Day 4: Young Advances and Kuerten Returns
Richard Gasquet, the 13th-seeded Frenchman, withdrew from his match against the American Donald Young today because of an illness. Young, the junior champion who is having his breakout summer on the...
View ArticleRoddick Wins, and How 'Bout Them Yanks?
Andy Roddick. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Andy Roddick, the fifth-seeded American, celebrated his 25th birthday today by advancing to the third round when Jose Acasuso retired from their match with the...
View Article30-Something
It's not easy to find 30-somethings in the Open singles draws. At the beginning of play today, the men's field was still dotted with six - Tim Henman, Andrei Pavel, Carlos Moya, Agustin Calleri, Thomas...
View ArticleA Sister Wins, and Her Brother Goes Home
What Dinara Safina could do - win her second-round match at the Open on Friday - her older brother Marat Safin could not. Safina, seeded 15th, ousted Ahsha Rolle, the wild card from Miami Shore, Fla.,...
View ArticleNobody Loses, But Djokovic Advances
Between acrobatic shots and trainer visits, Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic played a classic match today on Armstrong Court, with the artistry of the third-seeded...
View ArticleNot to be Outdone, it's the Men's Turn on the Runway
The fashion focus of the women's game has reached a new high (or low, depending on how you look at it) at the 2007 U.S. Open. On Thursday night, for example, Maria Sharapova fielded as many questions...
View ArticleYoung Latvian Emerges From a Sporting Family
Eighth-seeded Tommy Robredo was explaining in Spanish what had happened Sunday night on the grandstand court against Ernests Gulbis, the 88th-ranked Latvian who scored a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 upset. One...
View ArticleMen's Tennis as a World Sport
Previously, I wrote about the decline of American men's tennis. Today I'll show there is more to the story. Tennis around the world - South America and Europe in particular - is stronger and deeper on...
View ArticleSurivive Today. Play Tomorrow.
Some are already looking ahead to a possible Nadal-Djokovic semifinal and the even more tantalizing prospect of either one battling the world's best player, who is unlikely to don his Darth Federer...
View ArticleMoya and Chela Advance ...
Juan Ignacio Chela. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Raise your hand if you put Carlos Moya and Juan Ignacio Chela, two veterans, in the quarters before the Open began. And it could be all-Spanish-speaking...
View ArticleDavydenko Knocks Out Haas
Nicolay Davydenko. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press) Tommy Haas earned a lot of fan support in his fourth-round victory over James Blake on Monday, but it did not help him in his match against Nicolay...
View ArticleFerrer Reaches Semifinals
David Ferrer of Spain is in his first Grand Slam semifinal, after defeating No. 20 Juan Ignacio Chela, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5, in the quarterfinals today. Ferrer, seeded 15th, will face the winner of tonight's...
View ArticleMemorable Matches Over the Years
Which matches are etched in your memory, ones that you still dust off and insert in conversations at the tennis court?
View ArticleCan American Men Adjust to Clay?
Watching James Blake and Mardy Fish fall in the first round of the French Open raised few eyebrows. The real surprise was Blake's explanation for the poor showing by the American men.
View ArticleMen's Final Rescheduled Because of Rain
Live analysis of the United States Open men's final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
View ArticleMen’s Final Rescheduled Because of Rain
Live analysis of the United States Open men's final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
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