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| TENNIS |
| US OPEN Day 8 review - Monday 7th September 2009. |
| SEEDWATCH - Mens Singles 1 - Roger Federer (SUI) - Through to Quarter Final 2 - Andy Murray (GBR) - Through to Round 4 3 - Rafael Nadal (ESP) - Through to Round 4 4 - Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Through to Quarter Final 5 - Andy Roddick (USA) - Eliminated Round 3 6 - Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Through to Round 4 7 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Through to Round 4 8 - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - Eliminated Round 4 9 - Gilles Simon (FRA) - Eliminated Round 3 10 - Fernando Verdasco (ESP) - Through to Quarters 11 - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) - Through to Round 4 12 - Robin Soderling (SWE) - Through to Quarter Final 13 - Gael Monfils (FRA) - Through to Round 4 14 - Tommy Robredo (ESP) - Eliminated Round 4 15 - Radek Stepanek (CZE) -Eliminated Round 4 16 - Marin Cilic (CRO) - Through to Round 4 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Kohlschreiber (GER) - Eliminated Round 3 24 - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) - Through to Round 4 25 - Mardy Fish (USA) - Withdrawn 26 - Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Eliminated Round 1 27 - Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Eliminated Round 1 28 - Victor Hanescu (ROU) - Eliminated Round 1 29 - Igor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) - Through to Quarter 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) - Through to Quarter Final 10 - Flavia Pennetta (UTA) - Through to 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) - Through to 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) - Through to Quarter Final Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) - Through to Quarter Final Melanie Oudin (USA) - Through to Quarter Final Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) - Through to Quarter Final |
Most tournaments will contain a storyline of a lowly-ranked player suddenly making it to the elite ranks,
disposing of more highly fancied opponents in a giant-killing run. And the 2009 US Open would contain
such a story, with American teenager Melanie Oudin progressing to the quarter finals. Her opponent in
the round of 16 was 13th seed Nadia Petrova, and the Russian looked to have everything under control
with a 6-1 win in the first set. But Oudin found new reserves of skill and dug deep, fighting back to take
the second set in a tie-break and then getting the crucial break during the deciding set to make her way
to the quarter finals.
Upsets earlier in the tournament had led to two matches among unseeded players in the womens round
of 16, with Kateryna Bondarenko and Yanina Wickmayer advancing. A total of 4 unseeded players have
made it into the final 8 of the tournament; while Serena Williams is the only top 8 player remaining in the
competition after Caroline Wozniacki overcame Svetlana Kuznetsova in a match that was decided by a
third set tie-break.
Few such dramas on the mens side of the draw as their round of 16 went largely according to script.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic progressed comfortably through, but Nikolay Davydenko was a
casualty, forced to retire injured during the third set of his match against Robin Soderling.
disposing of more highly fancied opponents in a giant-killing run. And the 2009 US Open would contain
such a story, with American teenager Melanie Oudin progressing to the quarter finals. Her opponent in
the round of 16 was 13th seed Nadia Petrova, and the Russian looked to have everything under control
with a 6-1 win in the first set. But Oudin found new reserves of skill and dug deep, fighting back to take
the second set in a tie-break and then getting the crucial break during the deciding set to make her way
to the quarter finals.
Upsets earlier in the tournament had led to two matches among unseeded players in the womens round
of 16, with Kateryna Bondarenko and Yanina Wickmayer advancing. A total of 4 unseeded players have
made it into the final 8 of the tournament; while Serena Williams is the only top 8 player remaining in the
competition after Caroline Wozniacki overcame Svetlana Kuznetsova in a match that was decided by a
third set tie-break.
Few such dramas on the mens side of the draw as their round of 16 went largely according to script.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic progressed comfortably through, but Nikolay Davydenko was a
casualty, forced to retire injured during the third set of his match against Robin Soderling.
