Amelie Mauresmo of France hits a return to Sesil Karatantcheva of Bulgaria during their women's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sept. 1, 2005. Mauresmo defeated Karatantcheva, 6-0, 6-1.
Andre Agassi, foreground, makes a return against Ivo Karlovic, background, of Croatia at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sept. 1, 2005. Agassi at 35 is still a factor in a U.S. Open he first won in 1994. He weathered 30 aces by Karlovic in delivering himself into the tournament's third round, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4).
Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium serves to Maria Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sept. 1, 2005. Henin, the French Open title-holder, defeated Spaniard Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, 6-3 6-4.
Lleyton Hewitt of Australia makes a return against Albert Costa of Spain at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 31, 2005. Hewitt defeated Hewitt, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.
Taylor Dent of the United States serves to Lars Burgsmuller of Germany at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 31, 2005.
Gilles Muller of Luxembourg hits a return to Andy Roddick of the United States at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 30, 2005. Muller won, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8), 7-6 (1).
Lindsay Davenport of the United States hits a return to Li Na of China during their women's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 30, 2005. Davenport won, 6-4, 6-4.
Elena Dementieva of Russia makes a return to Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 30, 2005. Dementieva won, 7-5,6-3.
Fernando Verdasco of Spain makes a return against 12th-seed Tim Henman of Great Britain at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 30, 2005. Verdasco defeated Henman 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Gael Monfils of France reacts to the crowd on the court after completing a tough return during his match with Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Montenegro at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 30, 2005. Monfils lost to Djokovic, 5-7,6-4,6-7(5-7),6-0,5-7.
Andre Agassi of the United States hits a return to Razvan Sabau of Romania during their men's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 29, 2005. Agassi won, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Actor Jim Carrey entertains the crowd between matches at the U.S. Open tennis tournament Aug. 29, 2005, in New York.
Maria Sharapova of Russia smashes a return to Eleni Daniilidou of Greece during their women's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Aug. 29, 2005, in New York. Top-ranked Sharapova defeated her, 6-1, 6-1.
A large American flag is unfurled for the national anthem during opening ceremonies at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Aug. 29, 2005, in New York.
Venus Williams of United States lunges for a return to Rika Fujiwara of Japan during their women's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York Aug. 29, 2005. Williams won 6-1, 6-3.
A ballboy has a firm grip on some tennis balls during a women's singles match between Mashona Washington of the United States and Sania Mirza of India at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 29, 2005.
Serena Williams of the United States reacts during her match against Yung-Jan Chan of Taiwan at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 29, 2005. Williams defeated Chan 6-1, 6-3.
Felix Mantilla of Spain hits a return to Guillermo Coria of Argentina during their men's singles match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Aug. 29, 2005, in New York. Coria defeated Mantilla 7-6 (7-5), 6-1, 6-3.
Robin Soderling of Sweden returns the ball to Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 29, 2005. Soderling won the match 6-7 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-4.
Ekaterina Bychko of Russia waves to the fans after defeating defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Aug. 29, 2005. Bychko won 6-3, 6-2.