Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova withdraws from China Open

The former world no.1 players, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova has been withdrawn form the China Open, which is scheduled from 1st October, 2011.

The Russian star, Maria Sharapova has twisted her ankle while serving in the quarterfinals game against Petra Kvitova 2011 Wimbledon Champion. Sharapova has withdrawn from the next week’s China Open. However, the world No.2 has tweeted that, Good news is that the MRI showed no big damage in the ankle and will do her best to recover in time for Istanbul, the season-ending championships. She tweeted     that it is better recover soon because she can become quite the annoying patient! The tennis beauty stated that she will keep everyone posted with my progress.

While, Serena Williams, who has been out of the tournament last year, due to injury has also decide to be out of the China Open. Serena has made a great come back to tennis and has reached the finals of the 2011 US Open.

Reportedly, the official website of the China Open, Serena should have arrived in Beijing on Friday, however, she didn’t appear in the women’s singles draw, meaning she would be absent for the second consecutive year. It has been a bad season, as most of the seeded players are being out of tennis, due to lot of injuries. The list of players, who been out of the China open in both ATP and WTA are, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Richard Gasquet, Robin Soderling and Venus Williams.

Roger Federer withdraws out of Shanghai Masters

Roger Federer has withdrawn form next month's Shanghai Masters to take rest and recuperate after a exhausting summer. 

The 16-times Grand Slam champion suffered a five-set loss to Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals at Flushing Meadows earlier this month. Federer then travelled to Australia to aid Switzerland's return to the Davis Cup World Group.

The Swiss Maestro said that he have some irritating injuries that he after consulting his Davis team, he have unfortunately decided to pull out of the Shanghai Masters in order to take some necessary time to rest and recuperate after a long summer. And he is looking forward to returning to the ATP World Tour as soon as possible.

World No. 3 Roger Federer will not participate in the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2011. The 30-year-old has reached the final of Shanghai last year where he lost to world no.4 Andy Murray. He have fond memories of Shanghai so he will miss this amazing tournament and all his loyal Chinese fans, but I look forward to returning to China next fall said Federer.

Federer quoted he was very sorry to disappoint fans, tournaments, and sponsors and he was looking forward to coming to Asia but unfortunately my mono is not completely cured yet an so I have to take another month off. 

Roger Federer ends 2011, without a grand slam

World No.4 Roger Federer has finished the year 2011 without a single Grand slam, although he is still in good touch and in best of from. The top seeded players like Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray the around Swiss legend have raised their game standards and levels.

Federer ends 2011 without a Grand Slam, since 2003

The 16 time singles Grand Slam title winner find it hard to win another major, as all the majors have been ended up with recent Us Open. Federer has finished off 2011 without a Grand Slam and this is first time for Swiss player to end a year without winning any major since 2003. Novak Djokovic clinched three Grand Slams of Wimbledon, Australian and US Open while Rafael Nadal has won French Open as Fedex remained without any title in 2011.

Former World No.1 Roger Federer, said that his greatest rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are playing at greater level of game, than the earlier times when he was simply beating the rivals at Grand Slams. Djokovic was compared to all time rivals of federer like Lleyton Hewitt, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick who were at their best when Roger has defeated all the odds against them. 

However, the 47-year old Sweden’s former World No. 1 Mats Wilander said that there is no question of Roger Federer is better now than he is ever been. But the 30-year-old was just not finishing the game on a winning note. However, Novak Djokovic is way better than the opposition he had four, five years ago. He even added the top players are far better now than of earlier. When asked whether Roger the best of all time? He answered yes, because he has 16 Grand Slams and that’s where it all ends. Sixteen majors make Roger Federer the best player of all time.

The perfect solution for the Swiss star and god of tennis in modern era has to find new strategies to his current game and move ahead to add more majors to his gallery of 16 Grand Slams.

Serena Williams: Emotions took over during US Open 2011 finals

The American tennis star admits that her emotions got the best of her during her championship match at the U.S. Open on Sunday. Serena Williams got into a war of words with chair umpire during her loss to Sam Stosur in the U.S. Open 2011 final Sunday.

The 13 time singles grand slam title winner Serena Williams tweeted that her emotions did get the best of her during the past weekend when she disagreed with the umpire. It has been a long road to get back to the US Open this year, and she is thankful to have had such a great two weeks in New York.

Serena arguing with chair umipe at US Open 2011 finals

Serena bursted out on chair umpire Eva Asderaki, as she was facing a break point while serving in the first game of the second set, where Williams hit a forehand that she celebrated with a yell of ‘Come on!’. However, chair umpire Asderaki applied the hindrance rule, noting the yell came while Stosur got her racket on the ball, as Stosur was awarded with the point. Serena Williams was fined abusing for violating the code of championship.

The 29-year-old Serena has played well in this season, coming back from her injury. She had won two titles at 2011 western & southern open and Roger Cup, before she lost US Open 2011 finals to Samantha Stosur. The US Open officials said that, Serena has to change her behavior, where she has not changed since 2009 US Open semi final incident with line umpire, playing against Kim Clijsters.

