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U.S. Open men's singles first round results

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:20:56 +0100

(Reuters) - U.S. Open men's singles first round results from New York on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result)

Jankovic and Kuznetsova battle through

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:20:59 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Jelena Jankovic and former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova had to work much harder than expected to shake off their opponents in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

Roddick roars past Santoro to end first round

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:42:32 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Andy Roddick roared past grand slam veteran Fabrice Santoro of France 6-2 6-2 6-2 on Wednesday to complete the men's first round at the U.S. Open.

Players serve up English in Open interviews

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:36:43 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - There are 50 countries represented at the U.S. Open, yet tennis organisers said on Wednesday they do not have a problem with players unable to give interviews in English -- unlike the LPGA Tour.

Davenport scrambles into round three

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:50:06 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lindsay Davenport needed to rely on her greater wealth of experience to steer past Russian teenager Alisa Kleybanova 7-5 6-3 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

UPDATE 5-Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles second round results

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:28:51 +0100

Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Open women's singles second round results from New York on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result) * 23-Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) beat Alisa Kleybanova (Russia) 7-5 6-3 * 12-Marion Bartoli (France) beat Virginia Ruano (Spain) 6-4 6-2 * 14-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-3 * 21-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) 6-1 6-2 29-Sybille Bammer (Austria) beat Aravane Rezai (F

Spoiler Djokovic shrugs off ankle scare

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:20:56 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic shrugged off an injury scare to reach the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday and then said he would have no problems being the party-pooper at this year's event.

Keothavong flies the flag for British women

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:40:00 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is not often that a British woman reaches the third round of the U.S. Open. In fact, until Wednesday, the last time it happened was in 1991.

Djokovic survives injury scare to reach round two

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:30:03 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic survived an injury scare before beating Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-3 6-3 6-4 to advance to the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.

UPDATE 3-Tennis-U.S. Open men's singles first round results

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:03:17 +0100

Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Open men's singles first round results from New York on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result) * 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Arnaud Clement (France) 6-3 6-3 6-4 * 28-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat Potito Starace (Italy) 7-5 6-3 6-1 Victor Hanescu (Romania) beat Albert Montanes (Spain) 7-6(5) 6-3 2-6 6-3 Robby Ginepri (U.S.) beat Amer Delic (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 7-6(5) Carlos Moya (Spain) beat Aisam Qureshi (Pakistan) 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 6-2 26-D