Liam Broady beat fellow Briton Jay Clarke in straight sets to reach the second round of US Open qualifying.
British number five Broady, 24, eased to a 6-3 6-1 victory against Clarke, who is two places higher than him in the national rankings.
Broady will next face Belarus’ Uladzimir Ignatik, needing two more wins to reach the main draw, which starts on Monday in New York.
Heather Watson also won in the first round of qualifying on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old British number three beat 14-year-old American Cori Gauff 6-4 6-1 in one hour 11 minutes to set up a tie with either Japan’s Ayano Shimizu or China’s Han Xinyun.
Britons Harriet Dart, Katie Swan and Gabriella Taylor are also in first-round action in New York on Wednesday.
Kyle Edmund, Andy Murray and Cameron Norrie are the British men already in the main draw, while Johanna Konta is the only Briton to have gained direct entry to the women’s singles.
How Quickly Federer, The Top 10 Race Through Their Service Games
Aug222018
Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers shows how Federer and the Top 10 efficiently hold serve
The pathway to holding serve for the Top 10 is not as straightforward as you might expect. With each point won or lost in a service game, outcomes vary and the percentage chance of holding serve rises and falls.
An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the point score in a service game, and the corresponding win percentages, sheds new light into the different ways elite players navigate their way to the finish line of holding their serve.
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The data set includes 27,399 service points from the Top 10 on the Monday after Wimbledon from the start of the 2015 season up to and including The Championships in 2018.
Roger Federer and Kevin Anderson lead the Top 10 in winning the opening point of their service games and surging to 15/0. When Federer has gone to 15/0 during the past three and a half years, he has won an astonishing 95.9 per cent (1766/1840) of his service games. In 2018 alone, Federer has dropped serve only nine times (335/344) after leading 15/0.
Best Record Moving to 15/0
Position
Player
15/0
0/15
1
R. Federer
74.5%
25.5%
2
K. Anderson
71.5%
28.5%
T3
J. Martin del Potro
70.4%
29.6%
T3
J. Isner
70.4%
29.6%
5
N. Djokovic
69.7%
30.3%
6
M. Cilic
69.2%
30.8%
7
G. Dimitrov
68.5%
31.5%
8
A. Zverev
66.3%
33.7%
9
D. Thiem
65.8%
34.2%
10
R. Nadal
65.1%
34.9%
–
AVERAGE
69.1%
30.9%
With two points completed, eight of the 10 players are more likely to be sitting at 30/0 than any other scoreline. The two outliers were Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem, who were more likely to be at 15/15 than 30/0.
Federer again led the field, getting to 30/0 52.8 per cent of the time, while John Isner rose up the leaderboard to second place at 50.5 per cent. When Isner has led 30/0 on serve in the 2018 season, he has dropped serve only one time, winning 258 of 259 service games.
Best Record Moving to 30/0
Position
Player
30/0
15/15
0/30
1
R. Federer
52.8%
39.8%
7.4%
2
J. Isner
50.5%
41.5%
8.0%
3
K. Anderson
49.9%
40.8%
9.3%
4
N. Djokovic
46.6%
43.1%
10.3%
5
M. Cilic
46.6%
42.9%
10.5%
6
J. Martin del Potro
45.8%
44.6%
9.6%
7
G. Dimitrov
45.6%
42.1%
12.3%
8
R. Nadal
44.7%
44.4%
10.8%
9
D. Thiem
43.3%
44.3%
12.4%
10
A. Zverev
42.6%
45.2%
12.1%
–
AVERAGE
46.8%
42.9%
10.3%
All players in the Top 10 had a higher percentage chance of being at 30/15 than either 40/0, 15/30 or 0/40 after the first three points of their service game.
Juan Martin del Potro had the highest percentage chance of hitting 30/15, finding himself at that scoreline in about 46 per cent of service games. When the Argentine has led 30/15 since the start of the 2015 season, he has held 93 per cent (708/761) of the time.
Most Likely To Be At 30/15
Position
Player
30/15
1
J. Martin del Potro
45.7%
2
J. Isner
45.3%
3
A. Zverev
43.7%
4
N. Djokovic
43.1%
5
M. Cilic
43.1%
6
D. Thiem
43.1%
7
R. Nadal
42.8%
8
R. Federer
42.7%
9
K. Anderson
41.8%
10
G. Dimitrov
41.0%
–
AVERAGE
43.1%
The most likely outcome after four points for the Top 10 is to be at a scoreline of 40/15. Isner was the best performer at this scoreline, navigating his way to 40/15 43 per cent of the time.
The most likely scoreline after five points are played is game over. All of the Top 10 average holding serve more than 50 per cent of the time from this scoreline, with Isner leading the way at a commanding 60.9 per cent.