The Aussies
Mens Doubles, Third Round
Carsten Ball(AUS) / Chris Guccione(AUS) d Leos Friedl(CZE) / Jaroslav Levinsky(CZE) 6-2 6-1
Mixed Doubles, Quarter Finals
2-Cara Black(ZIM)/Leander Paes(IND) d 7-Rennae Stubbs(AUS)/Robert Lindstedt(SWE) 7-6 3-6 [10-6]
The Seeds
Mens Singles, Fourth Round
1 - Roger Federer(SUI) d 14 - Tommy Robredo(ESP) 7-5 6-2 6-2
4 - Novak Djokovic(SRB) d 15 - Radek Stepanek(CZE) 6-1 6-3 6-3
12 - Robin Soderling(SWE) d 8 - Nikolay Davydenko(RUS) 7-5 3-6 6-2 ret.
10 - Fernando Verdasco(ESP) d John Isner(USA) 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
Womens Singles, Fourth Round
9 - Caroline Wozniacki(DEN) d 6 - Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) 2-6 7-6 7-6
Melanie Oudin(USA) d 13 - Nadia Petrova(RUS) 1-6 7-6 6-3
Mens Doubles, Third Round
2 - Daniel Nestor(CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) d Robert Kendrick(USA) / Janko Tipsarevic(SRB) 6-2 5-7 6-4
3 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) / Mark Knowles(BAH) d Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) / Dudi Sela(ISR) 6-4 6-4
4 - Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) / Leander Paes(IND) d Julian Knowle(AUT) / Jurgen Melzer(AUT) 7-5 6-4
Womens Doubles, Third Round
11 - Zi Yan(CHN) / Jie Zheng(CHN) d 5 - Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) / Ai Sugiyama(JPN) 4-6 6-4 6-4
6 - Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) / Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) d 12 - Vania King(USA) /
Monica Niculescu(ROU) 6-3 4-6 6-2
Mixed Doubles, Quarter Finals
1 - Liezel Huber(USA) / Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) d 8 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA) / Nenad
Zimonjic (SRB) 6-4 6-3
Carly Gullickson(USA) / Travis Parrott(USA) d 3 - Lisa Raymond(USA) / Marcin Matkowski(POL) 6-2 7-5
5 - Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE) / Kevin Ullyett(ZIM) d Zi Yan(CHN) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) 7-6 7-6
Junior Boys Singles, First Round
Matthew Kandath(USA) d 4 - Liang-Chi Huang(TPE) 7-6 7-6
6 - Yong-Kyu Lim(KOR) d Maximilian Neuchrist(AUT) 6-2 6-4
8 - Gianni Mina(FRA) d Yasutaka Uchiyama(JPN) 6-4 6-4
Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA) d 9 - Shuichi Sekiguchi(JPN) 3-6 6-3 6-3
Christian Lindell(SWE) d 10 - Facundo Arguello(ARG) 6-3 3-6 6-2
Junior Girls Singles, First Round
3 - Timea Babos(HUN) d Elina Svitolina(UKR) 6-3 6-4
7 - Lauren Embree(USA) d Paula Kania(POL) 7-5 6-2
10 - Richel Hogenkamp(NED) d Paula Ormaechea(ARG) 6-2 6-7 6-2
15 - Ulrikke Eikeri(NOR) d Nataliya Pintusova(BLR) 6-2 6-1
16 - Beatrice Capra(USA) d Anna Arina Marenko(RUS) 6-3 6-2
Junior Boys Doubles, First Round
Marton Fucsovics(HUN)/Cheng Peng Hsieh(TPE) d 3 - Francis Alcantara(PHI) / Daniel Berta(SWE) 6-4 6-3
Stanislav Poplavskyy(UKR) / Radim Urbanek(CZE) d 5 - Andrea Collarini(ARG) / Nikala Scholtz(RSA)
6-4 6-7 [10-7]
6 - Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA) / Kevin Krawietz(GER) d Micke Kontinen(FIN) / Henri
Laaksonen(FIN) 7-6 7-5
Junior Girls Doubles, First Round
Jana Cepelova(SVK)/Chantal Skamlova(SVK) d 1-Kristina Mladenovic(FRA)/Silvia Njiric(CRO) 5-7 6-3 [10-5]
