What to watch Monday at US Open: Djokovic, Nadal left wrists
The stakes and atmosphere were rather different from her previous two appearances in the tournament’s main arena, which now features a retractable roof that provides extra shade even while open, as it was Monday, with the sky blue and the temperature at 90 degrees.
Swiping through Snapchat’s discover function just got a whole lot more competitive – now, if you get far enough into the ESPN channel, you can step into tennis legend Serena Williams’s shoes. Throughout the simple swipe-to-play tennis game, in which you slam a ball over the net à la Williams, Serena Match Point was pretty glitchy: A few times, when I received a text, the game froze and I had to restart from the last save point.
“You have to make the most of every opportunity. That’s all I can do now”.
Meanwhile, the unseeded Russian is a risky player in this draw, using the lefty-serve with slice could prove to be hard for the American, should Makarova be using it effectively.
The 2016 U.S. Open will include both day and night sessions, with morning sessions beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET and evening sessions beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET, up until the quarterfinals, which begin September 7th.
Murray, in the opposite half of the draw to the 12-time grand slam victor, does not face Lukas Rosol until Tuesday and the Scot has downplayed the effect his rival’s injury could have on his own chances.
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It all started when Rosol appeared to intentionally bump Murray during a changeover in that quarterfinal match at Munich in 2015.
“I tried to think of things from a year ago”, Vinci said.
Tennis fans can watch Williams go for her 23rd title win by tuning in to coverage on ESPN.
This isn’t the first time they have teamed with SnapChat. I was blown away by how f***ing accurate Williams’ outfits were, for 22 whole levels, ever since her 1999 U.S. Open victory.
Unfortunately, the veteran couldn’t compete at the Coupe Rogers due to shoulder inflammation, and needed to recover in order to successfully defend her Olympic gold medal. The sixth-seeded American opens her tournament against 93rd-ranked Kateryna Kozlova on Tuesday.
Roberta Vinci, of Italy, returns a shot to Anna-Lena Friedsam, of Germany, during the first round of the US Open tennis tournament, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, in NY.