After being defeated by Janko Tipsarevic with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 defeat, Andy Roddick leaves the US Open Tennis 2010 early this year. In the third set, a foot fault was called on Roddick. Andy got into a sparring match with the lineswoman which proved he actually did have a foot fault, but with the opposite foot that the judge called.
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US Open
$22,668,000 GRAND SLAM 2000
New York, U.S.A. (-4 hours GMT)
30 August – 12 September, 2010
Surface: Hard
RESULTS – WEDNESDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER, 2010
Men
Singles – First Round
[4] A Murray (GBR) d L Lacko (SVK) 63 62 62
M Llodra (FRA) d [7] T Berdych (CZE) 76(3) 64 64
[12] M Youzhny (RUS) d A Golubev (KAZ) 62 63 63
[14] N Almagro (ESP) d P Starace (ITA) 46 64 64 76(5)
R Harrison (USA) d [15] I Ljubicic (CRO) 63 67(4) 63 64
[18] J Isner (USA) d F Gil (POR) 64 63 64
[20] S Querrey (USA) d B Klahn (USA) 63 46 75 64
[25] S Wawrinka (SUI) d M Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 62 62
[29] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d T Kamke (GER) 62 46 62 64
J Chela (ARG) d Y Lu (TPE) 64 46 63 63
S Stakhovsky (UKR) d P Luczak (AUS) 67(8) 75 64 62
D Sela (ISR) d X Malisse (BEL) 76(1) 75 62
D Brown (JAM) d R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 64 76(6) 75
M Granollers (ESP) d A Seppi (ITA) 26 57 63 62 63
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d L Kubot (POL) 63 62 76(4)
G Simon (FRA) d D Young (USA) 61 64 62
M Chiudinelli (SUI) d J Sock (USA) 61 64 16 61
V Hanescu (ROU) d C Berlocq (ARG) 62 64 63
Singles – Second Round
J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [9] A Roddick (USA) 36 75 63 76(4)
[17] G Monfils (FRA) d I Andreev (RUS) 63 64 63
Doubles – First Round
[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d A Dolgopolov (UKR) / B Phau (GER) 63 62
[4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Mirnyi (BLR) d Arnaud Clement(FRA) / N Mahut (FRA) 61 64
K Anderson (RSA) / V Hanescu (ROU) d [7] J Melzer (AUT) / P Petzschner (GER) 46 63 76(1)
[15] M Fish (USA) / M Knowles (BAH) d M Lopez (ESP) / P Riba (ESP) 36 64 64
E Schwank (ARG) / H Zeballos (ARG) d C Fleming (GBR) / K Skupski (GBR) 62 76(6)
M Kohlmann (GER) / J Nieminen (FIN) d S Bangoura (USA) / N Pasha (USA) 63 61
D Marrero (ESP) / R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) d J Hajek (CZE) / K Vliegen (BEL) 63 75
M Gonzalez (ARG) / S Ventura (ESP) d M Berrer (GER) / V Troicki (SRB) 64 64
J Chardy (FRA) / C Kas (GER) d A Falla (COL) / S Giraldo (COL) 67(2) 64 63
Women
Singles – Second Round
(2) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. (Q) Sally Peers (AUS) 62 61
(3) Venus Williams (USA) d. (Q) Rebecca Marino (CAN) 76(3) 63
(5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 61 64
(6) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. (Q) Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 62 61
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (10) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 51 ret. (headache)
(12) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Sybille Bammer (AUT) 63 64
(WC) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. (13) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 75 64
(16) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 62 63
(19) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 61 64
(20) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (Q) Sania Mirza (IND) 62 64
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (21) Zheng Jie (CHN) 63 60
(24) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Vania King (USA) 57 63 64
(27) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Elena Baltacha (GBR) 76(5) 63
Sara Errani (ITA) d. (28) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 62 63
(29) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Melanie Oudin (USA) 62 75
(Q) Mandy Minella (LUX) d. (32) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 64 60
Doubles – First Round
(2) Huber/Petrova (USA/RUS) d. Coin/Cornet (FRA/FRA) 62 63
Dulgheru/Rybarikova (ROU/SVK) d. (3) Llagostera Vives/Martínez Sánchez (ESP/ESP) 64 46 76(4)
(10) Kirilenko/Radwanska (RUS/POL) d. Chang/Kops-Jones (TPE/USA) 63 60