Djokovic outplays Nadal to clinch US Open 2011

The Serbian Novak Djokovic has claimed his third Grand Slam of the year and first US Open title as he outplayed defending champion Rafael Nadal to win the 2011 US Open men's singles title at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, USA. World No.1 Novak Djokovic recorded his sixth victory over Rafael Nadal this season to lift the 2011 US Open with score line of 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-1, and this will be the season's last major. 

Djokovic overcomes Nadal in US Open 2011 finals

The inform player Djokovic had a bad start to the match by losing his serve in the second game, but he managed to wrap up the set at 6-2. Nadal seemed to gain early advantage but soon Djokovic comeback with a four game reel-off when Nadal showed some confidence in leveling the set 4-4. Djokovic then raised the level of his game to win the second set with 6-4. 

The third set looked no less than a decider when Djokovic faced stiff resistance from the defending champion and despite squandering opportunities like an initial break of serve and 6-5 lead to serve for the championship, saw the set go into a tie-break where Nadal dominated to win it by 7 points to 3.

The fourth set saw another shift in momentum and despite the back pain and the medical time out; Djokovic managed to bring his best and claimed the uneven set to win the championship. The match has taken 4 hours and 10 minutes of play. Djokovic hit a total of whopping 55 winners in the entire match while Nadal has only 32.

This is Djokovic's first US Open title and his fourth major after wins in Australia Open in 2008 & 2011 and Wimbledon in 2011. With a win in New York, Djokovic picked up his tenth singles title of the year and third major, following up with his wins in Melbourne, Dubai, Belgrade, Rome, Madrid, Indian Wells, Miami, Wimbledon and Montreal. Djokovic has collected the winner's check of a US$ 2.3 million that included a bonus of US$ 500,000 for finishing runner up at the Olympus US Open series.

Novak Djokovic eyes for first US Open

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic who has coming from a great victory over Swiss star Roger Federer in the semi-finals of US Open 2011 at Flushing Meadows. The Serbian has been playing remarkable well this year, where he has reached third final at the US Open tournament on Sunday night.

The 24-year-old Djokovic, who has entered into the Grand Slam final at US Open last year, lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets with a 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 and 6–2.  Serbian is having 63-2 win loss record so far in this season, where he has lost only one match to Roger Federer in the 2011 French Open semi final at Roland Garros in four sets with a 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7 and 6–1 score line. However, Djokovic has upper hand in the last five meetings as he defeated Nadal all time, that in the finals of grand slams. 

Djokovic eyes for first US Open trophy

Djokovic also lost in the 2007 US Open final to Federer in consecutive sets with a 7–6, 7–6 and 6–4 score line. In 2011 season, Djokovic, who has been showing high-level performance against all best players and looking forward to clinch the title for the first time ever on American soil.

Serbian star has won two Grand Slam title so far this year at Australian Open in January and Wimbledon crown in July, including six ATP World Tour titles. Djokovic also reached the Cincinnati Masters final to lift the ninth title, but pulled out of the final, due to shoulder injury. The 2011 Wimbledon champion Djokovic will take on Nadal in the US Open final on Monday night at the Arthur Ashe Stadium Court in Flushing Meadows in New York.

Samantha Stosur defeats Serena Williams to lift US open 2011

The Australian ninth seed, Samantha Stosur, clinched her first grand slam title at the US Open 2011 by overcoming the challenge of Serena Williams in two straight sets of 6-2 6-3. Serena Williams is the favorite to lift the trophy but the Australian player has turned the heat on to American star and finished clinical victory. 

Stosur defeats Williams in US Open 2011,  lifts first grand slam

Playing as an underdog in the Championship final, Samantha Stosur claimed the first grand slam of her tennis career by beating Serena Williams in straight sets to win the 2011 US Open. Stosur made a strong start to the match and secured a double break in the third and seventh games to seal the first set with 6-2. However, point penalty in the very first game of the second set cost Williams, She went to abuse Chair Umpire calling her serve as pre-mature grunt to a forehand winner as inappropriate. 

The three time US Open Champion was serving to stay in the championship match at 3-5, Serena faltered once again despite saving a couple of match points and as Stosur hit her 20th winner as she became the 40th player in the open era to win a Grand Slam event. The final scoreline read 6-2, 6-3 

Stosur is the first Australian winner at US Open ever since Margaret Court won in 1973. , Stosur collected the winner's check of US$ 1.8 million and an assured place at No.7 in the WTA rankings when they are released on Monday. Stosur thanked her fans across the globe, particularly back home in Australia for their fabulous support.

Federer out of US Open in semi-finals

Roger Federer struggled to accept the repetition of defeat by Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the US Open 2011. Djokovic saved two match points in the final set to reach the final at Flushing Meadows,  Federe has won two sets and lost his next three sets, where Djokovic has accepted that he had gambled his shorts. The scoreline of Federer and Djokovic is 6-7 (7-9) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5.

Roger Federer has not won a grand slam since the Australian Open in 2010.  It was the second time this year, where Federer had lost after winning the first two sets. He was devastated when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga did it to him at Wimbledon and similarly crushed in the semis of US Open 2011. 

