US Open Tennis 2009 Results
US Open tennis 2009 results were hardly surprising in week 1, as US Open tennis 2009 results mainly favored the top seed. The US Open tennis 2009 results had all of the top 16 male seeds perfect before Saturday, a first for a Grand Slam. However, the US Open tennis 2009 results finally knocked out one of the men’s top seeds yesterday, as Andy Roddick went down in five sets. While Roddick will not repeat his Wimbledon success, the US Open results were still favorable to his rivals. As for the women, the US Open results finally knocked out the embattled women’s top seed, and some other big names.
The US Open tennis 2009 results were historic going into Saturday, due to the perfection of the top 16 male seeds. Not only were they all in the third round, they had all barely lost a set in their first two matches. But the 32-0 winning streak ended when fifth seed Andy Roddick took on John Isner.
In a four hour plus match, Roddick again lost a lengthy match at a Grand Slam – only this time in the US Open third round instead of the Wimbledon final. Isner pulled the first US Open tennis 2009 upset on the men’s bracket, winning 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6.
After Roddick put up such a fight at Wimbledon, the US Open was expected to continue Roddick’s newfound momentum, but he went down early at a Grand Slam again. Meanwhile, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are still standing as expected.
Nadal suffers injury scare as he downs Almagro
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal battled through the pain barrier to beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 7-5 6-4 6-4 and reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday.
The Spaniard, who was sidelined for with tendinitis in both knees during June and July, suffered another setback on a Arthur Ashe Stadium when he received treatment for what television commentators said was “a right abdominal muscle injury he first suffered in Cincinnati.”
At 2-1 down in the third set, Nadal lay flat on his back as one of the tournament medics sprayed and taped his stomach. After resuming play, the third seed grimaced on several occasions as he poked the afflicted area between points.
Despite the injury, Nadal hung on to beat his childhood friend Almagro, sealing the match with a scorching backhand to end an entertaining 15-shot rally.
“I will try my best to recover for my next match,” the 23-year-old said in a courtside interview.
“It’s a special motivation to come and play my best when you come back from an injury.”
Nadal, who needs the U.S. Open title to complete his collection of grand slam titles, will face either French 13th seed Gael Monfils or Argentina’s Jose Acasuso.
(Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Steve Ginsburg)
Maria Sharapova looks sharp in rout over Christina McHale
It was not the greatest feeling.
“You don’t want to be that person,” she said.
She wasn’t, thanks to a focused effort from the start Thursday night that resulted in a 6-2, 6-1 victory over 17-year-old American Christina McHale.
Next up for the 29th-seeded Russian, a meeting with another 17-year-old American, Melanie Oudin.
Oudin started the upset trend in Arthur Ashe Stadium earlier in the day by defeating No. 4 Elena Dementieva. A few hours later, No. 5 Jelena Jankovic lost on that court, too.
“I made sure from the beginning that I was really focused and concentrating on my job,” Sharapova said, when asked how she avoided the same trap.
Walking onto the show court with the same, glittery black-and-silver dress she wore in the first round, Sharapova traded early breaks with McHale, who lives across the river in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