Holding Serve After Five Points
Position
Player
Game
1
J. Isner
60.9%
2
R. Federer
60.1%
3
K. Anderson
58.8%
4
M. Cilic
56.6%
5
N. Djokovic
54.7%
6
J. Martin del Potro
53.0%
7
R. Nadal
52.6%
8
G. Dimitrov
52.5%
9
D. Thiem
52.1%
10
A. Zverev
51.4%
–
AVERAGE
55.3%
And this is a look at the average game score of our Top 10 group after five points have been played:
Game = 54.7% 40/30 = 30.7% 30/40 = 14.6%
This fascinating deep dive into point score and win percentages uncovers that a point score in a game for the Top 10 progresses from Love-all to 15/0, 30/0, 30/15, 40/15 and finally game. But it’s not always as smooth sailing as that.
Third seed Kyle Edmund improved to 6-2 at the Winston-Salem Open on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-3 win against Argentine Leonardo Mayer. Edmund, who received a wild card into the ATP World Tour 250-level tournament, dominated on serve, winning 93 per cent of his first-serve points and never facing a break point.
He will next meet Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena, who knocked out 13th seed and countryman Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-3. Carballes Baena saved four of five break points.
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Eighth seed Steve Johnson saved the only break point he faced and beat #NextGenATP American Tommy Paul 7-6(7), 6-2. “Happy to move on… Tommy is a good competitor. He’s got a live arm for a smaller guy, and he’s a talented kid,” Johnson said.
He will next meet Spain’s Jaume Munar, who won 61 per cent of his second-serve points to win a #NextGenATP battle against Russian Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-2 in only 60 minutes. “I think it was a very tough match. Rublev has a great game, hard strokes. So for me it’s difficult, but I think I did a very good match,” Munar said.
Sixth seed Hyeon Chung, the reigning 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals titlist, fought past Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6(4), 6-2. Their second-round match resumed on Tuesday with Chung leading 5/2 in the first-set tie-break after rain suspended the contest Monday night.
18-year-old is one of six Americans to advance on Day 1
Dramatic comebacks were the theme of Day 1 at US Open qualifying, with a bevy of players storming back from a set down to reach the second round.
Making his Grand Slam qualifying debut, Sebastian Korda turned in an impressive 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 comeback over countryman Dennis Novikov on Tuesday. Boys’ champion at the Australian Open earlier this year, Korda stormed back from a set and a break down, eventually prevailing after one hour and 53 minutes.
With his mother and father, former World No. 2 Petr Korda, in the crowd, the American teen battled back from a 4-2 deficit in the second set and recovered once again after conceding a break to open the decider. He will hope his good run of form continues against Argentine veteran Facundo Bagnis on Thursday.
“I just stayed in there and fought my hardest,” Korda told ATPWorldTour.com. “I saw that he was struggling a little bit and I took advantage. I started playing really well after that. It feels pretty good. And I had my dad and my mom here and that’s always great to have them supporting me. I’ve had some tough three-set losses against some good players this year, so it feels good to get it done.”
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Korda wasn’t alone in providing the heroics on Tuesday. In front of a packed crowd on Court 11, Christian Harrison overcame former World No. 10 Ernests Gulbis 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. The Louisiana native faced a 0/40 deficit while serving down 4-3 in the third set. He would deny four break points to stay alive and eventually triumph after two hours and six minutes.
“I was just trying to think about playing the next point,” said Harrison following the match. “Nothing really crazy, but just thinking about how I want to execute. It was awesome to see so many fans come out too. I wasn’t expecting this at all. It’s great for the players and makes it a lot more fun for us.”
Harrison, who made his US Open main draw debut as a qualifier in 2016, is hoping to replicate that dream run this week. The 24-year-old seems to have a flair for the dramatic, having rallied from a set down in all three qualifying matches that year. He faces #NextGenATP Spaniard Pedro Martinez on Thursday.
Other Americans advancing to the second round include JC Aragone, who edged Thiemo de Bakker 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-6(5), and Evan King, a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 winner over Christian Garin. Both made their Grand Slam debuts last year as qualifiers. Also, Bjorn Fratangelo downed Roberto Cid Subervi 6-3, 7-6(4) and awaits Dominican veteran Victor Estrella Burgos next.
In a highly-anticipated all-Aussie clash, Thanasi Kokkinakis also rallied from a set down, upending Bernard Tomic 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 in one hour and 25 minutes. The 22-year-old fired 20 aces and saved five of six break points to advance on Court 12. Kokkinakis is riding a wave of momentum after lifting the trophy at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Aptos, California, two weeks ago. It was his first singles title in three years.
“I gave him the break by hitting three double faults in my first service game,” said Kokkinakis. “In the second set, I tried to make a few more balls and put a little more effort in myself. Then it was one-way traffic. The crowd was packed and it didn’t feel like first round of qualies. But I need matches like this.”
