ordeal Tuesday against No. 15 Tommy Robredo, the reigning Australian Open champion called for the trainer more than once. Later that day, Roddick made light of the matter and also said: “He’s either quick to call a trainer or he’s the most courageous guy of all time.”

Roddick sought to smooth things over with Djokovic on Thursday.

“It was completely meant in jest,” Roddick said, pausing to choose the right words. “I should know better. But listen, I joke all the time. I don’t think anyone in their right mind takes me serious.”

The players spoke privately—and said they would keep the conversation private. Both were contrite afterward.

“He made a joke and it was a misunderstanding, so I don’t blame it on him,” Djokovic said, after getting nearly an hour to consider his on-court statements. “Maybe I exaggerated and reacted bad in that moment. I apologize.”

The third-seeded Djokovic will play Roger Federer in the semifinals. It’s a rematch of last year’s U.S. Open final, which Federer won for his fourth consecutive title at Flushing Meadows.

Federer—bidding for a 13th major title, one shy of Pete Sampras’ record— beat qualifier Gilles Muller 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5) to extend his own record by reaching the semifinals at an 18th consecutive Grand Slam tournament.

Djokovic is 2-6 against Federer and called him the “absolute favorite.” No. 1 Rafael Nadal will face No. 6 Andy Murray in the other semifinal.

Friday was to feature the women’s semifinals, with two-time champion Serena Williams against Dinara Safina, and Jelena Jankovic against Elena Dementieva. One of the four will move up to No. 1 in the rankings after the tournament.

The men’s semifinals and women’s final are all scheduled for Saturday, but tournament organizers have seen forecasts calling for about 12 hours of rain and wind at up to 35 mph that day. So they began the process of negotiating with TV networks and preparing contingency plans, including the possibility of announcing Friday that no tennis would be played Saturday, and that the men’s final would be shifted from Sunday to Monday.

Such changes would give Djokovic extra time to rest, something he said would be welcomed.

Against the eighth-seeded Roddick, Djokovic grew increasingly agitated when spectators called out as he was trying to serve or in the middle of points.

With Djokovic serving at 3-3 in the fourth set, he watched Roddick’s backhand winner fly past to set up break point and yelled, “Shut up!” in the direction of the stands, then cursed. Roddick followed with another backhand winner to cap a 12-stroke exchange and take the lead in the set.


But he couldn’t stay ahead.

Serving at 5-4, having held nine times in a row, Roddick opened with a 142 mph ace and a 143 mph service winner. At 30-love, he was two points from being all tied up.

And right there, all so suddenly, everything came apart.

First, Roddick pushed a forehand wide. Then he double-faulted, not once but twice, to hand over a break point. Djokovic took advantage, delivering a perfect lob winner to get to 5-5.

At 5-5 in the tiebreaker, a 15-stroke point at the baseline concluded when Roddick missed a backhand slice into the net.

“A bad shot,” Roddick conceded.

Seconds later, the match was over when Roddick returned a 125 mph serve long, and Djokovic was pounding his fists on his chest.

Only moments after that, Djokovic was drawing jeers—a stunning turnaround from a year ago, when he endeared himself to U.S. Open fans with his stylish play, his sense of humor and his spot-on impersonations of other players.

“I figure if you’re going to joke and imitate other people and do the whole deal, then you should take it. Listen, if someone makes fun of me I’m most likely going to laugh,” Roddick said. “I’m sorry he took it that way. … I don’t think I was over the line. It wasn’t my intention, and, you know, I’m sorry he felt that way. Maybe I did him a favor tonight.” Read more!

Top seed Ivanovic crushes out

Too easy for The Muscles from Mallorca

Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic lost in one of the biggest upsets in tennis history Thursday, stunned by 188th-ranked Julie Coin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round of the U.S. Open.
Coin had tried to qualify for the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon and never made any of them.

Ana Ivanovic the Womens world No.1 was sent packing in the second round of the womens singles even earlier today in The Flushing meadows of the US OPEN. Ana who tookover the World no.1 Ranking from Maria sharapova earlier this year never played like a world no.1 since after capturing the French crown. She was eliminated in the second round of the Wimbledon championships and she Quitted the Olympics due to a Injury and Now she lost to a qualifier in the second round of the the final Major of the year

Now she will defenetly be displaced as the world numbet one by either Jankovic or Safina or Serena Williams or Svetlena kuznetsova.


Well If it is this way for the Womens No.1 its the opposite side for the mens No.1. Rafa Nadal who overtook the Longstanding No.1 Roger Federer was in total control of his match.

The top-seeded Spaniard, who is in search of his third consecutive major championship, ousted American Ryler De Heart, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, in the second round at the U.S. Open on Thursday.

Other top seeds like David Ferrer, David Nalbandian, James Blake and Andy murray all advanced to their respective third rounds. Read more!

US OPEN BEGINS ! TOP SEEDS OFF TO A FLYER

Too EAsy for Federer and Roddick | Top seed Ivanovic stumble

No.2 Roger Federer yes No.2 Roger Federer after almost half a decade he has become the number 2. But his game was ELECTRIFIED to be honest. He was moving fastly and confidently. He finished off net points with ease as a result 6-3 6-0 6-3 win over little-known Argentine Maximo Gonzalez in the first round on Tuesday.

Andy Roddick The Fan favourite American the Big serving American. Yes this time the correct word has been used!. Roddick just served off his opponent

Roddick, who turns 26 on Saturday, used his blistering serve to record 15 aces - including one serve which topped out at 140 miles per hour. He lost just four points on his first serve en route to dispatching his 35-year-old foe.

“I served real well tonight, and that’s going to be key at this tournament,” Roddick said.

Roddick also admitted that he wanted to be relentless in his attack on Santoro.

“I knew with Fabrice tonight, if you let him in, then you have a tough match,” he said. “I wanted to try and bully the ball around and try and get on top of him early. I felt I did that.”

Nadal's opening match as the World no.1 too was a walk on the park as he just passed off his opponent in fine style.

Seeded first in a major for the first time in his career, Nadal began his pursuit of tennis history Monday with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) victory over feisty German Bjorn Phau in the opening round of the U.S. Open.

Ivanovic was never in shape after winning the French crown. She proved that this time too where she escaped a scare in the first round of the US OPEN.

Ivanovic also dropped the first game of the third set, putting the Serb in danger of a stunning exit at the year’s final major.

At 3-3, Ivanovic broke Dushevina’s serve. Nerves may have started to play a part for the Russian, who had a double fault in the game, then had two more unforced errors to give Ivanovic the crucial break.

Ivanovic held serve at love for a 5-3 lead.

But the pesky Dushevina fought off a match point to hold serve. Ivanovic then needed to save two break points before finally ending the tense affair when Dushevina hit a backhander into the net.

“The last game I had a couple of miss-hits,” Ivanovic said. “I just tried to stay strong and to play each point and forget what happened. I’m so happy I managed to do that.”

Even though Ivanovic moved on, her play may be cause for concern. The 20-year-old improved to just 7-4 lifetime at this Grand Slam, an event where she never has advanced past the fourth round. Read more!