Venus Williams Sparkles, Reaches 4th Round At US Open
Her play sparkling as much as her sequined dress, Venus Williams easily eliminated 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1 on Friday night at the U.S. Open.
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Her play sparkling as much as her sequined dress, Venus Williams easily eliminated 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1 on Friday night at the U.S. Open.
Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain suspended play Friday at the US Open.
At the US Open, the action went beyond the tennis court. Witnesses say the fisticuffs started when a female fan told a young man he should stop using the F-word.
Maria Sharapova's next match at the US Open will come against 18-year-old Beatrice Capra, the 371st-ranked American who, with a win in that third-round match, would be one step closer to becoming the 2010 version of Melanie Oudin.
Five-time champion Roger Federer has breezed into the third round at the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in beating 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
Goodbye, Melanie Oudin. Hello, Beatrice Capra. The day after the sensation of last year's US Open departed quietly, another 18-year-old American made her way unexpectedly to the third round.
American Mardy Fish has advanced to the third round of the US Open with a 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 victory over Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas.
Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva beat 94th-ranked Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (5) Thursday in the second round of the US Open.
The second-seeded Kim Clijsters beat Sally Peers, the 19-year-old qualifier, 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday, but this was one of those nights where it was hard to tell the winner from the loser.
Andy Roddick found it infuriating that a lineswoman who called him for a foot fault was wrong about which of his shoes touched the line.
John Isner had 19 aces and needed less than two hours to eliminate Portugal's Frederico Gil 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday night.
Victoria Azarenka collapsed and fell to the ground while chasing down a ball on the baseline and had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair Wednesday, withdrawing from the sweltering U.S. Open with what tournament officials said were "headache-like" symptoms.
The 20th-seeded Sam Querrey had 19 aces but 11 double-faults. He has won four titles this year — only Rafael Nadal has more.
Do American tennis fans remember that Roddick won the US Open in 2003? Have they lost hope that he'll win another?
For all of Rafael Nadal's considerable talents with a racket in hand, the part of his game that's most often been criticized - by himself and others - is his serve. That is quickly changing.
Seeking her first major title, 2009 U.S. Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki beat NCAA champion Chelsey Gullickson 6-1, 6-1 in the first round at Flushing Meadows.
Eighth-seeded Li Na of China was knocked out in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday, losing 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 to 59th-ranked Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.
Two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the second round at the US Open by getting past 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 Tuesday.
More Grand Slam champions are slated to play first-round matches Tuesday, including Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova during the day, and No. 1-seeded Rafael Nadal at night.Men's ScoreboardWomen's Scoreboard
Kim Clijsters said she saw Serena Williams' foot lacerations and "it's not something that she's making up or that it's a small cut or anything."
Playing for the first time in two months, Venus Williams beat Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4, 6-1 Monday night to reach the U.S. Open's second round.
Hungry crowds will consume more than 250,000 burgers and hot dogs, 27,000 pounds of tomatoes, and four and a half tons of crab and lobster over the next 2 weeks at the U.S. Open.
Andy Roddick celebrated his 28th birthday with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Stephane Robert of France in the first round of the U.S. Open.
Defending champion Kim Clijsters overcame a brief blip and began the U.S. Open with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over 104th-ranked Greta Arn of Hungary on Monday.
Melanie Oudin, the 18-year-old from Marietta, Ga., needed just 56 minutes to beat Olga Savchuk of Ukraine 6-3, 6-0.