(12) Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova (CZE/CZE) d. Amanmuradova/Barrois (UZB/GER) 60 64
(14) Vesnina/Zvonareva (RUS/RUS) d. (WC) Barte/Burdette (USA/USA) 75 63
(15) Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy (USA/USA) d. (WC) McHale/Zalameda (USA/USA) 60 63
(16) Hsieh/Peng (TPE/CHN) d. Dzehalevich/Poutchek (BLR/BLR) 63 63
Date Krumm/Morita (JPN/JPN) d. Jankovic/Jovanovski (SRB/SRB) 46 63 64
Cirstea/Safarova (ROU/CZE) d. Flipkens/Woehr (BEL/GER) 67(4) 60 63
Kudryavtseva/Kustova (RUS/BLR) d. Rodionova/Savchuk (RUS/UKR) 57 64 63
Diatchenko/Senoglu (RUS/TUR) d. Arvidsson/Larsson (SWE/SWE) 61 26 64
Goerges/Groenefeld (GER/GER) d. Rosolska/Scheepers (POL/RSA) 63 76(3)
Groth/Zakopalova (AUS/CZE) d. Dekmeijere/Kerber (LAT/GER) 61 46 62
Chuang/Govortsova (TPE/BLR) d. Jurak/Kanepi (CRO/EST) 61 61
Hantuchova/Wozniacki (SVK/DEN) d. Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE/CZE) 60 62
(WC) Glatch/Vandeweghe (USA/USA) d. Malek/Petkovic (GER/GER) 75 67(6) 64
Former world number one Ana Ivanovic took another step forward in her recent renaissance when she beat 21st seed Zheng Jie 6-3 6-0 to reach the third round of the US Open.
The Serbian, who topped the rankings just two years ago, smashed 22 winners en route to an impressive victory in just 56 minutes on a hot Arthur Ashe Stadium court.
Ivanovic was beaten in the first round in New York last year but has been slowly making her way back up the rankings and was far too strong for Zheng.
Zheng had no answer to Ivanovic’s power and after taking the first set, the Serb raced through the second to set up a clash with another Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano after she dispatched 13th seed Marion Bartoli 7-5 6-4.
Venus Williams kept the flag flying for American tennis’s most famous family when she beat Canada’s Rebecca Marino 7-6(3) 6-3 in the second round.
Marino gave the third seed a brief scare when she pushed the opening set to a tiebreak but Williams was able to raise her game in the second and wrap up a comfortable victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Williams, US Open champion in 2000 and 2001, is the highest-ranked American in the women’s draw this year after her sister, world number one Serena, withdrew because of a foot injury.
Serena is following her elder sister’s efforts at Flushing Meadows from afar but Venus would not reveal the feedback she has been receiving.
“That’s between Serena and I,” Williams said. “But she’s always very positive.”
The 30-year-old Williams has never gone out before the last 16 in New York but having not played any tournaments in the lead-up because of knee tendinitis, she looked a little rusty.
But after taking the first set on the tiebreak, she slowly found her game in the second set to run out a comfortable winner.
Williams said she was not allowing herself to look any further ahead than her next opponent, Luxembourg’s Mandy Minella, a qualifier in her first Grand Slam event, who upset Bulgarian 32nd seed Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4 6-0.
“I’m really just going match by match,” Williams said. “I’m not thinking about dusting off any rust or where I might be.
“I thought I made a quick turnaround this summer to try to get ready (for the US Open). I’m glad that I’m just in the singles as that way I have a chance to recover between rounds.”
French Open champion Francesca Schiavone eased through her all-Italian second-round encounter with a 6-2 6-1 win over Maria Elena Camerin.
The number six seed started her match confidently on the Grandstand court and needed just 65 minutes to eliminate the qualifier from Milan, who now lives in London.
While temperatures remained high, the two Italians were sheltered from the sun for most of their match by the shadows of neighbouring Louis Armstrong Stadium.
But while Camerin was able to dodge the sun, the world number 41 could not escape some attacking tennis from her countrywoman, who cleverly mixed up her all-round game.
Schiavone, who is currently without a coach, converted all five of the break point opportunities she had in the match.
She looked on course for a 6-0 win in the second set but Camerin stopped the onslaught by nervously holding serve for only the second time in the match.
