Tuesday, September 13, 2011

US OPEN 2011 WINNERS

MEN'S SINGLES:
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic returned brilliantly and swatted winners from all angles to beat defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 on Monday night and earn his first U.S. Open title and third Grand Slam trophy of 2011.
Djokovic improved to 64 wins from 66 matches with 10 tournament titles in a simply spectacular year, one of the greatest in the history of men’s tennis -- or any sport, for that matter. Against No. 2 Nadal, Djokovic is 6-0, all in finals -- three on hard courts, including Monday; two on clay; and one on grass at Wimbledon in July. Djokovic also won the Australian Open in January, and is only the sixth man in the 40-plus years of the Open era to collect three major titles in a single season.

 WOMEN'S SINGLES:
Samantha Stosur pulled off one of the biggest shocks in the history of women’s Grand Slam tennis finals by comprehensively outplaying a frustrated Serena Williams and claiming the U.S. Open title with a 6-2, 6-3 win on September 11. Stosur claimed her first Grand Slam singles title and became only the second Australian to win the U.S. Open crown by dominating a match which she was widely expected to lose to the home favourite. 

Williams lost her composure, arguing with the chair umpire after being docked a point for shouting out in the midst of a rally. It was reminiscent of the ugly tirade against a line judge two years ago.
The overwhelming favourite for the match, Williams suffered only her second ever loss in a Grand Slam final to someone other than sister Venus; she was beaten by Maria Sharapova in the 2004 Wimbledon decider.


                                             Current champions

Event Champion Runner-up Score
2011 Men's Singles Serbia Novak Djokovic Spain Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–4, 6-7(3–7), 6-1
2011 Women's Singles Australia Samantha Stosur United States Serena Williams 6–2, 6–3
2011 Men's Doubles Austria Jürgen Melzer
Germany Philipp Petzschner
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–2
2011 Women's Doubles United States Liezel Huber
Kazakhstan Lisa Raymond
United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
2011 Mixed Doubles United States Melanie Oudin
United States Jack Sock
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Argentina Eduardo Schwank
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–8]