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Beatrice Capra of the United States signs autographs for fans after upsetting Aravane Rezai of France at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Capra beat Rezai 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 in what some are calling the most surprising upset of the tournament.

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Schedule for Day 5: Friday, September 3 2010

Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[24] v. Elena Dementieva (RUS)[12]
Not Before:1:00 PM
2. Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Petra Kvitova (CZE)[27] v. Kim Clijsters (BEL)[2]
3. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Andy Murray (GBR)[4] v. Dustin Brown (JAM)
Arthur Ashe Stadium 7:00 PM Start Time
1. Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Mandy Minella (LUX) v. Venus Williams (USA)[3]
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Rafael Nadal (ESP)[1] v. Denis Istomin (UZB)

Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Samantha Stosur (AUS)[5] v. Sara Errani (ITA)
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) v. John Isner (USA)[18]
3. Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Virginie Razzano (FRA) v. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
4. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Sam Querrey (USA)[20] v. Marcel Granollers (ESP)

Grandstand 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v. Ryan Harrison (USA)
2. Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[6] v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[29]
3. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
David Nalbandian (ARG)[31] v. Florent Serra (FRA)
4. Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Shahar Peer (ISR)[16] v. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[19]

Court 4 11:00 AM Start Time

2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[12] v. Dudi Sela (ISR)

Court 6 11:00 AM Start Time

3. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) v. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[25]

Court 7 11:00 AM Start Time

2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) v. Jeremy Chardy (FRA)
4. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[14]

Court 8 12:00 PM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)[23] v. Benoit Paire (FRA)

Court 11 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Julien Benneteau (FRA) v. Tommy Robredo (ESP)
2. Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)[20] v. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
3. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[8]

Court 13 11:00 AM Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Victor Hanescu (ROU) v. Michael Llodra (FRA)
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
David Ferrer (ESP)[10] v. Benjamin Becker (GER)
Not Before:6:00 PM
4. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Gilles Simon (FRA) v. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)[29]

by Ricky Keeler, Guest Contributor

On Monday, the US Open will begin in Flushing Meadows, Queens. This is the final major of the 2010 tennis season and there are numerous storylines that a tennis fan and a casual sports fan should keep an eye on.

The Men

For the men, the number one seed is Rafael Nadal. Nadal did not win a title in the US Open Series, but comes into Queens as the No. 1 player in the world, If he wins this major title, he will become just the seventh male tennis player to capture the career slam. Nadal’s last time on court came in a loss to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus back in Cincinnati, but its much tougher to beat the Spaniard in five sets than in three sets.

Roger Federer has been to the finals for the past six years and the win in Cincy might catapult what has been a subpar year for the former world’s number one. Fed won the Australian Open back in January, but has failed to capture another major including not making the semifinals at the French Open or Wimbledon. He was able to hold his serve in a three set win over Mardy Fish in that final, but also lost to Andy Murray in Canada a couple of weeks ago in the final of the ATP Rogers Cup. However, it is tough to top Federer in Flushing. If you don’t believe me, ask Novak Djokovic who has had his US Open ended by Federer each of the last three years.

There are a couple of Americans as well to keep an eye on. Andy Roddick is coming off a case of mononucleosis that he had earlier this summer, but he had a good tournament in Cincy making the semifinals with wins over fifth ranked Robin Soderling and the fourth ranked Djokovic. This year, Roddick’s year has been filled with disappointment in majors, including a 4th round loss to Yen Hsun-Lu and then last year losing in the third round in Flushing to John Isner.

With the draw that Roddick has (Monfils in Round 3, Djokovic in quarters), this could make the possibility of a Roddick-Federer semifinal a reality this year. Mardy Fish had a great summer winning three titles and has stepped up in terms of his fitness level en route to a top twenty ranking. He has a potential tough battle with the Cypriot Baghdatis in round three, but Fish can definitely make the second week up in Flushing.

My sleepers include a former top ten player in David Nalbandian. The Argentine won the Legg Mason Classic in Washington D.C and made the quarterfinals in Toronto. I like him to beat Fernando Verdasco in round three and make the quarterfinals before losing to Rafael Nadal.