3 - Elena Bogdan(ROU)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn(THA) d Anna-Lena Friedsam(GER) / Sina
Haas(GER) 6-3 6-4
4 - Mallory Burdette(USA)/Sloane Stephens(USA) d Annika Beck(GER)/Despina Papamichail(GRE) 6-4 6-2
Ons Jabeur(TUN) / Sai-Sai Zheng(CHN) d 6 - Yana Buchina(RUS) / Heather Watson(GBR) 0-6 6-3 [10-8]
7 - Daria Gavrilova(RUS) / Irina Khromacheva(RUS) d Gail Brodsky(USA) / Asia Muhammad(USA) 1-6
6-4 [10-5]
The Others
Womens Singles, Fourth Round
Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) d Gisela Dulko(ARG) 6-0 6-0
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL) d Petra Kvitova(CZE) 4-6 6-4 7-5
Junior Boys Singles, First Round
Jozef Kovalik(SVK) d Harry Fowler(USA) 6-4 7-6
Alexander Domijan(USA) d Sudanwa Sitaram(IND) 6-3 3-6 7-5
Alexandros Georgoudas(GER) d Sekou Bangoura(USA) 6-4 3-6 6-0
Raymond Sarmiento(USA) d Cheng Peng Hsieh(TPE) 7-5 6-3
Suk-Young Jeong(KOR) d Shane Vinsant(USA) 6-1 6-1
Tobias Blomgren(SWE) d Bjorn Fratangelo(USA) 6-4 6-4
Mikhail Biryukov(RUS) d Richard Becker(GER) 1-6 6-3 6-3
Sebastian Lavie(NZL) d Renzo Olivo(ARG) 7-5 6-1
Junior Girls Singles, First Round
Grace Min(USA) d Ting-Fei Juan(TPE) 6-4 6-2
Zsofia Susanyi(HUN) d Noel Scott(USA) 6-4 6-0
Nicole Gibbs(USA) d Magda Linette(POL) 6-4 6-1
Courtney Dolehide(USA) d Cristina Dinu(ROU) 6-0 4-6 6-4
Gail Brodsky(USA) d Veronica Cepede Royg(PAR) 7-5 7-5
Anna Orlik(BLR) d Gabriela Dabrowski(CAN) 6-2 6-4
Yana Buchina(RUS) d Stephanie Cornish(GBR) 6-4 7-6
Maryna Zanevska(UKR) d Akiko Omae(JPN) 6-3 4-6 6-3
Mai Grage(DEN) d Risa Ozaki(JPN) 3-6 7-6 6-2
Junior Boys Doubles, First Round
Ahmed El Menshawy(GBR) / Harry Fowler(USA) d Filip Horansky(SVK) / Jozef Kovalik(SVK) 7-5 6-3
Patrik Brydolf(SWE) / Dominik Schulz(GER) d Jose Pereira(BRA) / Julen Uriguen(GUA) 6-4 7-6
Julien Obry(FRA) / Adrien Puget(FRA) d Sekou Bangoura(USA) / Nathan Pasha(USA) 1-6 6-4 [10-1]
Guilherme Clezar(BRA) / Tiago Fernandes(BRA) d Raymond Sarmiento(USA) / Johannes Robert
Van Overbeek(USA) 6-3 6-4
Mitchell Frank(USA) / Junior Ore(USA) d Mikhail Biryukov(RUS) / Pavel Krainik(CAN) 1-6 6-2 [10-3]
Sebastian Lavie(NZL) / Renzo Olivo(ARG) d Federico Gaio(ITA) / Yasutaka Uchiyama(JPN) 6-0 4-6 [11-9]
Junior Girls Doubles, First Round
Kristie Ahn(USA) / Grace Min(USA) d Ting-Fei Juan(TPE) / Emi Mutaguchi(JPN) 5-7 7-5 [10-4]
Brooke Bolender(USA)/ Lauren Herring(USA) d Tamara Curovic(SRB) / Yulia Putintseva(RUS) 6-7 4-3 ret.
Cristina Dinu(ROU) / Grace Sari Ysidora(INA) d Polina Pekhova(BLR) / Elina Svitolina(UKR) 6-3 6-0
Stephanie Cornish(GBR)/Katarena Paliivets(CAN) d Polina Leykina(RUS)/Anna Arina Marenko(RUS) 6-1 7-5
Mens Doubles, Third Round
Carsten Ball(AUS) / Chris Guccione(AUS) d Leos Friedl(CZE) / Jaroslav Levinsky(CZE) 6-2 6-1
Mixed Doubles, Quarter Finals
2-Cara Black(ZIM)/Leander Paes(IND) d 7-Rennae Stubbs(AUS)/Robert Lindstedt(SWE) 7-6 3-6 [10-6]
The Seeds
Mens Singles, Fourth Round
1 - Roger Federer(SUI) d 14 - Tommy Robredo(ESP) 7-5 6-2 6-2
4 - Novak Djokovic(SRB) d 15 - Radek Stepanek(CZE) 6-1 6-3 6-3
12 - Robin Soderling(SWE) d 8 - Nikolay Davydenko(RUS) 7-5 3-6 6-2 ret.
