Niland sickness ends in US heartache

CONOR NILAND’S US Open dream ended in misery last night after he was forced out of the tournament by food poisoning, conceding his first round clash with world number one Novak Djokovic.

The Limerick player had been feeling ill for the last two days after succumbing to a bout of food poisoning in the early hours of Monday morning and he was tended to by a doctor as he struggled through almost two sets of dominant play from the Wimbledon champion.

With 13 unforced errors in the first set, Niland’s struggles rendered the impressive Serb’s task all the easier as his 81% success rate from the first serve pushed him towards a brisk 20-minute 6-0.