However, Djokovic was honest enough to admit the shot was a gamble. Roger Federer said he only had himself to blame after his agonizing five-set loss to Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open semi-finals. Djokovic saved two match points when Federer was serving for a spot in the final. Federe said that it was disappointing to loose in this way.  He added that it was all ste but couldn’t finish it off.

The 16-time grand slam title winner is bidding for his 17th grand slam but he has no clue who to overcome in form Djokovic. Even Federer was not able to reach the finals of this any grand slams. 

Djokovic, Nadal in finals of US Open 2011

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal, world no.2 will be clashing in the U.S. Open final for the second year in a row after winning their semi-finals at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. Djokovic defeated Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal outplayed andy Murray to reach the finals of US Open 2011.

Novak Djokovic continues his good run  and proved once again he is the hottest player in the game right now, where he saved two match points to roar back from the brink of defeat and beat Roger Federer in a 5 set thriller with 6-7 (7-9) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5. Meanwhile in the other semi-final Nadal showed his form and confidence soaring with each match he played and powered past Britain's Andy Murray  in 3 straight sets 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2. 

Nadal defeated Djokovic 12 months ago, where he won all the grand slam titles and there after the Serbian has upper hand over Nadal. The Spaniard added that he lost his last five matches against him, five finals. Djokovic is the favorite to clinch the title and Nadal added that he needs to do more than what he is used to do agan=inst him to defeat Djokovic considering his form. Djokovic has already won two grand slam titles this year, at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will be clashing in the finals of US Open 2011 on Monday, Sep, 12.

Nadal clashes Murray in US Open 2011 semifinals

Defending champion Rafael Nadal and world no. 4 Andy Murray will face each other in the semifinals of the U.S.Open 2011 at Flushing Meadows.The top four seeded players men's will once again show their are a class apart from their rivals.

In the first quarter final round on Friday Andy Murray defeated John Inner in four sets 7-5 6-4 3-6 7-6, and Rafael Nadal outplayed Andy Roddick in three straight sets 6-2 6-1 6-3. Now the British player Murray and Spaniard Rafael Nadal will be clashing with each other in the semi-final of US Open.   

Nadal and Murray are no strangers to playing each other this year. The pair met at the same stage of both Wimbledon and the French Open earlier in 2011, where Nadal victorious both times.

Nadal said that it is always a pleasure to face Andy Murray. He is one of the most talented players on the ATP Tour. He recalled that Murray defeated him at US Open in 2008 and went into finals; it will be a tough match.  However, Murray trails Nadal 12-4 in career meetings; Murray is confodent of over coming Nadal on semis and reach finals of US Open 2011. 

On Thursday, Worl No.1 Novak Djokovic and 5-time US Open champion Roger Federer secured their semis place, Now Nadal and Murray made it a top clean sweep for the top four seeds with victories on Friday.

Nadal crashes Roddick at US Open quarters

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal completed a comprehensive win over former US Open champ and World No. 21 Andy Roddick in three straight sets of   6-2 6-1 6-3.  Nadal advances into semi-final of the 2011 US Open, where he will meet World No. 4 Andy Murray.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal was never looked stugling with his cramp, despite he outplayed American player Andy Roddick of America in straight sets with a 6-2 6-1 6-3.  The Spaniard Rafael Nadal just took 1 hour and 53 minutes finish the natch, Nadal converted 6 out of 7 break points, while Roddick failed to convert a single one out of 4 break points.

The 10-time Grand Slam champion taken the attack and got early lead of 4-0 in the first set and continued his awesome play right through and completed comprehensive win. Meanwhile Roddick appeared to be struggling physically in the latter stages of the game, but it was a highly impressive show from Nadal.

In the other quarterfinal of Andy Murray Vs John Isner, Murray defeated Isner in four sets with score card of 7-5 6-4 3-6 7-6. Now Andy Murray will fight with Rafael Nadal in the semi’s of US Open 2011.

Roger Federer through to Semis of US Open 2011

Former World No.1, Roger Federer completes his revenge of Wimbledon over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in US Open quarters. Federer overcome the battle of Tsonga in three straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 and confirm his place in semis’ where he will be facing world no.1 Novak Djokovic.

5-time US Open champion Roger Federer showed his class as he outplayed World No. 11 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in straight sets of the quarter final match at Flushing Meadows. Earlier, at the Wimbledon Tsonga got rid of Federer, the 16-Grandslam title winner has won first two but he went to lose last three sets to Tsonga. Federer never gave any chance to Tsonga to comeback.

Roger Federer just too 1 hour 52 minutes to defeat Tsonga, where Federer converted 6 out of 13 break points.  Meanwhile, World No.1 Novak Djokovic has reached semi finals by defeating his Davis Cup teammate Janko Tipsarevic. Tipsarevic retires from the match in the quarter finals as he sustained a injury on his leg in the US Open quarter, where Djokovic leads two sets to one with a 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 6-0 and 3-0 score line. 

Roger is fancying his chances to win his 6th US Open title and 17th Grand slam title, but he will be facing tough fight from top seeded Novak Djokovic in the semi finals.