US Open 2013 – Wrap-up of the First 6 Day’s Play

Summary of key results after 6 day’s play at the 2013 US Open, including how the top seeds have fared and surprise results.

Due to other commitments I haven’t watched as much of the US Open as I would have liked since it started. But I’ve been watching when I can and keeping up via the website and Twitter. I did see Sam Stosur’s loss to Victoria Duvall which made me incredibly sad because I really wanted to see Sam do well this year. Props to Duvall though for a big win that made the home crowd ecstatic.

There’s been a lot of discussion about what Roger is wearing (view pics here) which fortunately hasn’t hindered his progress. Along with Djokovic, Nadal and Berdych he hasn’t dropped a set so far.

The biggest upset for me has been Lleyton Hewitt’s win over Juan Martin Del Potro. I’m a big fan of both guys so although I’ll miss seeing Delpo in the draw I hope Hewitt backs up his win and keeps playing well.

Well, enough about my thoughts, here’s an update on the matches so far.

Women’s Singles Draw

At the end of play on Day 6 (Saturday 31 August) the women have completed round 3, leaving 16 players in the competition.

Top Seeds – how they’ve fared

(Seeding in brackets)

• Serena Williams (1)
  • Only lost 8 games in victories over Francesca Schiavone, Galina Voskoboeva and Yaroslava Shvedova.
  • Plays Sloane Stephens (16) in round 4, who defeated Williams in this year’s Australian Open quarterfinals.
• Victoria Azarenka (2)
  • Dropped first set of the tournament in round 3 victory over Alize Cornet after straight sets wins against Dinah Pfizenmaier and Aleksandra Wozniak.
  • 13th seed Ana Ivanovic is the fourth round opponent for Azaranka.
• Agnieszka Radwanska (3)
  • Won in straight sets against Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, losing a total of 18 games.
  • Plays Ekaterina Makarova (24) in round 4, after Makarova defeated Sabine Lisicki (16) in round 3.
• Sara Errani (4)
  • Defeated by Flavia Pennetta in round 2.
  • This quarter of the draw contains 3 Italians going into round 4, Camilia Giorgi (who defeated 6th seed Caroline Wozniacki) plays Roberta Vinci (10) and Pennetta, who plays Romanian Simona Halep (21) next.
• Li Na (5)
  • Yet to lose a set in wins over Olga Gorvortsova, Sofia Arvidsson and Laura Robson (30).
  • 4th round opponent is 9th seed Jelena Jankovic.

The rest of the Round 4 draw

• Carla Suarez Navarro (18) v Angelique Kerber (8)
• Alison Riske v Daniela Hantuchova

Notable victories by lower ranked players 

• Round 1 – Victoria Duvall defeated 11th seed and 2011 US Open Samantha Stosur
• Round 2 – Pennetta defeated 4th seed Errani
• Round 3 – Riske defeated 7th seed Petra Kvitova
• Round 3 – 21st seed Halep defeated 14th seed Maria Kirilenko

Men’s Singles Draw

At the end of Day 6 we know the 8 players into the 4th round in the bottom half of the draw, but will need to wait for the completion of Day 7 to know who will make it into round 4 from the top half of the draw.

Top Seeds – how they’ve fared

(Seeding in brackets)

• Novak Djokovic (1)
  • Straight sets wins over Ricardas Berankis and Benjamin Becker.
  • Plays Joao Sousa in round 3.
• Rafael Nadal (2)
  • Can still claim the $1m bonus by winning the US Open as the 2013 US Open series winner following straight sets victories over Ryan Harrison, Rogerio Dutra Silva and Ivan Dodig.
  • Faces Philipp Kohlschreiber (22) in round 4, who defeated 13th seed John Isner in round 3.
• Andy Murray (3)
  • Dropped one set so far in round 2 match against Leonardo Mayer, defeated Michael Llodra in round 1.
  • Faces Florian Mayer in round 3.
• David Ferrer (4)
  • Defeated Nick Kygrios is straight sets in round 1, dropping a set in both round 2 and 3 wins over Roberto Bautista Agut and Mikhail Kukushkin.
  • 18th seed Janko Tipsarevic is Ferrer’s round 4 opponent.
• Tomas Berdych (5)
  • Straight sets victories over Paolo Lorenzi and Denis Kudla.
  • Plays Julien Benneteau (31) in round 3.
• Juan Martin Del Potro (6)
  • Round 2 defeat by Lleyton Hewitt in 5 sets. Del Potro had his chances after being up 2 sets to 1 going into a fourth set tie-break.
• Roger Federer (7)
  • Yet to drop a set (or break a sweat) after straight sets wins over Grega Zemjla, Carlos Berlocq and Adrian Mannarino.
  • Faces 19th seed Tommy Robredo in round 4, with the possible quarterfinal with Nadal.

The rest of the Round 3 draw (to be played Day 7)

• Tim Smyczek v Marcel Granollers
• Tommy Haas (12) v Mikhail Youzhny (21)
• Evgeny Donskoy v Lleyton Hewitt
• Andreas Seppi (20) v Denis istomin
• Stanislas Wawrinka (9) v Marcos Baghdatis

Notable victories by lower ranked players

• Round 1 – Daniel Evans d Kei Nishikori (11)
• Round 1 – Maximo Gonzalez d Jerzy Janowicz (14)
• Round 1 – Denis Istomin d Nicolas Almagro (15)
• Round 1 – Rajeev Ram d Fabio Fognini (16)
• Round 2 – Hewitt d Del Potro (6)
• Round 2 – Baghdatis d Kevin Anderson (17)
• Round 3 – Kohlschreiber (22) d Isner (13)

The photo above is part an article on “Vintage US Open Highlights” provided by NYC Style Cannoli. Take a walk down memory lane and view more fab pics here.

Until next time

Grand Slam Gal