For the other American hopefuls, John Isner, who won that 70-68 fifth set against Nicolas Mahut in Wimbledon is coming into Queens with a torn ligament in his shoulder and no one expects him to go deep in this Grand Slam. As for Sam Querrey, he could use a deep run in a Slam to salvage his 2010 season. He won the Farmer’s Classic in Los Angeles over Andy Murray and he could potentially face Murray if the two collide in the round of 16. As always, James Blake is the toast of New York, but don’t expect any better than the third round for the declining American.

Quarterfinals: Nadal over Nalbandian, Berdych over Murray (The Czech beat Murray at the French Open and has finally seemed to find the mental toughness in a major), Roddick over Djokovic, Federer over Soderling

Semfinals: Nadal over Berdych, Federer over Roddick

Final: Nadal over Federer in 4 sets.


The Women

The major storyline is not who is here, but who is not here. Serena Williams withdrew from the US Open with a foot injury and will now not be able to win her third major of 2010. Also, she will not be able to make amends to her 2009 tournament where she got in a verbal altercation with one of the line judges in her semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters. With Serena out, this championship is as wide open as any ladies’ slam I can remember in terms of how many women can win this Slam.

The number one seed is Caroline Wozniacki. I have been on the Dane’s bandwagon all year, but she lost in the 4th Round back in Australia, quarterfinals in France, and 4th Round at Wimbledon all to opponents who were lower ranked than her. Maybe, she will have more success at a tournament that she made the finals in last year. She has brought more power to her game, but she also has a difficult part of the draw that includes past major champions in Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova just to name a few. Wozniacki had a great summer, but I like the surging Sharapova to upset her in the fourth round because Maria brings way more power to the table.

Kim Clijsters is the defending champion of this tournament. Even though she has a minor hip injury, she still had a solid summer, which included a win in Cincy over Sharapova in the final. The Belgian is nearly unbeatable in Queens and she has a couple of tough women in her draw. Venus Williams has also had great success in Flushing with multiple titles, but an injured kneecap prevented her from getting any warmup tournaments in. Elena Dementieva could be her quarterfinals’ opponent, but the Russian is getting back from injury and she does not have any mental toughness when it comes to major tournaments.

With no big American names other than the Williams sisters in the women’s game, Melanie Oudin will be in the spotlight in terms of trying to repeat the cinderella run she had last year. The believe slogan on her shoes was a trademark of last year’s Slam, but she has not followed that up with results in 2010. She will face a qualifier in her first round match, with French Open champ Francesca Schiavone a potential third opponent. However, I don’t think this run will last. I have Oudin losing in Round two to Vera Dushevina of Russia.

Look for the Russian women to take over this Slam, particularly Vera Zvonareva, who made the finals at Wimbledon last month and even Dinara Safina is finally winning some matches. Will Safina make a big run? I don’t think she will, but if she can find it mentally, she can make it to the second week. She has an entertaining first round match with Daniela Hantuchova which will be a show.

Some other non-Russians to watch are Victoria Azarenka and Jelena Jankovic. Jankovic is the four seed in this Grand Slam, but has struggled to achieve any major results in these tournaments with either injuries or inconsistent play. She has made the finals here a couple of years ago before losing to Serena, so with a favorable section, she could emerge as a championship contender. As for Azarenka, she is looking to make her big break in a major for the first time since beating Martina Hingis in the 2007 US Open. She beat Sharapova in the Bank of the West Classic during the summer and has been a popular pick from some experts to take the trophy.

Quarterfinals: Sharapova vs. Kuznetsova, Wickmayer vs. Zvonareva, Azarenka vs. Venus, Dementieva vs. Clijsters

Semifinals: Sharapova over Zvonareva, Clijsters over Venus

Finals: Clijsters over Sharapova in 3 sets.

Getty

Chelsey Gullickson of the United States returns a shot against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during her first round women's singles match on day two of the 2010 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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Lots of upsets avoided yesterday. Too bad.