That only briefly delayed the inevitable and the result means the 30-year-old Schiavone has lost just four games and spent a little over two hours on court in her two matches to date at Flushing Meadows.
Fifth seed Samantha Stosur reached the third round of the for the first time in her career when she beat fellow Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6-1 6-4.
The French Open runner-up had never been beyond round two in six previous visits to Flushing Meadows but too strong for world number 62 Rodionova and won in just 64 minutes.
Stosur had been struggling with a nagging injury to her right arm before arriving in New York but looked more like her normal self as she attacked with her serve and forehand.
An early break put her ahead in the second set and though Rodionova had a break point to level at 4-4, Stosur held her advantage to set up a meeting with unseeded Sara Errani, after the Italian beat 28th seed Alisa Kleybanova 6-2 6-3.
Midnight struck early for 2009 US Open Cinderella Melanie Oudin at this year’s championship as the 18-year-old American succumbed to nerves and the steady ground-strokes of Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko.
Oudin, who blazed into the quarter-finals last year riding the support of the thunderous Flushing Meadows crowds, said she felt tight and did not play to potential in her 6-2 7-5 loss to the 29th seed.
“I think the nerves got the best of me today a little bit,” said Oudin, who made 21 unforced errors in the first set and 38 in total.
Last year, Oudin came from nowhere to upset ranked Russians Elena Dementieva, Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova but came up short against Caroline Wozniacki in the quarter-finals.
Oudin, the highest ranked American woman after Serena and Venus Williams, admitted to having trouble dealing with the heightened expectations heading into this year’s US Open.
“It’s tough coming back, especially after the US Open I had last year, and expecting to do that well again,” she said.
“The expectations for me from the fans were extremely high. You could tell by the crowd. The second I walked out there, people expected me to win again like last year.”
Reuters
by Jim Slater Jim Slater – Thu Sep 2, 5:12 am ET
NEW YORK (AFP) – Britain’s Andy Murray breezed into the second round of the US Open on Wednesday while ninth seed Andy Roddick and Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych made early exits from the year’s last Grand Slam event.
Fourth seed Murray fired eight aces and 37 winners to overwhelm Slovakia’s 71st-ranked Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, in one hour and 51 minutes in the afternoon heat to book a second-round matchup against Jamaican Dustin Brown.
“I feel like I’m playing well,” Murray said. “But I need to try and keep that level up if I want to win the tournament.”
Serbia’s 44th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic reached the third round of the US Open for the first time in seven tries, firing 66 winners in upsetting 2003 US Open champion Roddick 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).
“He played very high risk and executed for four sets,” Roddick said. “I kept telling myself, ‘This has to have an expiration date on it.’ I think I needed another set for that.
“I did what I could. He played well. He deserved to win. Too good.”
Czech seventh seed Berdych, whose Wimbledon run and a French Open semi-final appearance had him among the favorites, went 0-for-3 in break points in being humbled by France’s 35th-ranked Michael Llodra 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 6-4.
“I felt confident. I felt good,” Berdych said. “I just didn’t get a chance to play my tennis. I don’t even know if I played well or not. I didn’t even see what to do differently or better. There was no chance to get a rhythm.”
Berdych’s removal took out the highest-ranked obstacle to the semi-finals for Murray, who reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2008 US Open, losing to Roger Federer after upsetting world number one Rafael Nadal in a semi-final.
The 23-year-old Scotsman won his first title of 2010 last month at Toronto, beating top-ranked Rafael Nadal in a semi-final and 16-time Grand Slam winner Federer in the final, showing he has the skill to win a Grand Slam title.
“Toronto was a big boost for me, to win against Roger and Rafa. I feel good,” Murray said. “I need to keep that up. I need to play my best.”
Roddick, who has struggled with mononucleosis for months, fell behind 5-2 in the tie-breaker and had no answer for Tipsarevic, who connected on 59 percent of his first serves and won 81 percent of those points (58 of 72).
“First serve was huge,” Tipsarevic said. “Big first serve percentage helped me win.”
Roddick said his recent illness was not a factor.
“I feel fine,” Roddick said. “There’s nothing there. I’m not going to talk about it because I lost it. It was frustrating but at the same time I was just trying to make him keep coming up with it. He was able to do it.”
