Harboursport - US Open Day 6 2008

HARBOURSPORT

TENNIS

US OPEN
Day 6 review - Saturday 30th August 2008.

SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles

1 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to round 4
2 - Roger Federer (SUI) v Through to round 3
3 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to round 3
4 - David Ferrer (ESP) - Eliminated round 3
5 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Through to round 3
6 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to round 4
7 - David Nalbandian (ARG) - Eliminated round 3
8 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Through to round 3
9 - James Blake (USA) - Eliminated round 3
10 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Through to round 4
11 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to round 3
12 - Richard Gasquet (FRA) - Eliminated round 1
13 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to round 3
14 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated round 3
15 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Through to round 3
16 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Eliminated round 3
17 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Through to round 4
18 - Nicolas Almagro (ESP) - Through to round 3
19 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to round 3
20 - Nikolas Kiefer (GER) - Eliminated round 1
21 - Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - withdrawn
22 - Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Eliminated round 1
23 - Igor Andreev (RUS) - Through to round 3
24 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Eliminated round 2
25 - Philipp Kolschreiber (GER) - Eliminated round 2
26 - Dmitry Tursinov (RUS) - Through to round 3
27 - Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Eliminated round 1
28 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Through to round 3
29 - Juan Monaco (ARG) - Eliminated round 1
30 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Through to round 3
31 - Andreas Seppi (ITA) - Through to round 3
32 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to round 4

SEEDWATCH - Womens Singles

1 - Ana Ivanovic (SRB) - Eliminated round 2
2 - Jelena Jankovic (SRB) - Through to round 4
3 - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
4 - Serena Williams (USA) - Through to round 4
5 - Elena Dementieva (RUS) - Through to round 4
6 - Dinara Safina (RUS) - Through to round 4
7 - Venus Williams (USA) - Through to round 4
8 - Vera Zvonareva (RUS) - Eliminated round 2
9 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) - Through to round 4
10 - Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) - Eliminated round 1
11 - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) - Eliminated round 1
12 - Marion Bartoli (FRA) - Through to round 4
13 - Agnes Szavay (HUN) - Eliminated round 2
14 - Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - Eliminated round 3
15 - Patty Schnyder (SUI) - Through to round 4
16 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) - Through to round 4
17 - Alize Cornet (FRA) Eliminated round 3
18 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) - Eliminated round 3
19 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) - Eliminated round 3
20 - Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) - Eliminated round 2
21 - Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) - Through to round 4
22 - Maria Kirilenko (RUS) - Eliminated round 1
23 - Lindsay Devenport (USA) - Eliminated round 3
24 - Shahar Peer (ISR) - Eliminated round 1
25 - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) - Eliminated round 2
26 - Anabel Medina Garriques (ESP) - Eliminated R2
27 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR) - Eliminated round 3
28 - Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) - Through to round 4
29 - Sybille Bammer (AUT) - Through to round 4
30 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN) - Eliminated round 3
31 - Virginie Razzano (FRA) - Eliminated round 1
32 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) - Through to round 4

Just when everything looked to be going according to form in the mens' draw, Saturday came to
throw all the best-laid plans out the window.
Out went 4th seed David Ferrer, after an epic 5-setter against little-known Japanese player Kei
Nishikori. Out went 7th seed David Nalbandian, out of sorts against French jack-in-the-box Gael
Monfils and eliminated in straight sets. Out went 9th seed James Blake, a straight sets casuality at
the hands of US journeyman Mardy Fish. Out went 14th seed Ivo Karlovic, also out in straight sets
against Sam Querry. And it could have been even worse for the top fancies, but Andy Murray and
Stanislas Wawrinka both came from 2 sets down to win 5-set marathons.
But through all the carnage around him, top seed Rafael Nadal stood tall, cruising through in straight
sets against Viktor Troicki. Also through in the womens' draws were the Williams sisters, Dinara
Safina and Agnieszka Radwanska; although Safina was taken to a third set by Timea Bacsinszky.

