Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain briefly suspended play at the U.S. Open. The forecast from the tournament’s meteorologist Friday called for intermittent showers, and officials planned to try to get in the full schedule of matches. The rain delay lasted 25 minutes.
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Britain’s Andy Murray has defeated Jamaica’s Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to move into the third round of the U.S. Open. The fourth-seeded Murray is seeking to make his second U.S. Open final in three years. He won this year’s U.S. Open Series title, which means he could earn up to an extra $1 million in prize money if he wins the tournament.
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American teenager Ryan Harrison wasted three match points in a fifth-set tiebreaker to lose to Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday. The 18-year-old qualifier led 6-3 in the tiebreaker but lost the next five points. The 36th-ranked Stakhovsky won 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
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Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain briefly suspended play at the U.S. Open. Matches resumed Friday afternoon after a 25-minute delay. The forecast from the tournament’s meteorologist called for intermittent showers. Officials planned to try to get in the full schedule of matches.
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Defending champion Kim Clijsters has moved to the round of 16 at the U.S. Open by winning the final 12 games in her 6-3, 6-0 victory over No. 27 Petra Kvitova. No. 2 Clijsters dropped two service games to fall behind 3-0 early Friday in Arthur Ashe Stadium, then ran off 12 straight against her opponent from the Czech Republic.
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Samantha Stosur defeated Sara Errani, Elena Dementieva eliminated Daniela Hantuchova — and both beat Hurricane Earl with quick victories Friday at the U.S. Open. Eyes were on Kim Clijsters, Andy Murray and the weather radar as play began under gray skies. The forecast from the tournament’s meteorologist called for intermittent showers.
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Twelfth-seeded Elena Dementieva beat 24th-seeded Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2 Friday in the third round of the U.S. Open. Dementieva, the 2004 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, has reached the semifinals three times but lost in the second round last year. The Russian missed Wimbledon with a left calf injury and has fallen out of the top 10 in the rankings for the first time in more than three years.
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French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur extended her longest run at the U.S. Open, beating Sara Errani 6-2, 6-3 in the third round Friday. The fifth-seeded Australian had never gotten past the second round at Flushing Meadows in six previous tries. But the 26-year-old is in the midst of a career year and has reached the quarterfinals or better in nine of her last 10 events.
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They all want to be like Maria. They all want to beat Maria, too. Maria Sharapova’s next match at the U.S. Open will come against yet another teenager who looks up to her — 18-year-old Beatrice Capra, the 371st-ranked American who, with a win in that third-round match, would be one step closer to becoming the 2010 version of Melanie Oudin.
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Novak Djokovic reached the third round at the U.S. Open with a 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory over 52nd-ranked Philipp Petzschner of Germany on Thursday. Play was delayed in the eighth game while police escorted away three fans after a fight in the upper deck in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The No. 3-seeded Djokovic has made it at least this far all six times he’s played at Flushing Meadows.
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