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  • Rematch: Williams – Azarenka Prevail in Semifinals

    Rematch: Williams – Azarenka Prevail in Semifinals

    There were a lot of nerves on display in today’s women’s semifinals…and Serena Williams played, too.

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    Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams got through their semifinal matches today to set up the anticipated (and generally hoped-for) final, a rematch of last year’s, in which Williams prevailed.

    Azarenka played the Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta, who is coming back from a serious wrist injury and reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal.  It was a nervy affair, featuring 13 breaks of serve in 18 games.  It started with 5 service breaks at a trot until Azarenka finally held.  Pennetta tried to hang with the Belorussian, staving off 5 set points in the first set before Azarenka closed it out, but overall Azarenka’s powerful game was too much for Pennetta.  Azarenka prevailed in the end, 6-4, 6-2.

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    Williams beat Li Na of China, who battled both her nerves and a confident Serena, who is currently on a 24-match winning streak. It wasn’t until the second set that Li Na even won a game.  A letdown from Williams helped Li break for 2-1 in the second, to get her first lead in the match, and her legs back under her.  After that, she played more like the player that reached the semifinals, but Serena recovered and broke back in the next game.  Serving at 2-5, Li played an astonishingly gutsy game, saving 6 match points before finally holding for 3-5 in a nearly 14-minute game.  She then managed to get it to 30-all on Serena’s serve before the American closed it out on her 7th match point.  Williams won 6-0, 6-2 and has yet to drop a set in the tournament.

    Later Friday evening, Serena and Venus Williams lost in the doubles semifinals to the Czech Republic team of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.

  • US Open Women’s Semifinals Schedule of Play: Friday, Sept. 6

    US Open Women’s Semifinals Schedule of Play: Friday, Sept. 6

    [Scores added as known.]

    Arthur Ashe Stadium – 12:30 P.M.

    Mixed Doubles – Final
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) d. Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) — 7-6(5), 6-3

    Not Before: 1:45 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Semifinals
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) — 6-4, 6-2

    Not Before: 3:45 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Semifinals
    Serena Williams (USA) (1) d. Na Li (CHN) (5) — 6-0, 6-3

    Ater Suitable Rest — Women’s Doubles – Semifinals

    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (5) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (5) d. Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA) — 6-4, 6-2

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  • Age Has the Edge (Mostly) at the US Open in the SF/QFs

    Age Has the Edge (Mostly) at the US Open in the SF/QFs

    Day 9 of the US Open featured more than a few 30-somethings in the mid-late rounds of men’s and women’s singles. Flavia Pennetta, 31, upset countrywoman Roberta Vinci, 30.  Pennetta, who had fallen down to being the fourth ranked Italian, behind Errani, the best Italian, and Vinci, one of her erstwhile doubles partners.  While Pennetta is currently ranked No. 85,  she dominated Vinci, 6-4, 6-1, to reach her first ever semifinal of a Major.

    The “youngster” of the day, Victoria Azarenka, 24, beat 30-year-old Daniela Hantuchova, 6-2, 6-3.  The hope is this sets up a meeting with Serena Williams in a final, the two women who are the greatest rivals at this point in the women’s game, though Azarenka still has to beat Flavia Pennetta.  For them to meet, however, Williams will have to beat the great Chinese star and fellow 31-year-old, Li Na.

    On the men’s side, Richard Gasquet emerged as the winner of a 5-set battle with David Ferrer, another 31-year-old.  Gasquet dominated the first two sets, in a surprise over the No. 4 seed, who has had a lackluster summer.  Ferrer evened the match to 2-sets a piece, but Gasquet fulfilled the aggression he brought to the beginning of the match, and closed it out for 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3.

    The Frenchman Gasquet is 27 — on the younger edge of today’s players — and he will meet Rafael Nadal, also 27, who beat his countryman, Tommy Robredo, 31, the vanquisher of Roger Federer in the Round of 16.  Robredo went down without seriously troubling Nadal.  Final score:  6-0, 6-2, 6-2.  Nadal has yet to drop his serve the entire tournament.

