Sixth seed Andre Agassi, of the United States, returns a shot during his opening round match against Robby Ginepri, also of the United States, Aug. 26 at the US Open in New York. Agassi won 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Michael Chang, of the United States, reacts as he wins a point against Francisco Clavet, of Spain, during their first round match at the US Open tennis tournament Aug. 26. Chang defeated Clavet 7-6 (6),3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Venus Williams returns the ball to Mirjana Lucic en route to her 6-0, 6-0 win at the US Open tennis tournament Aug. 27 in New York.
Lleyton Hewitt of Australia returns the ball to Nicolas Coutelot of France at the US Open tennis tournament Aug. 27 in New York . Hewitt scored a 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 victory.
Jennifer Capriati returns the ball to Bethanie Mattek at the US Open tennis tournament Aug. 27, 2002 in New York. Capriati won her first-round match 6-0, 6-0.
Germany's Nicolas Kiefer grimaces and holds his leg after losing to Russia's Marat Safin at the US Open tennis tournament in New York Aug. 27,. Safin defeated Kiefer 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4.)
Jelena Dokic, of Yugoslavia, makes a return against Elena Bovina, of Russia, during their US Open match on Aug. 28. Fifth-seeded Dokic Dokic fell to an unseeded Russian teen-ager, 6-3, 6-2.
Greg Rusedski, of Great Britain, makes a return against Alex Kim, of the United States, at the US Open in New York Aug. 28.
Justine Henin of Belgium serves to Bea Bielik of the United States during their match at the U.S. Open in Flushing, N.Y., Aug. 30, 2002. Henin defeated Bielik 7-5 6-1 and became the first player to advance to the fourth round.
Tim Henman of Great Britain follows through on a serve to Dick Norman of Belgium during their match at the U.S. Open Aug. 30. Play was suspended due to rain shortly after the match began. When play resumed, Henman defeated Norman 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.
Empty seats are reflected in puddles as rain delayed the start of the fourth day of the U.S. Open tennis tournament at the United States Tennis Center in New York Aug. 29. Play also was suspended for a time by rain on Aug. 30.
Andre Agassi returns a shot against Paraguay's Ramon Delgado on Saturday, Aug. 31.
Tommy Haas, of Germany, hits a return to Thomas Enqvist, of Sweden, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament Sunday, Sept. 1.
Thomas Enqvist, of Sweden, reacts during a discussion with the umpire during his match against Haas on Sunday, Sept. 1.
Serena Williams of the United States returns to Daja Bedanova of the Czech Republic Sunday, Sept. 1.
Britain's Greg Rusedski waits courtside during a rain delay in his match against Pete Sampras Sunday, Sept. 1.