Venus Williams declared she was playing the best tennis of her career after demolishing Ukrainian 27th seed Alona Bondarenko 6-2, 6-1.
A drizzly Flushing Meadows proved an inhospitable place for former champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Lindsay Davenport on Friday.
Former champion Andy Roddick withstood a barrage of winners from young Ernests Gulbis before fighting back for a 3-6 7-5 6-2 7-5 second-round victory.
It’s do as I say, not as I do when it comes to Marat Safin and his up-and-coming sister Dinara Safina. Safin is well known for his explosive temper.
His Wimbledon reign and number-one ranking surrendered, Roger Federer has one trump card left in his competition with Rafael Nadal.
Tiger Woods underwent reconstructive surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ligament in his left knee, an operation described as a success.
Stuart Appleby rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt at the last to seize the second round lead at the US Open on Friday.
Ernie Els had a smile on his face after a birdie-birdie finish to Friday’s second round kept him in the title hunt for the US Open.
No one does casual understatement of other-worldly sporting achievement like Tiger Woods, but the world number one has surpassed even his own standards of quiet assertiveness.
Expect golf’s big guns to come out firing on Thursday as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson tee off in a group with Australian Adam Scott in the opening round of the 108th US Open.
Of the six South Africans teeing up on Thursday at the 108th US Open, being played at Torrey Pines, San Diego, Trevor Immelman seems to have hit some form at the right time.
Torrey Pines, picturesquely perched on bluffs hugging the Pacific Ocean, will no doubt provide a stark contrast of beauty and brutality when the US Open golf championship starts on Thursday.
Trevor Immelman, who says winning the Masters in April has changed his life in ways he never imagined, warmed up for the US Open with a confidence-boosting play-off appearance on Sunday.