Harboursport - US Open, Day 6 2009

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TENNIS

US OPEN
Day 6 review - Saturday 5th September 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Round 4
2 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 3
3 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Round 3
4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to Round 4
5 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Eliminated Round 3
6 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Through to Round 3
7 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to Round 3
8 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Through to Round 4
9 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Through to Round 3
10 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Round 4
11 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to Round 3
12 - Robin Soderling (SWE) - Through to Round 4
13 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to Round 3
14 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Through to Round 4
15 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Through to Round 4
16 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Through to Round 3
17 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Through to Round 3
18 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated Round 2
19 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Eliminated Round 1
20 - Tommy Haas (GER) - Eliminated Round 3
21 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated Round 3
22 - Sam Querrey (USA) - Eliminated Round 3
23 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) - Eliminated Round 3
24 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - Through to Round 3
25 - Mardy Fish (USA) - Withdrawn
26 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1
27 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 1
28 - Victor Hanescu (ROU) - Eliminated Round 1
29 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
30 - Viktor Troicki (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
31 - Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - Eliminated Round 3
32 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to Round 3

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
2 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to Round 4
3 - Venus Williams (USA) - Through to Round 4
4 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
5 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
6 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Through to Round 4
7 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Through to Round 4
8 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated Round 3
9 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Through to Round 4
10 - Flavia Pennetta (UTA) - Through to Round 4
11 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 1
12 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Eliminated Round 2
13 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Through to Round 4
14 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
15 - Samantha Stosur (AUS) - Eliminated Round 2
16 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1
17 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Eliminated Round 2
18 - Na Li (CHN) - Through to Round 4
19 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Eliminated Round 2
20 - Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) - Eliminated Rnd 2
21 - Jie Zheng (CHN) - Eliminated Round 3
22 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) - Through to Round 4
23 - Sabine Lisicki (GER) - Eliminated Round 2
24 - Sorana Cirstea (ROU) - Eliminated Round 3
25 - Kaia Kanepi (EST) - Eliminated Round 1
26 - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Through to Round 4
27 - Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 1
28 - Sybille Bammer (AUT) - Eliminated Round 1
29 - Maria Sharapova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
30 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Eliminated Round 2
31 - Elena Vesnina (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
32 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Eliminated Round 1

The Aussie charge at Flushing Meadows ended with the departure of the final two Australians in the
singles draws. Former champion Lleyton Hewitt had a tough challenge against top seed Roger Federer,
but against all expectations Hewitt played top class tennis to take the first set 6-4. But Federer steadied,
and although Hewitt broke back in the third set to take the set to 12 games, the Swiss defending
champion had enough in reserve to comfortably take out the match. The last remaining Australian
woman, Anastasia Rodionova, served for the first set against Kateryna Bondarenko but was unable to
hold, and after the Ukrainian took the first set tie-breaker there was to be no way back into the contest for
Rodionova.
The upsets continued, and this time it was top seed Dinara Safina who departed at the hands of
unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova. The match went the maximum distance, to a third set tie-breaker, but it
was Kvitova who came up with the points when the match was in the balance to take out the finest win of
her career to date.
Mens 5th seed Andy Roddick was another Day 6 casualty, going down in a 5 set marathon to unseeded
compatriot John Isner.
10th seed Fernando Verdasco was given a scare when Tommy Haas took him to 5 sets, but had enough
in reserve to complete the match. Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko and Robin Soderling all made it
through to the round of 16, as did Svetlana Kuznetsova, Caroline Wozniacki and Nadia Petrova.

