Stuff related to the US Open
No. 4 seed, Maria Sharapova, survived a scare in the first round of the U.S. Open, narrowly defeating 19-year-old Heather Watson of England, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Sharapova, who won the U.S. Open in 2006, needed 2 hours, 34 minutes to beat the British teenager, who is ranked No. 104 in the world. Watson was making
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, who won her first major title at Wimbledon last month, has been sent home early by No. 49 ranked Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania. It was a straight-sets victory, 7-6(3), 6-3 for the 22-year-old Dulgheru who has only two career WTA singles titles. Kvitova became the first reigning women's Wimbledon
The draw was announced a little after noon in New York City. Mostly, this was placing the seeds. In other Slams, they would announce all the players. This made the process quicker. For at least the fourth consecutive Slam, Roger Federer was placed on the same side of the draw as Novak Djokovic. This is
The U.S. Open has lost three-time and defending champion, Kim Clijsters. She informed tournament officials Friday that she would be unable to participate in the season's final major because of a strained abdominal muscle. Clijsters, who missed Wimbledon with an ankle injury, pulled out of a tournament in Toronto this month with a muscle strain
Kim Clijsters claimed her third U.S. Open Title today in convincing fashion, defeating Vera Zvonareva in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. Kim served to open the match. Both players held serve for the first five games, with Kim holding only a slight edge in the quality of play, which was high. Kim held serve at love
Defending champion Kim Clijsters reached the final again at the U.S. Open by defeating the No. 3 seed and 2-time U.S. Open champion, Venus Williams 4-6, 7-6(7-2), 6-4. Kim won her 20th straight U.S. Open match in the 2-hour, 23-minute semifinal match at the National Tennis Cernter in New York. She knocked off Venus last
Seventh seed Vera Zvonareva from Russia pulled a huge upset by defeating No. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. With the win, Vera has reached her second successive Grand Slam final, the last at Wimbledon where she lost to Serena Williams. While everyone has been keeping an eye on Caroline,
No. 7 seed Vera Zvonareva will face No. 1 seed, Caroline Wozniacki in one of the semifinals of the 2010 U.S. Open. This is Zvonareva's first time in the semifinals, having never made it past the 4th round in seven tries, while Wozniacki was a finalist here last year on her third try. Zvonareva defeated
No. 2 seed and defending champion Kim Clijsters will face No. 3 seed Venus Williams in one semifinal at the 2010 U.S. Open. Both Clijsters and Williams have two U.S. Open titles to their name. Clijsters has won the last two times she played here, in 2005 and then again after coming out of retirement
No. 15 seed Yanina Wickmayer and unseeded No. 53 ranked Patty Schnyder dueled it out right to the end, with Wickmayer coming out on top 7-6(7-5), 3-6, 7-6(8-6) at the 2010 U.S. Open today. Belgian slugger Wickmayer inched closer to a second semifinal appearance at Flushing Meadows with this narrow win over Swiss veteran Schnyder.
