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Who's your guy in top half of US Open...

Who's your guy in top half of US Open Tennis Championships draw??? Roger Federer??Nick Kyrgios??Dominic Thiem??Juan Martín del Potro

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Who's your guy in bottom half of US Open...

Who's your guy in bottom half of US Open Tennis Championships draw???Rafa Nadal??Gael Monfils Tennis??Tomas Berdych??Grigor Dimitrov

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Day 1 US Open Tennis Championships Matches: (Grandstand) Steve...

Day 1 US Open Tennis Championships Matches: (Grandstand)??Steve Johnson vs ??Nico Almagro??Sam Querrey vs ??Gilles SimonPlus ??Johanna Konta & ??Caroline Wozniacki!

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Day 1 US Open Tennis Championships Matches: (Grandstand) Petra...

Day 1 US Open Tennis Championships Matches: (Grandstand)??Petra Kvitová vs ??Jelena Jankovic??Jack Sock vs ??Jordan Thompson??Sloane Stephens vs ??Roberta Vincic

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22 Women 19 Men ‍️ representing strong at...

22 Women ??19 Men ??‍♂️?? representing strong at this year's US Open Tennis Championships!

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Top men missing this year's US Open...

Top men missing this year's US Open Tennis Championships.??Novak Djokovic, ??Andy Murray, ??Stan Wawrinka, more are MIA. ?Heal up fast fellas!

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Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Sam Stosur...

??Serena Williams, ??Victoria Azarenka, ??Sam Stosur are all MIA.?We're missing these ladies!

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Dimitrov, Kyrgios, Thiem, Zverev?

Dimitrov, Kyrgios, Thiem, Zverev? ?

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Bethanie Mattek-Sands catches up with Wimbledon champ...

Bethanie Mattek-Sands catches up with Wimbledon champ Garbiñe Muguruza before the last Grand Slam of the year! #GameSetMattek

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Jaimee Fourlis claims top junior title in US

Maryland, USA, 28 August 2017 | Tennis Australia

Victoria’s Jaimee Fourlis has won her first Grade 1 ITF junior girls title after taking out the Prince George’s County International Hard Court Junior Tennis Championships in Maryland, United States over the weekend.

Fourlis defeated Cori Gauff (USA) 6-4 6-4 to take out the Grade 1 title, having defeated world No.4-ranked junior and top seed Elena Rybakina (RUS) 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the semifinals.

Fourlis added to her success at the tournament by securing the doubles title with partner Emily Appleton (GBR) after defeating I-Hsuan Cho/ Yi Tsen Cho (TPE) 6-1 6-3.

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Time's running out! Make your US Open...

Time's running out! Make your US Open Tennis Championships Racquet Bracket picks before Monday at 11am ET!

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Andy Murray is missing the US Open, but not the rest of the season… hopefully

Andy Murray is missing the US Open, but not the rest of the season… hopefully

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Simona Halep likes to be calm on court, but...

Simona Halep likes to be calm on court, but enjoys a good ?Full Interview: http://tnns.ch/VDMLCm #GameSetMattek

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Defending US Open champ Angelique Kerber adds former coach to team!

Defending US Open champ Angelique Kerber adds former coach to team!

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Can you blame Rafa Nadal, who would!

Can you blame Rafa Nadal, who would!

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Aussies in action: US Open Day 1

New York, NY, USA, 28 August 2017 | tennis.com.au

MEN’S SINGLES

FIRST ROUND

Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [13] Jack Sock (USA) – Louis Armstrong Stadium, fourth match

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) – Court 17, third match

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Aussie results daily update, 28 July 2017

Melbourne VIC, Australia, 28 August 2017 | tennis.com.au

Women

WTA

Connecticut Open – New Haven, CT, USA (Hard)
SFDaria Gavrilova (Vic)d[1] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)6-4 6-4
FDaria Gavrilova (Vic)d[2] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)4-6 6-3 6-4

 

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See how Garbiñe Muguruza celebrated her...

See how Garbiñe Muguruza celebrated her Wimbledon victory on #GameSetMattek ?Full Interview: http://tnns.ch/Su8qGc

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Tomljanovic hungry for action

Ajla Tomljanovic, who skipped the grasscourt swing, is back healthy and with wins under her belt as she targets a strong campaign at the US Open.

New York, NY, USA, 28 August 2017 | Darren Walton (AAP)

A revitalised Ajla Tomljanovic hopes her decision to skip Wimbledon pays dividends with an inspired US Open run.

Tomljanovic is among three Australian women in first-round action at Flushing Meadows on Monday and says she can’t wait after a wretched 18-month battle with injury.

The one-time world No.47 missed all but two events in 2016 following shoulder surgery and opted to sit out Wimbledon in order to save her last use of an injury-protected ranking for New York.

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Millman to Kyrgios: let’s get physical

John Millman will attempt to extend rallies as much as possible to make it a physical first-round encounter against fellow Aussie and 14th seed Nick Kyrgios.

New York, NY, USA, 28 August 2017 | Darren Walton (AAP)

John Millman plans on dragging Nick Kyrgios out of his comfort zone and turning their all-Australian first-round US Open showdown into a physical battle.

The underdog believes that’s his only hope.

Kyrgios enters the final Grand Slam of the year as the 14th seed and a title smoky after his charge to a first Masters 1000 final last week in Cincinnati, leaving the 176th-ranked Millman cursing his bad luck once more.

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