A couple of months before Serena Williams capped her dominant run to a third consecutive US Open championship and 18th major singles title Sunday night.
Roger Federer could not pull off another big escape at the US Open, losing 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals Saturday against Croatia's Marin Cilic.
Peng Shuai is at the center of public attention after successive victories at the US Open, rekindling China's hopes of winning the women's singles title in the absence of Li Na.
Federer saved two match points en route to coming all the way back from a two-set deficit, edging the 20th-seeded Monfils 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday night to reach the semifinals at Flushing Meadows for the first time since 2011.
France claimed a deserved 1-0 triumph in an international friendly held at Stade de France on Thursday, when it came out as the first win they've taken over reigning European champions Spain in eight years.
Peng Shuai joins two-time Grand Slam winner Li Na and doubles star Zheng Jie as the only Chinese players to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.
Peng Shuai shot a group of fashion photos and wrote about tennis and her life for the Chinese version of one of the European and American best-selling fashion magazines for women's sports and health.
Angel di Maria set up three goals and scored the fourth himself as Argentina trounced Germany 4-2 in their friendly game Wednesday to get a small measure of payback after losing to the host in the World Cup final.
Kei Nishikori became the first man from Japan to reach the US Open semifinals in 96 years, outlasting third-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4 on Wednesday.
Shane Battier and Tony Parker, who played against each other in the NBA Finals this June, got together and played for the same team at the Yao Foundation Charity Game in Dongguan on Aug 31.
Martina Hingis is back in the doubles semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2002 Australian Open as she and Flavia Pennetta reached the US Open last four in their first major as a team.
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