Will the US Open Upsets Return in 2015 to Make their Mark?
Upsets are a great part of the excitement at Major tournaments like the US Open, and there certainly were many to speak of in 2014. But how many of those US Open upsets will translate into sustained runs this year when the slates are wiped clean again? Let’s take a look: CiCi Bellis – The […]
What’s at Stake for Top Players at the 2015 US Open?
As the last Major of the year, the US Open is always a high-stakes affair. It can often make the season for a top tennis professional, or it can crush them back to grounding reality. And with so much time before next year’s Australian Open brings the sport back, any heartbreak will take a long […]
Stunning Upsets in US Open Men’s Semifinals Point to New Era in Tennis
On Saturday morning it looked all too set up for the perfect storybook final to the 2014 US Open; both Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer had relatively routine semifinal matchups before a potential rematch of the Wimbledon Final, which was played just several weeks earlier. But two stunning upsets mean that the US Open Final […]
Richard Sears: The US Open’s First Dominant Champion
While Roger Federer’s strong run at the US Open several years back has morphed into a more competitive landscape in the Men’s Singles tournament of late, the Grand Slam tennis tournament actually began with a much more dominant figure, who repeatedly won the earliest edition of the US Open for its first 7 years! Richard […]