The Aussies
Womens Doubles, Second Round
10 - Lisa Raymond (USA)/Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Vera Dushevina (RUS)/Ekaterina
Dzehalevich                         (BLR) 6-4 6-4

Mixed Doubles, Second Round
Rennae Stubbs (AUS)/Robert Lindstedt (SWE) d Samantha Stosur (AUS)/Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)
2-6                     6-3 [12-10]

The Seeds
Mens Singles, Third Round
1 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) d Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-4 6-3 6-0
Kei Nishikori (JPN) d 4 - David Ferrer (ESP) 6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 7-5
6 - Andy Murray (GBR) d Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-7 4-6 7-6 6-1 6-3
32 - Gael Monfils (FRA) d 7 - David Nalbandian (ARG) 6-3 6-4 6-2
Mardy Fish (USA) d 9 - James Blake (USA) 6-3 6-3 7-6
10 - Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 5-7 6-7 6-4 6-0 6-4
Sam Querrey (USA) d 14 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6 7-6 6-2
17 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) d 16 - Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-4 6-7 6-1 3-6 6-3

Womens Singles, Third Round
4 - Serena Williams (USA) d 30 - Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-2 6-1
6 - Dinara Safina (RUS) d Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 3-6 7-5 6-2
7 - Venus Williams (USA) d 27 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6-2 6-1
9 - Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d 18 - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-0 6-3
16 - Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d 19 - Nadia Petrova (RUS) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d 17 - Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-4 7-5
32 - Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) d Julie Coin (FRA) 6-4 6-4

Mens Doubles, Second Round
2 - Bob Bryan (USA)/Mike Bryan (USA) d Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)/David Skoch (CZE) 7-6 6-1
Tommy Robredo (ESP)/Sergio Roitman (ARG) d 3 - Jonathan Erlich (ISR)/Andy Ram (ISR) 6-2 7-5
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)/Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d 6 - Simon Aspelin (SWE)/Julian Knowle (AUT) 6-2 1-6 6-4
Robert Lindstedt (SWE)/Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) d 16 - Julien Benneteau (FRA)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
6-2                       7-6

Womens Doubles, Second Round
4 - Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)/Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d Sabine Lisicki (GER)/Aravane Rezai (FRA) 7-6 6-4
5 - Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) d Marta Domachowska
(POL)/                                 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-2 6-3
7 - Alona Bondarenko (UKR)/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d Alisa Kleybanova
(RUS)/Ekaterina                                      Makarova (RUS) 3-6 6-2 6-2
8 - Zi Yan (CHN)/Jie Zheng (CHN) d Lucie Safarova (CZE)/Mara Santangelo (ITA) 6-2 6-4
Lindsay Davenport (USA)/Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d 13 - Elena Vesnina (RUS)/Vera
Zvonareva                                 (RUS) 7-5 6-1

Mixed Doubles, Second Round
Liezel Huber (USA)/Jamie Murray (GBR) d 6 - Kveta Peschke (CZE)/Pavel Vizner (CZE) 7-5 6-3

The Others
Womens Singles, Third Round
Severine Bremond (FRA) d Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 7-5 3-6 6-4

Mens Doubles, Second Round
Marc Gicquel (FRA)/Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) d Igor Andreev (RUS)/Mischa Zverev (GER) 5-7 6-1 6-3
Michal Mertinak (SVK)/Lovro Zovko (CRO) d Agustin Calleri (ARG)/Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - walkover
Bruno Soares (BRA)/Dusan Vemic (SRB) d Rajeev Ram (USA)/Bobby Reynolds (USA) 7-6 6-1
Feliciano Lopez (ESP)/Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d Lucas Arnold Ker (ARG)/Guillermo Canas
(ARG)                           2-6 6-3 7-6

Womens Doubles, Second Round
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)/Patty Schnyder (SUI) d Nadia Petrova (RUS)/Francesca Schiavone
(ITA)                        6-7 6-4 7-6

Mixed Doubles, Second Round
Flavia Pennetta (ITA)/Dusan Vemic (SRB) d Elena Vesnina (RUS)/Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) 6-4 7-5
Vladimira Uhlirova (CZE)/Martin Damm (CZE) d Sloane Stephens (USA)/Robert Kendrick (USA) 7-5 7-5
Jill Craybas (USA)/Eric Butorac (USA) d Lisa Raymond (USA)/Marcelo Melo (BRA) 7-5 7-5