    That so many 31-year-olds have lasted so long in this tournament, one has to say that 1981-82 must have been a great vintage for tennis players, if a somewhat late-maturing grape.

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  • US Open Quarterfinals Schedule of Play/Scores: Wednesday, Sept. 4

    US Open Quarterfinals Schedule of Play/Scores: Wednesday, Sept. 4

    [Scores added as known.]

    Arthur Ashe Stadium – 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) (10) — 6-4, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Richard Gasquet (FRA) (8) d. David Ferrer (ESP) (4) — 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3

    Not Before 7:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2) d. Tommy Robredo (ESP) (19) — 6-0, 6-2, 6-2

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    Louis Armstrong Stadium — 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (10) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (10) d. Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) — 7-5, 6-3

    Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Sania Mirza (IND) (10) / Jie Zheng (CHN) (10) d. Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (4) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (4) — 6-4, 7-6(5)

    Mixed Doubles – Semifinals
    Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)(5) / Bruno Soares(BRA)(5) — 6-3, 6-1

    Not Before: 4:30 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA) d. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (11) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (11) — 6-1, 7-6(3)

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    Grandstand — 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (5) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (5) d. Nadia Petrova (RUS) (3) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (3) — 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

    Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Ashleigh Barty (AUS) (8) / Casey Dellacqua (AUS) (8) d. Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)(2) / Elena Vesnina(RUS)(2) — 6-2, 6-3

    Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

    Mixed Doubles – Semifinals
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) d. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) — 7-5, 6-7(4), 12-10

    Credits: Cover Photo: kbrinker (Creative Commons License)

  • US Open Day 8 Schedule of Play / Scores: Monday, Sept. 2

    US Open Day 8 Schedule of Play / Scores: Monday, Sept. 2

    [Scores added as known.]

    Arthur Ashe Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 4
    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Alison Riske (USA)  — 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 4
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) vs. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (13) — Canceled

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 4
    Rafael Nadal (ESP) (2) d. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) — 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-1

    Men’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Colin Fleming (GBR) (12) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) (12) — 7-6(7), 6-4

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    Louis Armstrong Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 4
    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Simona Halep (ROU) (21)  — 6-2, 7-6(3)

    Not Before 5:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 4
    Tommy Robredo (ESP) (19) d. Roger Federer (SUI) (7) — 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (11) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) (11) vs. Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA) — Canceled

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    Grandstand — 12:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 4
    Roberta Vinci (ITA) (10) d. Camila Giorgi (ITA) — 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 4
    David Ferrer (ESP) (4) d. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) (18) — 7-6(2), 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(3)

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    Court 17 — 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 3
    Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) (5) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) (5) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) / Divij Sharan (IND) — 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 4
    Richard Gasquet (FRA) (8) d. Milos Raonic (CAN) (10) — 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-6(9), 7-5

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    Court 13

    Men’s Doubles – Round 3
    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (10) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (10) d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) / Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) — 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (2) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (2) vs. Cara Black (ZIM) (13) / Marina Erakovic (NZL) (13) — Canceled

    Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) vs. Liezel Huber(USA)(8) / Marcelo Melo(BRA)(8) — Canceled

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    Court 11 — 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 3
    Alexander Peya (AUT) (2) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (2) d. Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) — 6-3, 7-6(1)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 3
    Treat Huey (PHI) (16) / Dominic Inglot (GBR) (16) d. Marcel Granollers (ESP) (3) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (3) — 7-6(2), 6-0

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) (4) / Shuai Peng (CHN) (4) vs. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (15) / Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) (15) — Canceled

    Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Martin Emmrich (GER) vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) — Canceled

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    Court 4 — Not Before 4:30 P.M.

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (5) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) (5) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) / Lisa Raymond (USA) — 6-3, 7-6(4)

    Women’s Doubles – Round 3
    Sara Errani (ITA) (1) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (1) vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (16) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) (16) — Canceled

    Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) (4) vs. Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) (7) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (7) — Canceled

    Mixed Doubles – Quarterfinals
    Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) (5) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (5) vs. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Frantisek Cermak (CZE) — Canceled

    Credits: Cover Photo: wchuang (Creative Commons License)

  • US Open Day 2 Schedule of Play / Scores: Tuesday, August 27

    US Open Day 2 Schedule of Play / Scores: Tuesday, August 27

    [Scores added as known.]