Schedule for Day 3: Wednesday, September 1 2010 SINGLES

Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v. Jie Zheng (CHN)[21]
Not Before:1:00
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Andy Murray (GBR)[4] v. Lukas Lacko (SVK)
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Rebecca Marino (CAN) v. Venus Williams (USA)[3]
Arthur Ashe Stadium 7:00 Start Time
1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Sally Peers (AUS) v. Kim Clijsters (BEL)[2]
2. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v. Andy Roddick (USA)[9]

Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Sam Querrey (USA)[20] v. Bradley Klahn (USA)
2. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[24] v. Vania King (USA)
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Melanie Oudin (USA) v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[29]
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Frederico Gil (POR) v. John Isner (USA)[18]
5. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Bob Bryan (USA)[1] v. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
Mike Bryan (USA)[1] Bjorn Phau (GER)

Grandstand 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Gisela Dulko (ARG) v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[10]
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Michael Llodra (FRA) v. Tomas Berdych (CZE)[7]
3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[6] v. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA)
4. Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Gael Monfils (FRA)[17] v. Igor Andreev (RUS)


Court 4 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Potito Starace (ITA) v. Nicolas Almagro (ESP)[14]
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) v. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[25]
[B]3. Women's Singles - 2nd Round [/B]
Sara Errani (ITA) v. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)[28]
4. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Agnes Szavay (HUN) v. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[19]

Court 6 11:00 Start Time

2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) v. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
4. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Petra Kvitova (CZE)[27] v. Elena Baltacha (GBR)


Court 7 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v. Peter Luczak (AUS)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Dudi Sela (ISR) v. Xavier Malisse (BEL)

Court 8 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) v. Dustin Brown (JAM)
2. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)[32] v. Mandy Minella (LUX)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Tobias Kamke (GER) v. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)[29]

Court 10 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Marcel Granollers (ESP) v. Andreas Seppi (ITA)

Court 11 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ryan Harrison (USA) v. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)[15]
2. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Sybille Bammer (AUT) v. Elena Dementieva (RUS)[12]
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)[12] v. Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
4. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Samantha Stosur (AUS)[5] v. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)

Court 12 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v. Lukasz Kubot (POL)

Court 13 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)[20] v. Sania Mirza (IND)
2. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Marion Bartoli (FRA)[13] v. Virginie Razzano (FRA)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Gilles Simon (FRA) v. Donald Young (USA)
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jack Sock (USA) v. Marco Chiudinelli (SUI)
5. Women's Singles - 2nd Round
Shahar Peer (ISR)[16] v. Pauline Parmentier (FRA)

Court 14 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Victor Hanescu (ROU) v. Carlos Berlocq (ARG)

Schedule for Day 2: Tuesday, August 31 2010

Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[4] v. Simona Halep (ROU)
Not Before:1:00
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Viktor Troicki (SRB) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3]
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Jarmila Groth (AUS) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[14]
Arthur Ashe Stadium 7:00 Start Time
1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Rafael Nadal (ESP)[1] v. Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[1] v. Chelsey Gullickson (USA)

Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)[16] v. Arnaud Clement (FRA)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v. Na Li (CHN)[8]
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) v. James Blake (USA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Zuzana Kucova (SVK) v. Vera Zvonareva (RUS)[7]

Grandstand 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[11] v. Kimiko Date Krumm (JPN)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jan Hajek (CZE) v. Mardy Fish (USA)[19]
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Fabio Fognini (ITA) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[8]
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v. Sabine Lisicki (GER)

Court 4 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP)[22]
v. Jamie Hampton (USA)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Eduardo Schwank (ARG) v. Robby Ginepri (USA)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) v. Maria Kirilenko (RUS)[23]
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) v. Denis Istomin (UZB)

Court 6 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alicia Molik (AUS) v. Mirjana Lucic (CRO)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Beatrice Capra (USA) v. Karolina Sprem (CRO)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Tommy Robredo (ESP) v. Lukas Rosol (CZE)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) v. Urszula Radwanska (POL)
5. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Stephen Huss (AUS) v. Rajeev Ram (USA)
Andre Sa (BRA) Bobby Reynolds (USA)