Other notable winners on Day 1 include #NextGenATP stars Hubert Hurkacz and Lloyd Harris. Hurkacz, No. 9 in the ATP Race To Milan, routed John-Patrick Smith 6-3, 6-2, while Harris dismissed Roberto Quiroz 7-6(5), 6-3 in a swift 79 minutes. The South African is in the midst of a dominant 12-2 stretch after winning his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title in Lexington, Kentucky, earlier this month.
The first round continues on Wednesday, with top seed Jozef Kovalik and Americans Ernesto Escobedo, Reilly Opelka, Christopher Eubanks and Ulises Blanch opening their qualifying quests.
British number one Johanna Konta has pulled out of her second-round tie at the Connecticut Open with a viral illness, tournament organisers say.
The 27-year-old was due to face Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro on Tuesday at New Haven in the final warm-up event before the US Open, which starts on 27 August.
She has also withdrawn from the doubles competition with American partner Nicole Melichar.
World number 46 Konta beat Germany’s Laura Siegemund in the first round.
She is the only British woman with direct entry into the main draw of the US Open, but Naomi Broady is now two matches away after upsetting fellow Briton Katie Boulter 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the first round of qualifying on Tuesday.
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Boulter, the British number two and seeded second in the qualifying tournament, fought back to level the match but Broady eased into a 4-0 lead in the deciding set before claiming victory in one hour 52 minutes.
Broady, 28, will play Spain’s Georgina Garcia Perez in the second round of qualifying.
British number eight Katy Dunne was beaten 6-2 6-1 by Turkey’s Ons Jabeur.
Heather Watson, Harriet Dart, Gabrielle Taylor and Katie Swan are the other British women involved in US Open qualifying this week.
Eight of the top 10 highest earning female athletes are tennis players, with 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams topping the Forbes list.
Williams earned just $62,000 (£48,050) from prize money during the past year – owing largely to her 14-month break to have a baby – but made $18m (£13.95m) through endorsements.
Badminton’s PV Sindhu and race car driver Danica Patrick are the only non-tennis players in the top 10.
In June, the Forbes rankings of the world’s top 100 highest earning athletes did not feature a woman after Williams dropped out of the chart.
US boxer Floyd Mayweather topped the list followed by football’s Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The top 10 highest earning female athletes earned $105m (£81.4m) in total from June 2017 to June 2018.
That figure is down 4% from last year and 28% from five years ago.
Williams’ total earnings ensure she tops the list for the third successive year, making twice as much away from the tennis court as any other female athlete.
Caroline Wozniacki is second on the list having won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open earlier this year – a victory that secured her $3.1m (£2.4m) in prize money to push her total earnings to $13m (£10.1m).
Completing the top five are Sloane Stephens, Garbine Muguruza and Maria Sharapova.
Russian Sharapova was the top-earning female athlete for 11 consecutive years but has seen her earnings drop after her 15-month doping ban.
Indian Olympic and world silver medallist Sindhu and Patrick – the most successful female race car driver – are seventh and ninth on the list respectively.
Spaniard going for his fourth US Open title, Federer his sixth
The seeds for the 2018 US Open are set. Three-time champion Rafael Nadal, the No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings, will lead the field when play gets underway on Monday. The Spaniard will go for his second Grand Slam title of the season and look to match his 2017 Grand Slam haul by winning Roland Garros and the US Open.
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Second seed Roger Federer will also be vying for his second Grand Slam title of 2018. The Swiss currently has 20 Grand Slam crowns, only three ahead of Nadal’s 17. Juan Martin del Potro, who’s at a career-high No. 3 in the ATP Rankings, will try to replicate his 2009 US Open run and hoist his second Grand Slam trophy.
Novak Djokovic’s surge at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati last week landed him the sixth seed. Djokovic became the first player to win the Career Golden Masters by beating Roger Federer in the final of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Ohio.
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Qualifying play in New York started earlier Tuesday.
Singles Seeds 1. Rafael Nadal, Spain 2. Roger Federer, Switzerland 3. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina 4. Alexander Zverev, Germany 5. Kevin Anderson, South Africa 6. Novak Djokovic, Serbia 7. Marin Cilic, Croatia 8. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria 9. Dominic Thiem, Austria 10. David Goffin, Belgium 11. John Isner, United States 12. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain 13. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina 14. Fabio Fognini, Italy 15. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece 16. Kyle Edmund, Great Britain 17. Lucas Pouille, France 18. Jack Sock, United States 19. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain 20. Borna Coric, Croatia 21. Kei Nishikori, Japan 22. Marco Cecchinato, Italy 23. Hyeon Chung, South Korea 24. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia and Herzegovina 25. Milos Raonic, Canada 26. Richard Gasquet, France 27. Karen Khachanov, Russia 28. Denis Shapovalov, Canada 29. Adrian Mannarino, France 30. Nick Kyrgios, Australia 31. Fernando Verdasco, Spain 32. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia
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