Tipsarevic next faces French 17th seed Gael Monfils, who celebrated his 24th birthday by ousting 121st-rated Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. The Russian, slowed by knee and ankle injuries, had won four of five prior matches against Monfils.
Beating the Frenchman would allow Tipsarevic to match his best Grand Slam showings, fourth-round runs at Wimbledon in 2007 and 2008, the latter after dispatching Roddick in the second round.
Croatian 15th seed Ivan Ljubicic, who has never gone past the third round in 10 prior US Open starts, was eliminated by US teen qualifier Ryan Harrison 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-4, on a steamy day at the Flushing Meadows hardcourts.
“I struggled with the heat,” Ljubicic said. “I can’t move. It gets to me really quick.”
Harrison, 18, is the first American teen to beat a men’s top-20 player since the 2001 US Open when Roddick beat Spaniard Alex Corretja, who now serves as a coaching consultant for Murray.
Berdych, enjoying the highest ranking of his career at seventh, has never gone deeper than the fourth round at the US Open.
“I’m not happy I lost first round,” Berdych said. “The world is not going to change after this, so I’ll throw it away and keep going.”
Brown, who beat Spain’s Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 7-5, already has a plan for Murray.
“I’m going to definitely try and play my type of tennis, be aggressive and keep the points short,” Brown said.
US 18th seed John Isner showed no sign of the right ankle injury he suffered two weeks ago, beating Portugal’s Frederico Gil 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
“It felt great,” Isner said. “I took a four- to six-week injury and got it ready in two weeks. I was incredibly fortunate.”
US 20th seed Sam Querrey, whose four titles this season rank second only to Nadal’s five, beat US college champion Bradley Klahn 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. He was apologetic for blasting a backhand shot into Klahn’s groin in the second set.
“It’s not going to get much worse than getting hit right there in front of all the fans,” Klahn said.
NEW YORK (AFP) – The US Open got underway on Monday with straight-sets wins for second seeds and tournament betting favourites Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters.
But there were upsets, too, as 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt and former world number one Dinara Safina both crashed out.
Federer, seeking to regain the crown he lost to Juan Martin del Potro last year after five consecutive titles, strolled to a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over Brian Dabul of Argentina in the featured night match on the Arthur Ashe Centre Court.
The Swiss star, who won just his second tournament of the year in Cincinnati eight days ago, was never in trouble against the former top junior as he got back to winning ways in the tournament he totally dominated from 2004 until last year’s upset in the final.
“I’ve never lost a night session match here and feel very much at home. Been in six straight finals and would like to be there again this year, but the path is long and rough,” he said.
“I missed many break chances but credit to Brian, too. It was his first time on centre court at a major.”
Joining him in the second round was potential quarter-final opponent Robin Soderling, but he needed five sets to see off unheralded Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 5-7, 6-4
On a hot and sunny opening day there were wins also for sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia – a 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 winner over Michael Russell of the United States – and ninth seed and 2003 champion Andy Roddick, who saw off Stephane Robert of France 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 on the American’s 28th birthday.
But Hewitt, at 29, found the shot-making of unpredictable Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu too much to cope with as he went down 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 6-1.
It was the first time he had lost in the first round at Flushing Meadows in 11 starts and will cast further doubts on his competitiveness at the highest level of men’s tennis.
Clijsters, who supplied one of the sports stories of the year here 12 months ago when she stepped out of retirement and motherhood to win her second US Open title, defeated Greta Arn of Hungary 6-0, 7-5.
She took the first set in just 18 minutes, but needed to fight back after going 0-4 down in the second.
Clijsters said that she felt under no extra pressure to repeat her outstanding play of last year.
“Obviously last year I had a few more probably unanswered questions, but I think this year I know what I have to do if I want to try and do as well as I did last year,” she added.
There was a reasonably comfortable winning start for top American hope Venus Williams.
But there were signs in her 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Italy’s Roberta Vinci that the 30-year-old third seed, who carries US hopes with sister Serena out injured, is still feeling some pain from the left knee injury that has sidelined her since Wimbledon.
“I was doing pretty good until I landed on my leg on a swing volley,” she said.
“She didn’t make a lot of errors so I was very happy to get through after not playing forever.”
There were wins also for fifth seed Samantha Stosur of Australia and the woman who beat her in the French Open final, sixth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy.
