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\"Maria<\/a>

Maria Bueno at the US Open (photo Tenlink)<\/p><\/div>\n

It seems to all be happening in New York. Maria Bueno gives a US Open update on it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cApart from the shock of losing Rafa [Nadal] last week, the top men were coming through the draw until Andy Murray, who is seeded three, lost to Kevin Anderson on Monday in the fourth round,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very long match for four sets and Anderson played unbelievably well, hardly making any mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAndy lost his cool and I gather he dislikes playing on [Louis] Armstrong Stadium because it is the smallest of the show courts in terms of the surround and plays quicker than Ashe.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, of course, Ashe is even more different with the roof structure in place so Armstrong feels very open and windy. It was also a very hot day, which takes its toll over four hours or so.<\/p>\n

\"Andy<\/a>

Andy Murray of Britain (L) shakes hands after losing to Kevin Anderson<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHe has also lost several matches there, which probably didn\u2019t help, but he went out in the fourth round, his worst Grand Slam result for many years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll credit to Anderson, though, who deserved to win.\u201d
\nAll the other major seeds, apart from Tomas Berdych, came through to their appointed spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoger [Federer] has not dropped a set but had a fight on his hands when he faced John with to get into the quarters\u201d Maria continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came through because he is serving so well himself and took the two first sets on the tiebreak before finally breaking him in the third.<\/p>\n

\u201cBerdych lost to Richard Gasquet in four sets in a sort of mini upset.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf them all in this half of the draw, Stan Wawrinka has had to work the hardest, making several tiebreaks and losing a set to Donald Young.<\/p>\n

\u201cFederer and Gasquet, and Wawrinka and Anderson play their quarters today [Wednesday].<\/p>\n

\u201cRather surprisingly, Novak Djokovic started out cruising through the early part of the draw and then dropped sets to Roberto Bautista Agut in the fourth round and Feliciano Lopez in the quarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps defending champion Marin Cilic is lucky to be in the semis because he has played some very tight sets, surviving a tough five-setter against [Mikhail] Kukshkin and dropping a set to [Jo-Wilfried] Tsonga, but he is now very much in contention again and plays Djokovic on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Serena<\/a>

Serena and Venus Williams<\/p><\/div>\n

As for the women, the draw continues to be one-horse race.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me there is very little doubt that Serena [Wlliams] will come through to achieve her Grand Slam,\u201d Maria said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with all the hype over the quarter final battle between her and Serena, we all knew that somehow Venus wouldn\u2019t stand in her way to make history.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey made a good show of it, though, and played some great tennis that had the capacity crowd thrilled last night, but the result was never in any real doubt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real threat to Serena was on Sunday when Bethanie Mattek-Sands took the opening set against her and forced her into a second set tiebreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have two veteran Italians come through to the quarters is amazing, and they both play what I call classic tennis – flat forehands and sliced backhands – just the way I like it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are a bit of a throw back but both are great doubles players and know how to volley and mix up the ball so they have a lot of weapons against the modern topspinners that play from the baseline.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bottom half of the draw has Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep left and the two quarter-final matches today [Wednesday] will narrow it down as to who will meet Serena in the final.\u201d<\/p>\n

Off court, Maria has been back to Town Tennis, hobnobbing with the pros and celebrities that visit there during the tournament.<\/p>\n

\"Maria<\/a>

Maria Bueno with Jimmy Connors at Town Tennis Club, New York<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI bumped into Jimmy [Connors] the other day there and we had a long chat,\u201d said Maria. \u201cI\u2019ve known him for many years so we did a bit of reminiscing over past times.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was having a hit with Dante after me and looks very fit and well, which is great.\u201d<\/p>\n

And how is the Wilson racket play-testing going?<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019m not really playing, just trying out the new frame and strings a bit,\u201d Maria confessed with a smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m being very careful because of my [broken] finger, but Wilson has re-strung the frames a couple of times to adjust the stringing and it is playing a lot better now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very different technology to what I am used to and I discovered the other day that the frames are ready for a gizmo to record how I play, which downloads to an App on my phone or iPad\u2026 amazing!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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