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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

2012 US Open Tennis - Aug 27 - Sep 09,2012

The 2012 US Open Tennis Tournament is being played at the Outdoor Hard Courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park of Queens,New York City from August 27 to September 09,2012



2011 Champions 
Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic(Serbia)













Women's Singles - Samantha Stosur(Australia)















Men's Doubles - Jurgen Melzer(Austria) and Philipp Petzschner(Germany)

Women's Doubles -Liezel Huber(USA) and Lisa Raymond(USA)

Mixed Doubles -Melanie Oudin(USA) and Jack Sock(USA)

2012 US Open Winners

Men's Singles
Andy Murray(GBR) Defeats Novak Djokovic(Serbia)7-6, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2. It had been 76 years since a British man won a Grand Slam singles championship(Fred Perry(GBR) won the 1936 U.S. Open)
Andy Murray Vs. Novak Djokovic was a test of will as much as skill, lasting 4 hours, 54 minutes, tying the record for longest U.S. Open final.
Andy Murray was one of only two men in the professional era, which began in 1968, to have lost his first four Grand Slam finals( Ivan Lendl being the other happens to be Murray’s coach nowadays)
                                                     

                                                      
                                                    


Novak Djokovic reacts after losing the US Open final to Andy Murray

Andy Murray Defeats Tomas Berdych (Czech) 5-7 6-2 6-1 7-6 in the US Open semi-final

Tomas Berdych(Czech Republic)Defeats Roger Federer(Swiss)7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the US Open QF

 


Women's Singles
Serena Williams(USA) Defeats Victoria Azarenka(Belarus)6-2,2-6 and 7-5 and wins her 4th US Open Title and the 15th Career Grandslam Title

 


Serena Williams became the first player aged over 30 to win the US Open women's singles since Martina Navratilova in 1987

Serena Williams(USA) Defeats  Sara Errani(Italy) 6-1, 6-2 in the US Open Semi-finals

Victoria Azarenka(Belarus) Defeats Maria Sharapova(Russia) in the US Open Semi-finals 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
 

 

Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan, the USA Brother's Team Defeats Leander Paes(India) & Radek Stepanek(Czech)6-3,6-4

 



Women's Doubles 
Sara Errani (Italy)and Roberta Vinci(Italy)Defeats Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)and Lucie Hradecka(CZE)6-4,6-2
 

 Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci,the second-seeded Italians beat third-seeded Czechs Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday Sep 09,2012 for their second Grand Slam championship and second in three months after they broke through at the French Open


Mixed Doubles
Bruno Soares(Brazil) & Ekaterina Makarova(Russia) Defeats Marcin Matkowski(Polan) &Kveta Peschke(Czech) 6-7 (8), 6-1, 12-10
                                                                                               
 
                                                                        


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