But former world number one Dinara Safina suffered more heartache as she attempts to return to her best form after a crippling back injury.
The tall Russian put on a battling display against Slovak veteran Daniela Hantuchova, but bowed out in the end 6-3, 6-4.
US Open
$22,668,000 GRAND SLAM 2000
New York, U.S.A. (-4 hours GMT)
30 August – 12 September, 2010
Surface: Hard
RESULTS – TUESDAY, 31 AUGUST, 2010
MEN
Singles – First Round
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d T Gabashvili (RUS) 76(4) 76(4) 63
[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d V Troicki (SRB) 63 36 26 75 63
[8] F Verdasco (ESP) d F Fognini (ITA) 16 75 61 46 63
[10] D Ferrer (ESP) d A Dolgopolov (UKR) 62 62 63
A Clement (FRA) d [16] M Baghdatis (CYP) 63 26 16 64 75
[19] M Fish (USA) d J Hajek (CZE) 60 36 46 60 61
[23] F Lopez (ESP) d S Giraldo (COL) 64 64 64
J Chardy (FRA) d [24] E Gulbis (LAT) 62 76(1) 64
J Benneteau (FRA) d [28] R Stepanek (CZE) 64 62 46 64
P Polansky (CAN) d [30] J Monaco (ARG) 62 76(5) 63
[31] D Nalbandian (ARG) d R De Voest (RSA) 76(4) 36 64 67(6) 64
J Blake (USA) d K Vliegen (BEL) 63 62 64
E Schwank (ARG) d Robby Ginepri (USA) 64 76(3) 46 63
D Istomin (UZB) d M Gonzalez (ARG) 75 75 61
T Robredo (ESP) d L Rosol (CZE) 64 63 61
D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) d J Nieminen (FIN) 76(1) 64 63
B Becker (GER) d D Brands (GER) 6(1) 76(5) 64
B Paire (FRA) d R Schuettler (GER) 63 63 46 36 76(2)
F Serra (FRA) d F Mayer (GER) 75 62 60
P Petzschner (GER) d D Lojda (CZE) 63 61 61
A Mannarino (FRA) d P Riba (ESP) 36 61 64 46 76(1)
P Cuevas (URU) d J Silva (BRA) 76(0) 61 62
Doubles – First Round
M Damm (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) d [3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) 67(7) 63 64
[5] L Kubot (POL) / O Marach (AUT) d R Hutchins (GBR) / S Lipsky (USA) 76(4) 63
M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) d [6] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) 76(4) 75
M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / A Montanes (ESP) 63 64
[10] W Moodie (RSA) / D Norman (BEL) d A Courtney (USA) / M Shabaz (USA) 63 64
[14] S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) d M Russell (USA) / D Tursunov(RUS) 63 36 63
[16] R Bopanna (IND) / A Qureshi (PAK) d B Battistone (USA) / R DeHeart (USA) 63 76(7)
S Stakhovsky (UKR) / M Youzhny (RUS) d Y Lu (TPE) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) 76(12) 76(2)
R Ram (USA) / B Reynolds (USA) d S Huss (AUS) / A Sa (BRA) 63 63
M Chiudinelli (SUI) / L Lacko (SVK) d D Martin (USA) / D Young (USA) 64 75
WOMEN
Singles – First Round
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (WC) Chelsey Gullickson (USA) 61 61
(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Simona Halep (ROU) 64 46 75
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (Q) Zuzana Kucova (SVK) 62 61
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (8) Li Na (CHN) 26 64 62
(9) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 64 63
(11) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN) 62 46 61
(14) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Jarmila Groth (AUS) 46 63 61
(15) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 61 62
Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. (17) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 62 46 76(4)
(18) Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 76(5) 76(7)
(22) María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) d. (WC) Jamie Hampton (USA) 64 36 60
(23) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 75 64
(25) Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) d. Julie Coin (FRA) 63 61
(Q) Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. (26) Lucie Safarova (CZE) 26 75 62
(Q) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) d. (30) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 64 36 62
(31) Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Alizé Cornet (FRA) 36 61 60
Julia Goerges (GER) d. Romina Oprandi (ITA) 63 64
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 62 46 75
Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 61 63
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 61 62
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. Regina Kulikova (RUS) 60 20 ret. (low back injury)
Peng Shuai (CHN) d. (WC) Shelby Rogers (USA) 67(5) 76(3) 63
Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. (Q) Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 63 76(6)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 46 64 61
Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) d. Anne Keothavong (GBR) 26 61 61
Chang Kai-Chen (TPE) d. Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 62 64
Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. (WC) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 61 60
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 36 75 60
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 63 63
(Q) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 63 64
(Q) Mirjana Lucic (CRO) d. Alicia Molik (AUS) 76(5) 61
(WC) Beatrice Capra (USA) d. Karolina Sprem (CRO) 61 63
US Open
$22,668,000 GRAND SLAM 2000
New York, U.S.A. (-4 hours GMT)
30 August – 12 September, 2010
Surface: Hard
RESULTS – MONDAY, 30 AUGUST, 2010
Men
Singles – First Round
[2] R Federer (SUI) d B Dabul (ARG) 61 64 62
[5] R Soderling (SWE) d A Haider-Maurer (AUT) 75 63 67(2) 57 64
[6] N Davydenko (RUS) d M Russell (USA) 64 61 63
[9] A Roddick (USA) d S Robert (FRA) 63 62 62
[11] M Cilic (CRO) d I Marchenko (UKR) 75 63 61
[13] J Melzer (AUT) d D Tursunov (RUS) 64 62 36 46 62
[17] G Monfils (FRA) d R Kendrick (USA) 36 63 64 67(5) 64
[21] A Montanes (ESP) d M Przysiezny (POL) 57 16 75 76(5) 60
[22] J Ferrero (ESP) d M Klizan (SVK) 61 63 60
[26] T Bellucci (BRA) d T Smyczek (USA) 63 75 76(6)
I Dodig (CRO) d [27] F Gonzalez (CHI) 67(2) 61 10 ret. (knee)
P Mathieu (FRA) d [32] L Hewitt (AUS) 63 64 57 46 61
T de Bakker (NED) d M Gicquel (FRA) 64 75 62
T Dent (USA) d A Falla (COL) 64 75 61
R Berankis (LTU) d R Sweeting (USA) 64 67(5) 63 62
A Beck (GER) d M Berrer (GER) 76(3) 63 61
K Anderson (RSA) d S Devvarman (IND) 63 64 63
I Andreev (RUS) d H Zeballos (ARG) 63 46 76(4) 63
R Gasquet (FRA) d S Greul (GER) 63 64 62
K Nishikori (JPN) d E Korolev (KAZ) 76(0) 52 ret. (right elbow)
R Mello (BRA) d B Phau (GER) 64 75 46 76(4)
J Tipsarevic (SRB) d Olivier Rochus (BEL) 46 75 76(0) 62
G Rufin (FRA) d L Mayer (ARG) 26 76(4) 76(2) 61
C Ball (AUS) d M Raonic (CAN) 67(4) 63 63 62
Women
Singles – First Round
(2) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d. Greta Arn (HUN) 60 75
(3) Venus Williams (USA) d. Roberta Vinci (ITA) 64 61
(5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Elena Vesnina (RUS) 36 76(2) 61
(6) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Ayumi Morita (JPN) 61 60
(10) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (Q) Monica Niculescu (ROU) 60 57 61
(12) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 61 62
(13) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. Edina Gallovits (ROU) 63 62
(16) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 64 75
(19) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (Q) Irina Falconi (USA) 62 61
(20) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Kristina Barrois (GER) 64 61
(21) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 76(0) 76(1)
(24) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Dinara Safina (RUS) 63 64
(27) Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 64 75
(28) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 76(4) 62
(29) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Vera Dushevina (RUS) 60 57 64
(32) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Renata Voracova (CZE) 63 64
Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. Sandra Zahlavova (CZE) 60 62
Sara Errani (ITA) d. Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 76(4) 75
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 63 62
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. Angelique Kerber (GER) 63 61
Melanie Oudin (USA) d. (Q) Olga Savchuk (UKR) 63 60
Elena Baltacha (GBR) d. Petra Martic (CRO) 62 62
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) d. Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 75 64
Vania King (USA) d. (WC) Christina McHale (USA) 63 06 61
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d. (Q) Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) 75 60
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d. Alberta Brianti (ITA) 46 63 75
(Q) Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) d. (WC) Sophie Ferguson (AUS) 64 60
(Q) Sania Mirza (IND) d. (Q) Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) 63 62
(Q) Rebecca Marino (CAN) d. Ksenia Pervak (RUS) 64 46 75
(Q) Mandy Minella (LUX) d. Polona Hercog (SLO) 64 75
(Q) Sally Peers (AUS) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 60 61
(WC) Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 63 62
Monday, Aug. 30th
With a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win at the US Open today, Roddick celebrated his 28th birthday beating Stephane Robert .