    Arthur Ashe Stadium – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (7) d. Misaki Doi (JPN) — 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

    Not Before: 1:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (6) d. Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) — 6-2, 7-5

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Roger Federer (SUI) (7) d. Grega Zemlja (SLO) — 6-3, 6-2, 7-5

    Not Before: 7:00 P.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1) d. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2) d. Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) — 6-0, 6-0

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    Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Milos Raonic (CAN) (10) d. Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) — 6-3, 7-6(6), 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Sam Querrey (USA) (26) d. Guido Pella (ARG) — 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Sara Errani (ITA) (4) d. Olivia Rogowska (AUS) — 6-0, 6-0

    Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Victoria Duval (USA) d. Samantha Stosur (AUS) (11) — 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

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    Grandstand – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (13) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) — 6-2, 6-0

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Christina McHale (USA) d. Julia Goerges (GER) — 6-4, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    John Isner (USA) (13) d. Filippo Volandri (ITA) — 6-0, 6-2, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Tomas Berdych (CZE) (5) d. Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) — 6-1, 6-4, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Tobias Kamke (GER) d. Steve Johnson (USA) — 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(7), 6-2

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    Court 17 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) d. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) — 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(5)

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Gael Monfils (FRA) d. Adrian Ungur (ROU) — 6-1, 6-2, 6-0

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Tommy Haas (GER) (12) d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27) d. Mallory Burdette (USA) — 6-3, 7-5

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    Court 13 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) — 6-2, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) d. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) (14) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Jack Sock (USA) d. Philipp Petzschner (GER) — 7-6(2), 3-6, 5-2 Ret.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Shuai Peng (CHN) d. Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) — 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 11 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (22) d. Collin Altamirano (USA) — 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Alize Cornet (FRA) (26) d. Maria Joao Koehler (POR) — 6-3, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Carlos Berlocq (ARG) d. Santiago Giraldo (COL) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Donald Young (USA) d. Martin Klizan (SVK) — 6-1, 6-0, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Simona Halep (ROU) (21) d. Heather Watson (GBR) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

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    Court 4 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Julien Benneteau (FRA) (31) d. Michal Przysiezny (POL) — 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Nicole Gibbs (USA) — 6-0, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Nicolas Almagro (ESP) (15) — 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Alison Riske (USA) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) — 6-3, 6-3

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    Court 6 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Roberta Vinci (ITA) (10) d. Timea Babos (HUN) — 6-4, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Horacio Zeballos (ARG) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Elina Svitolina (UKR) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (17) — 6-4, 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Donna Vekic (CRO) d. Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) — 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2

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    Court 7 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (14) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) — 6-1, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Joao Sousa (POR) d. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) (25) — 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Sachia Vickery (USA) d. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) — 6-4, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Florian Mayer (GER) d. Juan Monaco (ARG) (28) — 6-4, 6-2, 3-0 Ret.

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Eric Butorac (USA) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d. Johan Brunstrom (SWE) / Raven Klaasen (RSA) — 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4

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    Court 8 – 11:00 A.M.

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Pablo Andujar (ESP) d. Thiemo de Bakker (NED) — 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Karin Knapp (ITA) d. Grace Min (USA) — 6-3, 6-1

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Maria Sanchez (USA) — 7-5, 6-2

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Mona Barthel (GER) (28) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) — 6-1, 6-4

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    Court 9 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Lucie Safarova (CZE) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) — 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) — 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) d. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) — 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Vesna Dolonc (SRB) — 7-5, 7-6(5)

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    Court 10 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Elena Vesnina (RUS) (22) d. Annika Beck (GER) — 6-1, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) d. Albert Montanes (ESP) — 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Julia Glushko (ISR) d. Nadia Petrova (RUS) (20) — 6-3, 6-4

