Harboursport - US Open Day 14 2009

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US OPEN
Day 14 review - Sunday 13th September 2009.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Final
2 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Eliminated Round 4
3 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) -Eliminated Semi Final
4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) -Eliminated Semi Final
5 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Eliminated Round 3
6 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Through to Final
7 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Eliminated Round 4
8 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated Round 4
9 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3
10 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Eliminated Quarters
11 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Eliminated Quart Final
12 - Robin Soderling (SWE) - Eliminated Quarter Final
13 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Eliminated Round 4
14 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Eliminated Round 4
15 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) -Eliminated Round 4
16 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Eliminated Quarter Final
17 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated Round 4
25 - Mardy Fish (USA) - Withdrawn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) - Eliminated Round 3

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Eliminated Round 3
2 - Serena Williams (USA) - Eliminated Semi Final
3 - Venus Williams (USA) - Eliminated Round 4
4 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Eliminated Round 2
5 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 2
6 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Eliminated Round 4
7 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Eliminated Round 4
8 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated Round 3
9 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Runner Up
10 - Flavia Pennetta (UTA) - Eliminated Quarter Final
11 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Eliminated Round 1
12 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Eliminated Round 2
13 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated Quarter Final
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) - Eliminated 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) - Eliminated 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

Kim Clijsters (BEL) - CHAMPION

Kim Clijsters, returning to tennis after the birth of her child, completed a dream comeback by taking out
the US Open Womens Singles title with a straight-sets win over 19 year old Dane Caroline Wozniacki in
the final at Flushing Meadows.
In a see-sawing first set, Clijsters held her opening serve before breaking Wozniacki to go 2-0 ahead.
But the 9th seed bounced back to win the next 4 games to lead 4-2 before it was Clijsters' turn to rally
and level the set. Wozniacki broke Clijsters again to lead 5-4, but Clijsters then won the last three games
of the set to go ahead.
Both players held their serves through the first 5 games of the second set, but when Clijsters broke
Wozniacki to lead 4-2, the finish line was in sight. Nerves and the enthusiasm of her younger opponent
could have got the better of her, but Clijsters remained focussed to hold her remaining service games
and take out the title.
The mens semi-finals were also played, with top seed Roger Federer qualifying for the final. Federer
didn't have everything go his way, with Novak Djokovic pushing him in all three sets; but the Swiss ace
took the important points when they mattered to progress in straight sets.
In a shock, Federer's opponent in the final will be Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro. Expectations of
another Federer v Nadal final were not to eventuate, the Spaniard never being in the hunt as Del Potro
took out a comprehensive straight-sets win.
The mens doubles and the junior and wheelchair tournaments also had their finals. And some Aussie
silverware came out of the tournament in the junior boys singles, with Bernard Tomic signalling himself
as a player of the future with a straight-sets win in the final.

WOMENS SINGLES – FINAL
Kim Clijsters(BEL)
Def
9 - Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)
7-5 6-3

MENS DOUBLES – FINAL
4 - Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) / Leander Paes(IND)
def
3 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) / Mark Knowles(BAH)
3-6 6-3 6-2

JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES – FINAL
3 - Bernard Tomic(AUS)
def
Chase Buchanan(USA)
6-1 6-3

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES – FINAL
11 - Heather Watson(GBR)
def
Yana Buchina(RUS)
6-4 6-1

JUNIOR BOYS DOUBLES – FINAL
Marton Fucsovics(HUN) / Cheng Peng Hsieh(TPE)
def
Julien Obry(FRA) / Adrien Puget(FRA)
7-6 5-7 [10-1]

JUNIOR GIRLS DOUBLES - FINAL
Valeria Solovieva(RUS) / Maryna Zanevska(UKR)
def
3 - Elena Bogdan(ROU) / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn(THA)
1-6 6-3 [10-7]

WHEELCHAIR MENS SINGLES – FINAL
1 - Shingo Kunieda(JPN)
def
Maikel Scheffers(NED)
6-0 6-0

WHEELCHAIR WOMENS SINGLES – FINAL
1 - Esther Vergeer(NED)
def
2 - Korie Homan(NED)
6-0 6-0

WHEELCHAIR MENS DOUBLES - FINAL
1 - Stephane Houdet(FRA) / Stefan Olsson(SWE)
def
2 - Maikel Scheffers(NED) / Ronald Vink(NED)
6-4 4-6 6-4

WHEELCHAIR WOMENS DOUBLES – FINAL
1 - Korie Homan(NED) / Esther Vergeer(NED)
def
2 - Daniela DiToro(AUS) / Florence Gravellier(FRA)
6-2 6-2

WHEELCHAIR QUAD DOUBLES – FINAL
Nick Taylor(USA) / David Wagner(USA)
def
Johan Andersson(SWE) / Peter Norfolk(GBR)
6-1 6-7 6-3

The Aussies
Womens Doubles, Semi Finals
1 - Cara Black(ZIM) / Liezel Huber(USA) d 3 - Samantha Stosur(AUS) / Rennae Stubbs(AUS)
5-7 6-3 6-1

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Semi Finals
1 - Roger Federer(SUI) d 4 - Novak Djokovic(SRB) 7-6 7-5 7-5
6 - Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG) d 3 - Rafael Nadal(ESP) 6-2 6-2 6-2

The Others
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Nick Taylor(USA) d Johan Andersson(SWE) 6-4 6-3
Peter Norfolk(GBR) d David Wagner(USA) 6-3 3-6 6-3