The Aussies
Mens Singles, Third Round
1 - Roger Federer(SUI) d 31 - Lleyton Hewitt(AUS) 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4

Womens Singles, Third Round
Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) d Anastasia Rodionova(AUS) 7-6 6-4

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Carsten Ball(AUS) / Chris Guccione(AUS) d Ryan Harrison(USA) / Kaes Van't Hof(USA) 6-7 7-5 6-2

Womens Doubles, Second Round
3 - Samantha Stosur(AUS)/Rennae Stubbs(AUS) d Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)/Lucie Hradecka(CZE)
- 6-3 7-5

Mixed Doubles, Second Round
7 - Rennae Stubbs(AUS) /Robert Lindstedt(SWE) d Iveta Benesova(CZE) / Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) 6-3 6-4

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Third Round
4 - Novak Djokovic(SRB) d Jesse Witten(USA) 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-4
John Isner(USA) d 5 - Andy Roddick(USA) 7-6 6-3 3-6 5-7 7-6
8 - Nikolay Davydenko(RUS) d Marco Chiudinelli(SUI) 6-4 7-5 7-5
10 - Fernando Verdasco(ESP) d 20 - Tommy Haas(GER) 3-6 7-5 7-6 1-6 6-4
12 - Robin Soderling(SWE) d 22 - Sam Querrey(USA) 6-2 7-5 6-7 6-1
15 - Radek Stepanek(CZE) d 23 - Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3
14 - Tommy Robredo(ESP) d 21 - James Blake(USA) 7-6 6-4 6-4

Womens Singles, Third Round
Petra Kvitova(CZE) d 1 - Dinara Safina(RUS) 6-4 2-6 7-6
6 - Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) d Shahar Peer(ISR) 7-5 6-1
9 - Caroline Wozniacki(DEN) d 24 - Sorana Cirstea(ROU) 6-3 6-2
13 - Nadia Petrova(RUS) d 21 - Jie Zheng(CHN) 6-4 6-1
Melanie Oudin(USA) d 29 - Maria Sharapova(RUS) 3-6 6-4 7-5

Mens Doubles, Second Round
2 - Daniel Nestor(CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) d Jarkko Nieminen(FIN)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK) 7-6 6-3
3 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) / Mark Knowles(BAH) d Jesse Levine(USA) / Ryan Sweeting(USA) 7-5 6-2
4 - Lukas Dlouhy(CZE)/Leander Paes(IND) d Nicolas Almagro(ESP) / Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo(ESP) 6-2 6-3
Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG) / Pablo Cuevas(URU) d 8 - Bruno Soares(BRA) / Kevin Ullyett(ZIM) 1-6 6-3 6-3
Simone Bolelli(ITA)/Andreas Seppi(ITA) d 10 - Frantisek Cermak(CZE) / Michal Mertinak(SVK) 7-6 6-7 6-2
Julian Knowle(AUT) / Jurgen Melzer(AUT) d 16 - Marcelo Melo(BRA) / Andre Sa(BRA) 5-7 6-4 6-4

Womens Doubles, Second Round
4 - Serena Williams(USA)/Venus Williams(USA) d Yung-Jan Chan(TPE) / Katarina Srebotnik(SLO) 7-5 6-1
10 - Maria Kirilenko(RUS) / Elena Vesnina(RUS) d Tatjana Malek(GER) / Andrea Petkovic(GER) 6-4 6-3
11 - Zi Yan(CHN) / Jie Zheng(CHN) d Edina Gallovits(ROU) / Magdalena Rybarikova(SVK) 6-4 6-4
12 - Vania King(USA) / Monica Niculescu(ROU) d Liga Dekmeijere(LAT) / Julie Ditty(USA) 6-2 6-2

Mixed Doubles, Second Round
1 - Liezel Huber(USA) / Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) d Jill Craybas(USA) / Eric Butorac(USA) 6-3 6-3
2 - Cara Black(ZIM) / Leander Paes(IND) d Flavia Pennetta(ITA) / Dusan Vemic(SRB) 6-4 6-4
3 - Lisa Raymond(USA) / Marcin Matkowski(POL) d Raquel Kops-Jones(USA) / Jeff Coetzee(RSA) 6-2 6-0

The Others
Womens Singles, Third Round
Gisela Dulko(ARG) d Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ) 6-3 6-4
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL) d Sara Errani(ITA) 6-3 6-4

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Leos Friedl(CZE) / Jaroslav Levinsky(CZE) d Michael Kohlmann(GER) / Rogier Wassen(NED) 7-6 4-6 6-1

Mixed Doubles, First Round
MariaJose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)/Andre Sa(BRA)d Chia-Jung Chuang(TPE)/Christopher Kas(GER) 6-3 6-3