Rested Rafa seeks second straight US Open title

– Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have 37 Grand Slam titles between them and have clashed 38 times in a mesmerising rivalry stretching back to 2004. The No. 2 seed will be the fan favorite again – still the most enjoyable player to watch with his elegant strokes.

Chrissie Evert, an 18-times Grand Slam champion, said in a conference call Williams was fighting to get back to her best and would be in with a chance at the August 27 to September 9 tournament. Three years ago, the Federer slayer thought of retirement because of all those wrist issues but carried on and now is the third seed with big strokes built for Ashe Stadium.

Tennis analyst Bruce Davidson believes he is the player to watch.

So he was even more cautious in monitoring his schedule this year, sitting out the clay-court season again and pulling out of Toronto, making Cincinnati his only hard-court warmup.

The Serbian first reached the summit of the ATP rankings in 2011.

As for Nadal, he decided not to play in Cincinnati last week.

Despite defending his Australian Open title in January, Federer’s hopes of a ninth Wimbledon were blown apart in a five-set loss to Kevin Anderson in the quarter-finals.

“My experience is I don’t see people get insane and involved in the match when the ball, all it goes (is) two or three times over the net every time”, he added. In 2013, he nailed 25 of 28 US Open bets – an insane 89.3 percent win rate that netted his followers almost $2,700.

World number one Nadal, who won the US Open previous year to add to his 2010 and 2013 victories, skipped Cincinnati after triumphing in Toronto the week before.

“I think he probably still has more left in him”.

He skipped the clay season as chances of beating Nadal on red clay were nearly nonexistent.

This is especially true for Federer who faces a potential third round match with Nick Kyrgios, with the two of them having served absolutely blinders of contests in the past.

The 21-year-old has yet to get past the quarter-final of a Slam while his last two visits to NY have seen second-round exits.

“His ranking has shot up impressively and he enjoys the United States hard courts”.

“I won the US Open five times so I stand here pretty happy, to be quite honest”, he said. “It’s not like, ‘God, the U.S. Open never worked out for me.’ It hasn’t the last couple years, but it’s all good”. In arguably the biggest match of his career, he beat Juan Cruz “JC” Aragone of the United States 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to qualify for the main draw.

Murray to win second US Open? But it isn’t just them: Three-time Grand Slam victor Stan Wawrinka, a shadow of his former self at this year’s grass court season, is showing signs of life. Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber could achieve the same feat.

“It’s about trying to win a 24th Grand Slam to equal Court – that’s the number she cares about”.

Now, Calvert has broken down the field and made his top US Open 2018 picks.

Edmund has only won one match in three tournaments since Wimbledon.

“She loves the city and atmosphere and playing in front of her American home crowd”. He certainly is fit enough but mentally in the final, I could tell he was sort of down. Norrie made a sensational start to the USA hard-court series, making the semi-final in Atlanta and then Los Cabos and will go into this Grand Slam full of confidence and hoping he can continue to make a name for himself in Flushing Meadows. “It’s a slightly different mentality for me coming in than what I have had the last 10, 11 years of my life”.