New York: Maybe Roger Federer got too much time off between U.S. Open matches. This much is certain: He won't be playing again at this year's tournament after losing to Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. Five-time champion Federer departs Flushing Meadows before the semifinals for the first time since 2003, stunned by the sixth-seeded Berdych 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday night. Federer's forehand was way off, while the...
09:27 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New York: Shortly after crowd favorite and 2003 champion Andy Roddick made an emotional farewell into retirement, Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray completed an improbable recovery to take another step in his quest for a first Grand Slam title. Roddick headed into retirement with a 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 loss to Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday. It was...
08:21 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New York: Rain delayed the start of play at the US Open on Wednesday, raising the prospect that the season's last grand slam could spill into a third week for a fifth successive year. Tournament officials were hoping to get the playing schedule back on track after four singles matches were left unfinished on Tuesday because of rain but a morning shower prevented an early start to the action. There...
11:08 PM, Sep 05, 2012
New York: His match, and his retirement, put off for at least another day, Andy Roddick stepped out of Arthur Ashe Stadium and into the drizzly night, a black jacket's hood pulled overhead, a bag of ice soothing his right shoulder. He'll try to prolong his US Open " and his professional tennis career " on Wednesday. Roddick's fourth-round showdown against another past champion at Flushing Meadows, Juan Martin del...
09:09 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New York: Fourth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain beat France's Richard Gasquet 7-5 7-6 6-4 in a rain-delayed match that spanned nearly eight hours on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open. Ferrer withstood two rain delays before completing a straight-set win that took nearly three hours in court time but spanned nearly eight hours to improve his career mark against the 13th-seeded Gasquet to 8-1. "We almost had...
08:46 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New York: Victoria Azarenka survived a ferocious comeback from defending champion Sam Stosur to reach the US Open semis on Tuesday as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac left tournament organisers scrambling to catch up with the playing schedule. The eagerly anticipated quarter-final match between Maria Sharapova and Marion Bartoli was postponed until Wednesday after just four games were completed. Dozens of junior matches were also held over because of the...
08:31 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New York: The remnants of Hurricane Isaac dumped rain on the US Open on Tuesday, forcing the suspension of play and threatening to cause extended delays to the last grand slam of the year. Play was suspended after 10 minutes of action on Tuesday morning when heavy rain began falling on Flushing Meadows, forcing players and spectators to run for cover. The prospect of further disruptions was high with prolonged...
11:49 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Leander Paes and Sania Mirza, along with their respective partners, crashed out of the mixed doubles event of the US Open after losing in the quarterfinals here. The third-seeded Indo-Russian pair of Paes and Elena Vesnina was stunned by the seventh-seeded Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak 6-7 (2) 5-7 in a battle that lasted an hour and 43 minutes. Paes and Elena could win just...
01:07 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Roberta Vinci toppled second seed Agnieszka Radwanska to cap a rousing upset double for Italy at the US Open on Monday that also put her doubles partner Sara Errani into the women's singles quarter-finals. Errani, the 10th seed, beat sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 7-6, 6-3, and 20th seed Vinci followed onto Louis Armstrong Stadium court for a 6-1, 6-4 shocker to end a doubly delightful afternoon for...
08:50 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Still seeking his first Grand Slam title, Olympic champion Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals at an eighth consecutive major tournament by beating 15th-seeded Raonic 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Monday night. The third-seeded Murray's superb returning muted Milos Raonic's big serving converted as he 4 of 12 break points and never faced one. After weathering six aces across Raonic's first three service games, Murray only allowed eight the rest...
08:40 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: A ruthless Serena Williams charged into the US Open quarter-finals on Monday with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Czech Andrea Hlavackova after Roger Federer was gifted a spot in the last eight when Mardy Fish withdrew from the year's final grand slam. Showing no mercy against her 82nd ranked opponent, Williams sent an ominous warning of her intention to add the US Open title to her recent wins...
08:36 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Sara Errani reached the quarter-finals at a Grand Slam event for the third time this year, beating Angelique Kerber in straight sets at the US Open. The 10th-seeded Italian won 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Monday. Before this year's Australian Open, she had never been past the third round at a major tournament. Kerber made a surprise run to the US Open semi-finals a year ago and had advanced...
03:23 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Bob Bryan saved a key point in a second-set tiebreaker by hitting a shot through his legs, then he and brother Mike went on for a 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory Monday over Scott Lipsky and Santiago Gonzalez in the third round of the US Open. The Bryan brothers are in search of their 12th Grand Slam doubles title and fourth at Flushing Meadows. Tied at 5...
02:59 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Serena Williams didn't drop a game in advancing to the quarter-finals of the US Open. While Roger Federer moved on with even less work when Mardy Fish pulled out of their fourth-round match on Monday for precautionary reasons. Fish missed about two months this season because of an accelerated heartbeat and had a medical procedure in May. His agent, John Tobias, said "we are not 100 percent sure...
01:08 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: The No. 6 seed Tomas Berdych defeated No. 11 Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-1 on Monday to advance to the quarter-finals of the US Open, where he'll face a well-rested Roger Federer. Sixth-seeded Berdych wrapped up his match at about the same time Federer's opponent, Mardy Fish, withdrew for undisclosed health reasons. Berdych needed exactly two hours to beat Almagro and make his first US Open quarter-final....
12:54 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: More than four years after her French Open title, Ana Ivanovic is finally back in a Grand Slam quarter-final. Roger Federer is headed to his 34th consecutive quarter-final at a major tournament " by walkover after Mardy Fish pulled out of their fourth-round match at the US Open on Monday because of unspecified "health concerns". Fish missed about two months this season because of an accelerated heartbeat and...
11:29 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New York: Mardy Fish has pulled out of his fourth-round match against Roger Federer at the US Open because of "health reasons". Tournament officials did not immediately provide further details on Monday on Fish's ailment. The 30-year-old American missed about two months this season because of an accelerated heartbeat and had a medical procedure in May. His third-round match against Gilles Simon went five sets, lasting more than 3 hours...
11:16 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New York: Rafael Nadal has a partially torn patella tendon in his left knee and will be sidelined for at least the next two months, including Spain's upcoming Davis Cup semifinal against the United States. In a website posting linked on his Twitter feed, the 11-time Grand Slam champion says he "will be back when I have no pain." He adds: "I really want to be back competing and enjoying...
03:55 PM, Sep 03, 2012