10 - Fernando Verdasco(ESP) d John Isner(USA) 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
Womens Singles, Fourth Round
9 - Caroline Wozniacki(DEN) d 6 - Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS) 2-6 7-6 7-6
Melanie Oudin(USA) d 13 - Nadia Petrova(RUS) 1-6 7-6 6-3
Mens Doubles, Third Round
2 - Daniel Nestor(CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) d Robert Kendrick(USA) / Janko Tipsarevic(SRB) 6-2 5-7 6-4
3 - Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) / Mark Knowles(BAH) d Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE) / Dudi Sela(ISR) 6-4 6-4
4 - Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) / Leander Paes(IND) d Julian Knowle(AUT) / Jurgen Melzer(AUT) 7-5 6-4
Womens Doubles, Third Round
11 - Zi Yan(CHN) / Jie Zheng(CHN) d 5 - Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) / Ai Sugiyama(JPN) 4-6 6-4 6-4
6 - Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) / Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP) d 12 - Vania King(USA) /
Monica Niculescu(ROU) 6-3 4-6 6-2
Mixed Doubles, Quarter Finals
1 - Liezel Huber(USA) / Mahesh Bhupathi(IND) d 8 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA) / Nenad
Zimonjic (SRB) 6-4 6-3
Carly Gullickson(USA) / Travis Parrott(USA) d 3 - Lisa Raymond(USA) / Marcin Matkowski(POL) 6-2 7-5
5 - Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE) / Kevin Ullyett(ZIM) d Zi Yan(CHN) / Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) 7-6 7-6
Junior Boys Singles, First Round
Matthew Kandath(USA) d 4 - Liang-Chi Huang(TPE) 7-6 7-6
6 - Yong-Kyu Lim(KOR) d Maximilian Neuchrist(AUT) 6-2 6-4
8 - Gianni Mina(FRA) d Yasutaka Uchiyama(JPN) 6-4 6-4
Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA) d 9 - Shuichi Sekiguchi(JPN) 3-6 6-3 6-3
Christian Lindell(SWE) d 10 - Facundo Arguello(ARG) 6-3 3-6 6-2
Junior Girls Singles, First Round
3 - Timea Babos(HUN) d Elina Svitolina(UKR) 6-3 6-4
7 - Lauren Embree(USA) d Paula Kania(POL) 7-5 6-2
10 - Richel Hogenkamp(NED) d Paula Ormaechea(ARG) 6-2 6-7 6-2
15 - Ulrikke Eikeri(NOR) d Nataliya Pintusova(BLR) 6-2 6-1
16 - Beatrice Capra(USA) d Anna Arina Marenko(RUS) 6-3 6-2
Junior Boys Doubles, First Round
Marton Fucsovics(HUN)/Cheng Peng Hsieh(TPE) d 3 - Francis Alcantara(PHI) / Daniel Berta(SWE) 6-4 6-3
Stanislav Poplavskyy(UKR) / Radim Urbanek(CZE) d 5 - Andrea Collarini(ARG) / Nikala Scholtz(RSA)
6-4 6-7 [10-7]
6 - Pierre-Hugues Herbert(FRA) / Kevin Krawietz(GER) d Micke Kontinen(FIN) / Henri
Laaksonen(FIN) 7-6 7-5
Junior Girls Doubles, First Round
Jana Cepelova(SVK)/Chantal Skamlova(SVK) d 1-Kristina Mladenovic(FRA)/Silvia Njiric(CRO) 5-7 6-3 [10-5]