Court 7 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)[23] v. Santiago Giraldo (COL)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Shuai Peng (CHN) v. Shelby Rogers (USA)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
David Ferrer (ESP)[10] v. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) v. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)

Court 8 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) v. Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) v. Jill Craybas (USA)
[B]3. Men's Singles - 1st Round [/B]
Benjamin Becker (GER) v. Daniel Brands (GER)
4. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE)[3] v. Martin Damm (CZE)
Leander Paes (IND)[3] Filip Polasek (SVK)

Court 10 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Rainer Schuettler (GER) v. Benoit Paire (FRA)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Tamira Paszek (AUT) v. Lucie Safarova (CZE)[26]
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Florent Serra (FRA) v. Florian Mayer (GER)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) v. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

Court 11 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Aravane Rezai (FRA)[18] v. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)[9] v. Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Juan Monaco (ARG)[30] v. Peter Polansky (CAN)
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
David Nalbandian (ARG)[31] v. Rik De Voest (RSA)
5. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Andrea Petkovic (GER) v. Nadia Petrova (RUS)[17]

Court 12 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) v. Patty Schnyder (SUI)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Philipp Petzschner (GER) v. Dusan Lojda (CZE)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Romina Oprandi (ITA) v. Julia Goerges (GER)
4. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Andrew Courtney (USA) v. Wesley Moodie (RSA)[10]
Michael Shabaz (USA) Dick Norman (BEL)[10]

Court 13 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) v. Ernests Gulbis (LAT)[24]
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) v. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)[15]
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Radek Stepanek (CZE)[28] v. Julien Benneteau (FRA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alize Cornet (FRA) v. Kaia Kanepi (EST)[31]

Court 14 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) v. Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Anne Keothavong (GBR) v. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Pere Riba (ESP) v. Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) v. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)

Court 15 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)[25] v. Julie Coin (FRA)
2. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Lukasz Kubot (POL)[5] v. Ross Hutchins (GBR)
Oliver Marach (AUT)[5] Scott Lipsky (USA)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) v. Iveta Benesova (CZE)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)[30] v. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
5. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Rohan Bopanna (IND)[16] v. Brian Battistone (USA)
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)[16] Ryler DeHeart (USA)

Court 16 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Regina Kulikova (RUS) v. Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)
2. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) v. David Martin (USA)
Lukas Lacko (SVK) Donald Young (USA)
3. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Frantisek Cermak (CZE)[6] v. Marcelo Melo (BRA)
Michal Mertinak (SVK)[6] Bruno Soares (BRA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v. Stefanie Voegele (SUI)

Court 17 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Pablo Cuevas (URU) v. Julio Silva (BRA)
2. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) v. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
3. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL)[9] v. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Marcin Matkowski (POL)[9] Albert Montanes (ESP)
4. Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Michael Russell (USA) v. Simon Aspelin (SWE)[14]
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) Paul Hanley (AUS)[14]

Reuters

A boy carries an oversized tennis ball used for gathering autographs at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York August 29, 2010. The tournament begins here August 30.

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The last Slam of the year is upon us and I won't have a whole lot of time to watch or write about it. I'm in the final stretch of my campaign to become a member of the Maine House of Representatives, it's already harvest season, and I'm already tired enough to hibernate for the winter.

I'll watch what I can watch and report what I can report as best I can. As always, we appreciate those of you who provide great match reports in the comments. If you've got a special report to submit, please use my email address. I'll check it more regularly throughout the fortnight.

Enjoy the US Open.

