Wawrinka Beats Djokovic To Win US Open

Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka secured his third career Grand Slam title after beating defending champion Novak Djokovic in the US Open.

The 31-year-old overcame Djokovic in four sets after initially losing the first, seeing the match out 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday night.

Wawrinka now has three Grand Slam titles to his name, having beaten Djokovic in the French Open final last year and winning the Australian Open in 2014.

The world number three was match-point down to Britain’s Dan Evans in round three at Flushing Meadows, before fighting his way back to victory.

Speaking after the final, Wawrinka said: “Honestly after the match I was completely empty. I put everything on the court”.

Wawrinka became the first ever play to beat the top seed at the US Open after losing the first set.

Wawrinka Beats Djokovic To Win US Open

French Open Update : Men"s Quarter Finals Postponed

All play at the French Open is done for the day because of rain.

Among the matches suspended in progress: Novak Djokovic’s fourth-rounder against Roberto Bautista Agut. They played a total of two hours, spread across the afternoon, and split the first two sets, with Djokovic leading 4-1 in the third.

More matches in the women’s draw have been postponed at the French Open because of the bad weather and the Williams sisters won’t be stepping onto the court before Wednesday.

Four more fourth-round singles ties have been scrapped from Tuesday’s program: defending champion Serena Williams vs. No. 18-seed Elina Svitolina, No. 9 Venus Williams vs. No. 8 Timea Bacsinszky, Kiki Bertens vs. No. 15 Madison Keys and No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Yulia Putintseva.

French Open Update : Men"s Quarter Finals Postponed

French Open Update : Andy Murray Survives Another Scare

Andy Murray survived a five-set rollercoaster for the second successive match to scrape through to the third round of the French Open.

After coming from two sets down to defeat Radek Stepanek over two days in round one, Murray was back on court against little-known French wild card Mathias Bourgue.

The sun had finally come out and Murray was expected to stroll through against the world No 164.

But instead, from 6-2, 2-0 up, he lost 24 of the next 27 points and eight games in row, and then found himself two sets to one down.

Staring at the worst defeat of his career, the world No 2 did what he invariably does in such situations and found a way back, eventually winning 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in three hours and 34 minutes.

Murray said: “He was excellent. He was the one dictating a lot of the points, making me run a lot and fighting right to the end. He’s going to have a fantastic future for sure.

“I was thinking, ‘What happened?’ I had 6-2, 2-0 and then he started playing unbelievable and I was finding it hard to win points, not games.

“I’ve played these matches many times and I just tried to fight through to the end. It’s been a tough few days and I’m going to have to recover extremely well if I am to go far in this tournament. You can’t play too many matches like this.”

French Open Update : Andy Murray Survives Another Scare

French Open Update : Wawrinka Survives Rosol Scare

Stanislas Wawrinka narrowly avoided becoming the first defending champion to lose in the first round of the French Open, coming back to edge 59th-ranked Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

 

Stanislas Wawrinka narrowly avoided becoming the first defending champion to lose in the first round of the French Open, coming back to edge 59th-ranked Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday.

 

The third-seeded Wawrinka was out of sorts for most of the match on a gray, chilly afternoon, winding up with 46 unforced errors, 17 on his preferred backhand wing.

 

But after trailing 2-1 in sets, Wawrinka took the last two to win what shaped up beforehand as a mismatch in his favour. Wawrinka is a two-time Grand Slam title winner, while Rosol never has been past the third round at a major tournament.

 

Plus, Wawrinka had won all four previous matches between the two, including Friday on red clay at Geneva.

 

French Open Update : Wawrinka Survives Rosol Scare