3 - Elena Bogdan(ROU)/ Noppawan Lertcheewakarn(THA) d Anna-Lena Friedsam(GER) / Sina
Haas(GER) 6-3 6-4
4 - Mallory Burdette(USA)/Sloane Stephens(USA) d Annika Beck(GER)/Despina Papamichail(GRE) 6-4 6-2
Ons Jabeur(TUN) / Sai-Sai Zheng(CHN) d 6 - Yana Buchina(RUS) / Heather Watson(GBR) 0-6 6-3 [10-8]
7 - Daria Gavrilova(RUS) / Irina Khromacheva(RUS) d Gail Brodsky(USA) / Asia Muhammad(USA) 1-6
6-4 [10-5]
The Others
Womens Singles, Fourth Round
Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) d Gisela Dulko(ARG) 6-0 6-0
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL) d Petra Kvitova(CZE) 4-6 6-4 7-5
Junior Boys Singles, First Round
Jozef Kovalik(SVK) d Harry Fowler(USA) 6-4 7-6
Alexander Domijan(USA) d Sudanwa Sitaram(IND) 6-3 3-6 7-5
Alexandros Georgoudas(GER) d Sekou Bangoura(USA) 6-4 3-6 6-0
Raymond Sarmiento(USA) d Cheng Peng Hsieh(TPE) 7-5 6-3
Suk-Young Jeong(KOR) d Shane Vinsant(USA) 6-1 6-1
Tobias Blomgren(SWE) d Bjorn Fratangelo(USA) 6-4 6-4
Mikhail Biryukov(RUS) d Richard Becker(GER) 1-6 6-3 6-3
Sebastian Lavie(NZL) d Renzo Olivo(ARG) 7-5 6-1
Junior Girls Singles, First Round
Grace Min(USA) d Ting-Fei Juan(TPE) 6-4 6-2
Zsofia Susanyi(HUN) d Noel Scott(USA) 6-4 6-0
Nicole Gibbs(USA) d Magda Linette(POL) 6-4 6-1
Courtney Dolehide(USA) d Cristina Dinu(ROU) 6-0 4-6 6-4
Gail Brodsky(USA) d Veronica Cepede Royg(PAR) 7-5 7-5
Anna Orlik(BLR) d Gabriela Dabrowski(CAN) 6-2 6-4
Yana Buchina(RUS) d Stephanie Cornish(GBR) 6-4 7-6
Maryna Zanevska(UKR) d Akiko Omae(JPN) 6-3 4-6 6-3
Mai Grage(DEN) d Risa Ozaki(JPN) 3-6 7-6 6-2
Junior Boys Doubles, First Round
Ahmed El Menshawy(GBR) / Harry Fowler(USA) d Filip Horansky(SVK) / Jozef Kovalik(SVK) 7-5 6-3
Patrik Brydolf(SWE) / Dominik Schulz(GER) d Jose Pereira(BRA) / Julen Uriguen(GUA) 6-4 7-6
Julien Obry(FRA) / Adrien Puget(FRA) d Sekou Bangoura(USA) / Nathan Pasha(USA) 1-6 6-4 [10-1]
Guilherme Clezar(BRA) / Tiago Fernandes(BRA) d Raymond Sarmiento(USA) / Johannes Robert
Van Overbeek(USA) 6-3 6-4
Mitchell Frank(USA) / Junior Ore(USA) d Mikhail Biryukov(RUS) / Pavel Krainik(CAN) 1-6 6-2 [10-3]
Sebastian Lavie(NZL) / Renzo Olivo(ARG) d Federico Gaio(ITA) / Yasutaka Uchiyama(JPN) 6-0 4-6 [11-9]
Junior Girls Doubles, First Round
Kristie Ahn(USA) / Grace Min(USA) d Ting-Fei Juan(TPE) / Emi Mutaguchi(JPN) 5-7 7-5 [10-4]
Brooke Bolender(USA)/ Lauren Herring(USA) d Tamara Curovic(SRB) / Yulia Putintseva(RUS) 6-7 4-3 ret.
Cristina Dinu(ROU) / Grace Sari Ysidora(INA) d Polina Pekhova(BLR) / Elina Svitolina(UKR) 6-3 6-0
Stephanie Cornish(GBR)/Katarena Paliivets(CAN) d Polina Leykina(RUS)/Anna Arina Marenko(RUS) 6-1 7-5