Kim Clijsters came back after a brief lapse against Greta Arn of Hungary.
Clijsters has won 26 consecutive first-round matches at Grand Slam tournaments.
The No. 2-seeded Clijsters fell behind 4-0 in the second set, and Arn served for the set at 5-4. But Clijsters broke serve there, and again in the match’s final game. Clijsters said she was “just glad to finish that second set off and not let it go three sets.”
The Belgian also said the left hip that bothered her at a tuneup tournament this month “feels much better.”
A year ago at Flushing Meadows, Clijsters became the first wild-card entrant to win a women’s singles title at a Grand Slam tournament.
NEW HAVEN —
— While higher seeds fell, Sergiy Stakhovsky blissfully sliced through his draw at the Pilot Pen.
A match suspended by darkness? Stakhovsky reported for duty the next day and completed a victory.
Two matches in one day after rain suspended a match the night before? Stakhovsky jokingly said he could sleep in the players lounge at the Connecticut Tennis Center.
A night match against the tournament’s top seed? The Ukrainian outlasted Marcos Baghdatis, the marquee player in the men’s draw.
Playing under the lights for the title? Animated, smirking and fist-pumping, Stakhovsky entertained the crowd and secured his fourth ATP Tour title with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Denis Istomin before 5,316 on Stadium Court.
After his match-winning shot — an overhand drop — Stakhovsky, 24, raised his arms and fell to his back. It was a show of exhilaration and relief, as he battled back from losing the first set.
“It was a long week,” Stakhovsky said. “It was really an exhausting week for me.”
Stakhovsky, ranked 47th in the world, was the eighth seed. He had a match suspended because of darkness Tuesday, completing it on Wednesday.
Later Wednesday, he had a match suspended because of rain. That ended Thursday and he was back on the court, beating Baghdatis that night.
After winning in the semifinals Friday, he talked about his love for reading (books, not laptops) and his list of idols (ranging from Bono, singer for U2, to Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47).
He was equally interesting for the fans. When he dropped a ball on an exchange from a ball boy, he looked to the sky and shrugged. When he tapped a shot into the net, he booted the ball off the court to the delight of the crowd.
But all the frivolity didn’t overshadow his game. He served well (seven aces) and continually hit backhand winners, especially in the second and third sets.
It was 2-2 in the third when he broke Istomin to seize control. He took a 4-2 lead by winning four unanswered points in the next game before each player held serve the rest of the set.
While Istomin, 23, has never won, Stakhovsky has wins in Croatia (2008), Russia (2009) and the Netherlands (this past June). Stakhovsky is the fifth player to win the tournament since the men’s draw returned in 2005, joining James Blake (twice), Nikolay Davydenko, Marin Cilic and Fernando Verdasco.
It was Istomin’s first ATP final and his lack of experience may have been a factor.
“Maybe I was a little more relaxed than he was,” Stakhovsky said.
In the first set, Istomin won the first game before breaking Stakhovsky. He held serve to take a 3-0 lead, delivering a 120 mph serve for an ace to win the game. Each held serve the rest of the set.
But Stakhovsky was rejuvenated in the second set, winning four unanswered points and capping the first game with an ace. He broke Istomin in the second game and took a 3-0 lead before dropping a game. While Istomin pulled within 5-3, Stakhovsky held on.
Istomin had his racket re-strung before the third set, but it didn’t make help.
“I start to play better on the baseline, less mistakes,” said Istomin, of Uzbekistan. “But he already have confidence after second set and he didn’t give me the chance.”
Stakhovsky, whose world ranking has steadily climbed the past few years, is confident entering the U.S. Open.
“For me it was important to get some points, to win some matches on hardcourt before the U.S. Open,” he said. “For me, winning matches is the most important thing of all. It doesn’t matter whether I win matches here or in the Grand Slam. … I’m really happy to win five matches here and win the title.”
Copyright © 2010, The Hartford Courant