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Denis Kudla (USA) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) — 6-2, 6-2, 6-7(6), 7-5

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    Court 14 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) (31) — 6-3, 6-3

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d. Lukasz Kubot (POL) — 7-5, 7-5, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) d. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) — 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(9), 6-2, 7-6(10)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Andre Sa (BRA) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) / Xavier Malisse (BEL) — 6-1, 6-3

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    Court 15 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Camila Giorgi (ITA) d. Jana Cepelova (SVK) — 6-2, 6-2

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) d. Chanel Simmonds (RSA) — 2-6, 6-2, 6-1

    Men’s Singles – Round 1
    Benjamin Becker (GER) d. Lukas Rosol (CZE) — 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

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    Court 16 – 11:00 A.M.

    Women’s Singles – Round 1
    Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) d. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) — 6-4, 6-3

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Fabio Fognini (ITA) / Albert Ramos (ESP) d. Paul Hanley (AUS) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) — 7-6(10), 7-6(4)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Daniel Brands (GER) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) d. Kenny De Schepper (FRA) / Victor Hanescu (ROU) — 6-3, 7-6(5)

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Ivan Dodig (CRO) (10) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (10) d. Nicholas Monroe (USA) / Simon Stadler (GER) — 7-6(2), 6-4

    Men’s Doubles – Round 1
    Chris Guccione (AUS) / Bernard Tomic (AUS) d. Juan Sebastian Cabal (COL) / Robert Farah (COL) — 7-6(2), 7-6(5)

    Credits: Cover Photo:  Melodie Mesiano (Creative Commons License)

  • US Open – Women’s Draw

    US Open – Women’s Draw

    Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska in top half; Victoria Azarenka and Sara Errani in bottom half.

    Click here to discuss the US Open Women’s Draw in our discussion forum.

    The full draw:

    First Quarter

    Serena Williams (USA) (1)
    Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

    Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)
    Monica Niculescu (ROU)

    Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)
    Olga Puchkova (RUS)

    Qualifier
    Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) (29)

    Jamie Hampton (USA) (23)
    Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)

    Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
    A.Medina Garrigues (ESP)

    Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
    Urszula Radwanska (POL)

    Mandy Minella (LUX)
    Sloane Stephens (USA) (15)

    Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) (12)
    Venus Williams (USA)

    Kiki Bertens (NED)
    Jie Zheng (CHN)

    Qualifier
    Qualifier

    Lauren Davis (USA)
    Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) (18)

    Kaia Kanepi (EST) (25)
    Vania King (USA)

    Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
    Anna Schmiedlova (SVK)

    Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
    Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)

    Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
    Angelique Kerber (GER) (8)

    [divider]

    Second Quarter

    Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) (3)
    Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP)

    M.Torro-Flor (ESP)
    Marina Erakovic (NZL)

    E.Cabeza Candela (ESP)
    Ashleigh Barty (AUS)

    Virginie Razzano (FRA)
    A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) (32)

    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (24)
    Polona Hercog (SLO)

    Mathilde Johansson (FRA)
    Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

    Paula Ormaechea (ARG)
    Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN)

    Qualifier
    Sabine Lisicki (GER) (16)

    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) (9)
    Madison Keys (USA)

    Monica Puig (PUR)
    Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)

    Qualifier
    Alexandra Cadantu (ROU)

    Qualifier
    Sorana Cirstea (ROU) (19)

    Laura Robson (GBR) (30)
    Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)

    Caroline Garcia (FRA)
    Shelby Rogers (USA)

    Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
    Sofia Arvidsson (SWE)

    Olga Govortsova (BLR)
    Na Li (CHN) (5)

    [divider]

    Third Quarter

    Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (6)
    Qualifier

    Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
    Qualifier

    Jana Cepelova (SVK)
    Qualifier

    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE)
    Klara Zakopalova (CZE) (31)

    Elena Vesnina (RUS) (22)
    Annika Beck (GER)

    Karin Knapp (ITA)
    Qualifier

    Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
    Lucie Safarova (CZE)

