Late Night Victory
Stan the Man went up against del Potro in a tense semifinal that ran until 1:22 am—“Thank you everybody for staying so late,” said Stan to his fans in the post-match interview. The match opened up as a very see-saw affair, with Stan powering back from a 0-3 deficit in the first set. Both players played neck and neck, running into a tight tiebreaker. The first set went to Stan, after taking the tiebreaker 7-5. Del Potro would draw even in set 2, but Stan remained strong in the third.
“I tried to make longer rallies, I tried to go back a little bit to make him play more balls, keeping more on the backhand side and dictate,” commented Stan on his tactics going into the third set. Keeping his opponent moving, Stan gained the upper hand. Stan The Man racked up 10 aces, and 53 winners en route to his 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory. He clutched the final point with his signature backhand.
Doubles Teams March into Semifinal
Defending champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert (VCORE Duel G 97, POLYTOUR FIRE 125) and Nicolas Mahut are into the US Open semifinals after a 6-3, 7-6(4) win over Robert Lindstedt and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi. The pair has only dropped one set so far at this year’s US Open. Meanwhile, in women’s doubles Martina Hingis (EZONE DR 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION L) and CoCo Vandeweghe (EZONE DR 98) cruised into the semifinal defeating Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, 6-1, 6-2. The Swiss-American duo converted four of five break points, while refusing their opponents any chances to do the same.
Tomorrow will see Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber (VCORE Si 100, POLYTOUR FIRE 120) go up against Danish Caroline Wozniacki for a spot in the women’s singles final. The two women last met at the 2015 China Open, where Angie dominated 6-2, 6-3. The World No. 2 German has shown continued strong performance at this year’s US Open, and has yet to drop a set.
US Open 2016 Tournament Results
Men’s Singles (Quarterfinal)
[3] Stan Wawrinka (VCORE Duel G 97, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION)(SUI) def. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Men’s Doubles (Quarterfinal)
[1] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (VCORE Duel G 97, POLYTOUR FIRE 125)(FRA)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) def. Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) 6-3,7-6(4)
Women’s Doubles (Quarterfinal)
[6] Martina Hingis (EZONE DR 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION L)(SUI)/CoCo Vandeweghe (EZONE DR 98)(USA) def. [16] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE)/Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6-1, 6-2
Mixed Doubles (Semifinal)
[7] CoCo Vandeweghe (EZONE DR 98)(USA)/Rajeev Ram (USA) def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/Robert Farah (COL) 7-6(4), 6-4
Boys’ Doubles (Round 2)
Zizou Bergs (EZONE DR 98, POLYTOUR PRO 125)(BEL)/Yshai Oliel (ISR) def. Oliver Crawford (USA)/Patrick Kypson (USA) 6-4, 6-7(6), [12-10]
Sean Sculley (USA)/Nick Stachowiak (USA) def. [12] Youssef Hossam (VCORE SV 95, POLYTOUR PRO 120, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION)(EGY)/Ergi Kirkin (TUR) 3-6,6-4,[12-10]
[4] Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)/Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def. Keenan Mayo (EZONE DR 98, POLYTOUR PRO 125)(USA)/Lukas Greif (USA) 6-4, 6-4
Girls’ Singles (Round 2)
[15] Yuki Naito (VCORE Si 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125, FUSIONREV)(JPN) def. Daria Kuczer (POL) 6-4, 6-4
Girls’ Doubles (Round 2)
Mai Hontama (VCORE Si 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125)(JPN)/Anastasia Zarytska (UKR) def. Hailey Baptiste (USA)/Ann Li (USA) 6-3, 6-1
Ena Shibahara (EZONE DR 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125, POWER CUSHION ECLIPSION L)(JPN)/Jada Myii Hart (USA) def. Yuki Naito (VCORE Si 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125, FUSIONREV)(JPN)/I-Hsuan Cho (TPE) 6-3, 7-6(5)
[7] Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (CAN)/Katie Swan (GBR) def. Irina Cantos Siemers (EZONE DR 100, POLYTOUR PRO 125)(GER)/Daria Kuczer (POL) 7-6(4), 6-0