Schedule for Day 1: Monday, August 30 2010

Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Melanie Oudin (USA) v. Olga Savchuk (UKR)

Not Before:13:00
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Greta Arn (HUN) v.Kim Clijsters (BEL)[2]
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Stephane Robert (FRA) v. Andy Roddick (USA)[9]
Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00 Start Time
1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Roberta Vinci (ITA) v. Venus Williams (USA)[3]
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Brian Dabul (ARG) v. Roger Federer (SUI)[2]

Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[6] v. Michael Russell (USA)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)[24] v. Dinara Safina (RUS)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Samantha Stosur (AUS)[5] v. Elena Vesnina (RUS)
Not Before:17:00
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[32] v. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Grandstand 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)[6] v. Ayumi Morita (JPN)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Robin Soderling (SWE)[5] v. Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Taylor Dent (USA) v. Alejandro Falla (COL)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)

Court 4 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Martin Klizan (SVK) v. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)[22]
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Shahar Peer (ISR)[16] v. Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) v. Ryan Sweeting (USA)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) v. Jie Zheng (CHN)[21]

Court 6 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Johanna Larsson (SWE) v. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS)[28]
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)[20]
v. Kristina Barrois (GER)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)[13] v. Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Michael Berrer (GER) v. Andreas Beck (GER)

Court 7 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Illya Marchenko (UKR) v. Marin Cilic (CRO)[11]
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) v. Sania Mirza (IND)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)[32] v. Renata Voracova (CZE)
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Kevin Anderson (RSA) v. Somdev Devvarman (IND)

Court 8 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Vera Dushevina (RUS) v. Alona Bondarenko (UKR)[29]
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Igor Andreev (RUS) v. Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Virginie Razzano (FRA) v. Klara Zakopalova (CZE)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Rebecca Marino (CAN) v. Ksenia Pervak (RUS)

Court 10 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Simon Greul (GER) v. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Petra Kvitova (CZE)[27] v. Lucie Hradecka (CZE)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Albert Montanes (ESP)[21] v. Michal Przysiezny (POL)

Court 11 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Olga Govortsova (BLR) v. Elena Dementieva (RUS)[12]
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Gael Monfils (FRA)[17] v. Robert Kendrick (USA)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Monica Niculescu (ROU) v. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[10]
4. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Tim Smyczek (USA) v. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)[26]
5. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Irina Falconi (USA) v. Flavia Pennetta (ITA)[19]

Court 12 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) v. Marc Gicquel (FRA)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Sally Peers (AUS) v. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Agnes Szavay (HUN) v. Sandra Zahlavova (CZE)

Court 13 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Kei Nishikori (JPN) v. Evgeny Korolev (KAZ)
2. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ivan Dodig (CRO) v. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[27]
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Marion Bartoli (FRA)[13] v. Edina Gallovits (ROU)
4. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Vania King (USA) v. Christina McHale (USA)

Court 14 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Bjorn Phau (GER) v. Ricardo Mello (BRA)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) v. Sybille Bammer (AUT)
3. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) v. Alberta Brianti (ITA)

Court 15 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Sara Errani (ITA) v. Tathiana Garbin (ITA)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) v. Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v. Olivier Rochus (BEL)

Court 16 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) v. Sophie Ferguson (AUS)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Gisela Dulko (ARG) v. Angelique Kerber (GER)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) v. Guillaume Rufin (FRA)

Court 17 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Elena Baltacha (GBR) v. Petra Martic (CRO)
2. Women's Singles - 1st Round
Polona Hercog (SLO) v. Mandy Minella (LUX)
3. Men's Singles - 1st Round
Carsten Ball (AUS) v. Milos Raonic (CAN)

by Savannah


Caroline Wozniacki DEN (1) v Chelsey Gullickson USA
Kai-Chen Chang TPE v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Anne Keothavong GBR v Yung-Jan Chan TPE
Qualifier v Lucie Safarova CZE (26)

Aravane Rezai FRA (18) v Magdalena Rybarikova SVK
Beatrice Capra USA v Karolina Sprem CRO
Qualifier v Iveta Benesova CZE
Jarmila Groth AUS v Maria Sharapova RUS (14)

Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (11) v Kimiko Date Krumm JPN
Regina Kulikova RUS v Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Yvonne Meusburger AUT v Jill Craybas USA
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE v Maria Kirilenko RUS (23)

Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ (30) v Qualifier
Anna Chakvetadze RUS v Urszula Radwanska POL
Dominika Cibulkova SVK v Stefanie Voegele SUI
Kateryna Bondarenko UKR v Na Li CHN (8)



Jelena Jankovic SRB (4) v Simona Halep ROU
Alicia Molik AUS v Qualifier
Chanelle Scheepers RSA v Qualifier
Alize Cornet FRA v Kaia Kanepi EST (31)

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP (22) v Jamie Hampton USA
Kirsten Flipkens BEL v Patty Schnyder SUI
Romina Oprandi ITA v Julia Goerges GER
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS v Yanina Wickmayer BEL (15)

Agnieszka Radwanska POL (9) v Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP
Shuai Peng CHN vShelby Rogers USA
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA v Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP
Andrea Petkovic GER v Nadia Petrova RUS (17)

Alexandra Dulgheru ROU (25) v Julie Coin FRA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE v Sorana Cirstea ROU
Coco Vandeweghe USA v Sabine Lisicki GER
Qualifier v Vera Zvonareva RUS (7)



Francesca Schiavone ITA (6) v Ayumi Morita JPN
Qualifier v Sophie Ferguson AUS
Melanie Oudin USA v Qualifier
Vera Dushevina RUS v Alona Bondarenko UKR (29)

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (20) v Kristina Barrois GER
Qualifier v Qualifier
Gisela Dulko ARG v Angelique Kerber GER
Qualifier v Victoria Azarenka BLR (10)

Shahar Peer ISR (16) v Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO
Pauline Parmentier FRA v Alberta Brianti ITA
Agnes Szavay HUN v Sandra Zahlavova CZE
Qualifier v Flavia Pennetta ITA (19)

Tsvetana Pironkova BUL (32) v Renata Voracova CZE
Polona Hercog SLO v Qualifier
Qualifier v Ksenia Pervak RUS
Roberta Vinci ITA v Venus Williams USA (3)


Samantha Stosur AUS (5) v Elena Vesnina RUS
Bojana Jovanovski SRB v Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Sara Errani ITA v Tathiana Garbin ITA
Johanna Larsson SWE v Alisa Kleybanova RUS (28)

Daniela Hantuchova SVK (24) v Dinara Safina RUS
Vania King USA v Christina McHale USA
Qualifier v Sybille Bammer AUT
Olga Govortsova BLR v Elena Dementieva RUS (12)

Marion Bartoli FRA (13) v Edina Gallovits ROU
Virginie Razzano FRA v Klara Zakopalova CZE
Ana Ivanovic SRB v Ekaterina Makarova RUS
Timea Bacsinszky SUI v Jie Zheng CHN (21)

Petra Kvitova CZE (27) v Lucie Hradecka CZE
Elena Baltacha GBR v Petra Martic CRO
Qualifier v Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
Greta Arn HUN v Kim Clijsters BEL (2)

by Savannah

Rafael Nadal ESP (1) v Teymuraz Gabashvili RUS
Maximo Gonzalez ARG v Denis Istomin UZB
Gilles Simon FRA v Donald Young USA
Tobias Kamke GER v Philipp Kohlschreiber GER (29)

Feliciano Lopez ESP (23) v Santiago Giraldo COL
Rainer Schuettler GER v Qualifier
Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR v Peter Luczak AUS
Qualifier v Ivan Ljubicic CRO (15)

David Ferrer ESP (10) v Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR
Benjamin Becker GER v Daniel Brands GER
Jarkko Nieminen FIN v Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP
Jeremy Chardy FRA v Ernests Gulbis LAT (24)

David Nalbandian ARG (31) v Qualifier
Florent Serra FRA v Florian Mayer GER
Pere Riba ESP v Qualifier
Fabio Fognini ITA v Fernando Verdasco ESP (8)


Andy Murray GBR (4) v Lukas Lacko SVK
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP v Dustin Brown JAM
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG v Yen-Hsun Lu TPE
Mikhail Kukushkin KAZ v Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (25)