    Timea Babos (HUN)
    Roberta Vinci (ITA) (10)

    Maria Kirilenko (RUS) (14)
    Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)

    Qualifier
    Eleni Daniilidou (GRE)

    Donna Vekic (CRO)
    Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)

    Heather Watson (GBR)
    Simona Halep (ROU) (21)

    Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27)
    Mallory Burdette (USA)

    Shuai Peng (CHN)
    Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)

    Nicole Gibbs (USA)
    Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

    Ayumi Morita (JPN)
    Sara Errani (ITA) (4)

    [divider]

    Fourth Quarter

    Petra Kvitova (CZE) (7)
    Misaki Doi (JPN)

    Bojana Jovanovski (SRB)
    Andrea Petkovic (GER)

    Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
    Alison Riske (USA)

    Johanna Larsson (SWE)
    Mona Barthel (GER) (28)

    Nadia Petrova (RUS) (20)
    Qualifier

    Qualifier
    Sachia Vickery (USA)

    Maria Sanchez (USA)
    Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)

    Qualifier
    Samantha Stosur (AUS) (11)

    Ana Ivanovic (SRB) (13)
    Anna Tatishvili (GEO)

    Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
    Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)

    Julia Goerges (GER)
    Christina McHale (USA)

    Elina Svitolina (UKR)
    Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (17)

    Alize Cornet (FRA) (26)
    Qualifier

    Qualifier
    Qualifier

    Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
    Vesna Dolonc (SRB)

    Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER)
    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (2)

     

    Credits: Cover Photo:  Adam Isserlis (Creative Commons License)

  • Azarenka Upsets Serena in Cincinnati

    Azarenka Upsets Serena in Cincinnati

    Victoria Azarenka won the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, beating Serena Williams 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6).

    Williams went up a double break in the first set, before serving it out at love. Azarenka held to open the second set, then finally broke the American’s serve after a long second game.

    And then came the sixth game of the second set. Serving at 1-4, after nearly 20 minutes, and 13 deuces, Serena held serve to take it to 2-4. In the next game Azarenka held serve, after going down 0-40, then broke Serena to tale the set 2-6.

    The players exchanged breaks in the third set, before taking it to an appropriate third set tiebreak. Azarenka finally won after Serena netted a forehand.

    [divider]

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  • Cincinnati Western & Southern ATP/WTA Finals

    Cincinnati Western & Southern ATP/WTA Finals

    [Scores added as known.]

    Center Court – Start 12:30 P.M.

    (4) Rafael Nadal (ESP) d John Isner (USA) — 7-6(8), 7-6(3)

    Not Before 4:00 P.M.

    (2) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d (1) Serena Williams (USA) — 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(6)

    [divider]

    GRANDSTAND — Start 2:00 P.M.

    (3) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Shuai Peng (CHN) d (6) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) — 2-6, 6-3, 12-10

    Not Before 3:00 P.M.

    (1) Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) d (2) Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Marc Lopez (ESP) — 6-4, 4-6, 10-4

    [divider]

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  • Cincinnati Western & Southern ATP/WTA Semifinals: Saturday, August 17

    Cincinnati Western & Southern ATP/WTA Semifinals: Saturday, August 17

    [Scores added as known.]

    Center Court – Start 1:00 P.M.

    John Isner (USA) d (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) — 6-7(5), 7-6(9), 6-3

    Not Before 2:30 P.M.
    (4) Rafael Nadal (ESP) d (6) Tomas Berdych (CZE) — 7-5, 7-6(4)

    Not Before 7:00 P.M.
    (1) Serena Williams (USA) d (5) Na Li (CHN) — 7-5, 7-5
    (2) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d (14) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) — 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

    [divider]

    Grandstand – Start 3:00 P.M.

    (2) Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Marc Lopez (ESP) d (8) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) — 7-5, 6-2

    Not Before 4:30 P.M.
    (1) Bob Bryan (USA) / Mike Bryan (USA) d Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Scott Lipsky (USA) — 4-6, 7-6(6), 10-6

    [divider]

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