US Open is the last Grand slam that takes place every year. This is a hard court tournament with surfaces very similar to those of Australian Open. It is one of the oldest tournaments to have been started way back in 1881. In 1970 U S Open became the first slam to introduce Tie-Breaks. The U S Open was originally played on grass until in 1970 when they switched to hard-courts.

The Arthur Ashe stadium which stands as the main court is a 24,000 seat stadium with a good view and wonderful facilities. The 2008 U S open was one of the most viewed events in the world. Roger Federer went on to win the U S Open again and in the Women’s event, defending champion Justin Henin did not return and eventually it was won by Serena Williams. The total prize money o the slam is about US $19 million dollars and 1.5 $ million dollars is given for each winner of the singles tournaments. http://yaytickets.com/ is one site where we can book tickets to watch U S Open

In 2006, U S open became the first open to implement instant replay review of calls using the Hawk-eye computer system. The year 2008 was the first year which Federer started struggling and many had started raising doubts about his invincibility and he had a pretty easy run to the semi finals where he had to face the mighty Serbian Novak Djokovic and the match turned out to be a tightly contested one though Federer came through in 4 sets and awaited the winner of Nadal Vs Murray in the final. And it was Murray who came through in 4 sets and it was going to be a great final between the two, one who was the master and the other who was showing signs of becoming the next master. But the match turned out to be an Anti-Climax as Federer raced through as Murray showed Nervous as he was playing his first Grand- Slam final and won the Final easily. This win proved to be very precious for Federer as it proved to the world that he had still a long time.

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