Sam Querrey USA (20) v Bradley Klahn USA
Marcel Granollers ESP v Andreas Seppi ITA
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP v Lukasz Kubot POL
Potito Starace ITA v Nicolas Almagro ESP (14)

Mikhail Youzhny RUS (12) v Andrey Golubev KAZ
Dudi Sela ISR v Xavier Malisse BEL
Jack Sock USA v Marco Chiudinelli SUI
Frederico Gil POR v John Isner USA (18)

Radek Stepanek CZE (28) v Julien Benneteau FRA
Tommy Robredo ESP v Qualifier
Victor Hanescu ROU v Carlos Berlocq ARG
Michael Llodra FRA v Tomas Berdych CZE (7)


Nikolay Davydenko RUS (6) v Michael Russell USA
Simon Greul GER v Richard Gasquet FRA
Kevin Anderson RSA v Somdev Devvarman IND
Tim Smyczek USA v Thomaz Bellucci BRA (26)

Gael Monfils FRA (17) v Qualifier
Igor Andreev RUS v Horacio Zeballos ARG
Janko Tipsarevic SRB v Olivier Rochus BEL
Stephane Robert FRA v Andy Roddick USA (9)

Marcos Baghdatis CYP (16) v Arnaud Clement FRA
Eduardo Schwank ARG v Robby Ginepri USA
Pablo Cuevas URU v Qualifier
Jan Hajek CZE v Mardy Fish USA (19)

Juan Monaco ARG (30) v Qualifier
Kristof Vliegen BEL v James Blake USA
Philipp Petzschner GER v Qualifier
Viktor Troicki SRB v Novak Djokovic SRB (3)


Robin Soderling SWE (5) v Qualifier
Taylor Dent USA v Alejandro Falla COL
Thiemo de Bakker NED v Qualifier
Qualifier v Fernando Gonzalez CHI (27)

Albert Montanes ESP (21) v Michal Przysiezny POL
Carsten Ball AUS v Qualifier
Qualifier v Evgeny Korolev KAZ
Illya Marchenko UKR v Marin Cilic CRO (11)

Jurgen Melzer AUT (13) v Dmitry Tursunov RUS
Qualifier v Ryan Sweeting USA
Bjorn Phau GER v Ricardo Mello BRA
Qualifier v Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (22)

Lleyton Hewitt AUS (32) v Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA
Leonardo Mayer ARG v Guillaume Rufin FRA
Michael Berrer GER v Andreas Beck GER
Brian Dabul ARG v Roger Federer SUI (2)

Reuters

That's how many times each Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick have now defeated their Cincinnati Masters quarterfinals opponents to face-off in the first all-American semifinal at this event since Andre Agassi defeated Andy in a third-set breaker six years ago.

You may recall the year before that Andy and Mardy met up in the finals and played one of the best matches of 2003. Mardy lost in a third-set breaker and fell to the eventual US Open champion without ever even dropping his serve.

Yesterday, he almost did the same. Andy Murray, one of the best returners in the game, so some say, wasn't able to breakthrough in three sets, so when he forced a third-set breaker, I wasn't sure if Mardy would be able to come through. But he fought like a pit bull and pulled out the victory.


Reuters

Novak Djokovic simply can't stand the heat and so, once again, Roddick had his way with him. It really wasn't a match at all.

If you listen to the propagandists and even some of the readers of this blog, you'd think Roddick has never been out of the top 10 for even a week since he first arrived there 8 years ago (he has) and that American men's tennis is totally in the toilet.

Consider this. Two Americans beat two European top-four players for the fourth time in the row to get to this place.

I'm going to say that again: Two Americans beat two European top-four players for the fourth time in the row to get to this place.

Carry on.

by Savannah
Serena Williams is out of the US Open. I'm assuming her foot injury has not healed enough for her to play. More details, and official announcement will be posted later.


With Serena's withdrawal Caroline Wozniacki will be the top seed at the US Open. A Grand Slam. WTA you will have a lot of 'splaining to do.