Mahesh Bhupathi and his mixed doubles partner, Liezel Huber, took over the American pair Jill Craybas and Eric Butorac in straight sets of 6-3, 6-3 to reserve a place in the final 16 of the mixed doubles match at the US open 2009.
 
Indian player Leander Paes and his partner, Lukas Dlouhy, ...

World No.4 Novak Djokovic defeated American World No. 276 Jesse Witten to reserve his berth in the final 16 of US Open 2009. Djokovic had lost to the 26-year-old American in the first set of the third round match, but regained his control over the match with the second set.
 
Witten was ...

World No. 5 Andy Roddick’s dreams were crushed by compatriot John Isner in the third round match. Isner won the match by a 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5) in 3 hours and 51 minutes.
 
He will face the 10th seeded Spanish player Fernando Verdasco for a berth in the last ...

Even though World No. 1, Roger Federer could not take over the former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in the first set of the third round of US Open 2009, the five-times US Open defending champion was able to reserve his berth in the fourth round of the US Open.
 
Federer was able to gain ...

Rafael Nadal overcame Nicolas Kiefer of Germany to reach the third round of US Open.Nadal defeated the 32-year-old German by 6-0 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the second round match played on Friday.
 
Nadal comfortably won the game using his huge groundstrokes to crush the 129th-ranked Kiefer within 24 ...

Andy Murray and Del Potro have comfortably advanced into the third round of US Open.
 
Second seed Murray, who lost the 2008 final to Roger Federer, claimed his entry into the third round with his win over Chile’s Paul Capdeville by 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
 
The sixth seeded Del ...

The Indo-Italian women’s doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Francesca Schiavone crashed out of the US open. The pair lost their match to Gisela Dulko and Shahar Peer in the second round.
 
Gisela and Shahar defeated the Indo-Italian pair by 6-2, 1-6, 7-5.
 
Sania has already lost ...

Somdev Devvarman of India lost his second round match to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the US open. With this, the first Grand Slam campaign of Somdev came to an end on Thursday.
 
The 24-year-old Somdev had made it to the main draw, winning the qualifying matches. He had defeated ...

Fourth seeded Elena Dementieva and fifth seeded Jelena Jankvoic lost their respective second round matches of US Open on Thursday.
 
American teenager Melanie Oudin beat Dementieva 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. Oudin, ranked 70 played the most of the third set with a heavy wrap on left thigh. At one point ...

Sania Mirza has entered the second round in the mixed doubles and women's doubles events of the US Open.
 
Sania Mirza and Francesca Schiavone of Italy took over Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Renata Voracova 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 for reserving their berth at the women's doubles of the US Open. ...

Serena Williams reached the third round of US open defeating Hungarian left-hander Melinda Czink on Wednesday night. She crushed the 51st-ranked Hungarian by 6-1, 6-1 in the second round match.
 
The game took place in Arthur Ashe Stadium and was scheduled an evening slot after the men's ...

Rafael Nadal marked a winning return to Grand Slam defeating Richard Gasquet in his first round match at US Open. The Spanish third seed advanced into the second round crushing out Gasquet by 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday.
 
Nadal had lost his number one position with Roger Federer claiming the ...

Andy Murray made a promising start at US open defeating Latvia's Ernests Gulbis. The world number two took over Gulbis by 7-5, 6-3, 7-5 in a match played on Tuesday.
 
The newly crowned number two behind the 15-time Grand Slam champion Swiss, hammered out his fourth win over ...

Top seed Dinara Safina had to put a tough fight to win over Australian Olivia Rogowska. The Russian had to struggle hard to scratch out a perilous 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4 first round win.
 
The Russian world number one, who has never won a Grand Slam but has lost three major finals, was down a ...

The men’s doubles pair Leander Paes of India and Lukas Dlouhy of Czechoslovakia advanced into the second round of US Open. They defeated the Romanian pair of Victor Hanescue and Grabriel Trifu by 7-6 (11), 7-6 (4).
 
The men’s doubles winner at Montreal Masters, Mahesh Bhupathi ...

If there were any skepticism initially about Roger Federer triumphing at this year's US Open, the Swiss tennis champ has squashed it all. On Monday, September 8, he defeated Britain's Andy Murray in the final of the men's singles of US Open by 6-2 7-5 6-2. This is Roger Federer's fifth straight US ...

It was like a dream come true for the sixth-seeded Andy Murray of Scotland who ousted the current World Number 1, Spanish Rafael Nadal on Sunday, September 7, 2008 to enter the final of US Open. This was Murray's first-time entry into a Grand Slam final after defeating Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, ...

It was a euphoric moment for top American tennis star Serena Williams who reclaimed her Number 1 position on Sunday, September 7, 2008 by defeating Serbian Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 at the US Open women's final event. While this win brought her Serena Williams her ninth grand slam title, it was the ...

Roger Federer has reached fifth time consecutively into the final of US Open by defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in four sets by 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. The Swiss player till now has won 13 Grand Slams, including four US Open titles. He will be plying the final to win the US title and equal Pete ...

Serena defeated Dinara Safina by 6-3, 6-2, and Jelena Jankovic defeated Elena Dementieva by 6-4, 6-4 in their respective semi final matches to reach into final of US Open. Williams and Dinara Safina match lasted for one hour, 29 minutes, but latter could not stop earlier to reach into the final of ...

Leander Paes, in partnership with Czech Lukas Dlouhy, failed to create magic a second time at the ongoing US Open on Friday, September 5, 2008 as they lost to America's Bryan brothers in the final of men's doubles. It is the second time that the American twins Bob and Mike Bryan have won the US ...

The year 2008 has proved to be incredibly favorable for Indian sportspersons, who have been winning one medal after another in international sports events. The latest Indian to do his country proud is Leander Paes, who along with Zimbabwe's Cara Black, has won the mixed doubles event of the 2008 US ...

Rafael Nadal, this year, for the very first time has managed to enter the semifinal round of the US Open. For the new World number 1, the journey till this semi-final has been exciting but definitely not as smooth as anticipated. Rafael Nadal on Wednesday, September 3, defeated Mardy Fish in the ...

Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus by 7-6 (8/6) 7-6 (9/7) to enter the semi-final of the US Open 2008. Serena will play against Dinara Safina in the semi-final. Dinara of Russia defeated Flavia Pennetta in straight sets by 6-2 6-3, and reached into semi-final of the grand slam. For ...

Pair of Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy defeated Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco by 6-2, 6-0 and stormed into final of US Open. Reaching into doubles final of US Open is double delight for this Indian ace player. He has already reached into the final of mixed doubles. For Paes, this is ...

Roger Federer has reached into quarter finals of US Open 2008 by defeating Igor Andreev 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The match stretched into five sets took everything from Federer to defeat 23rd seed Russian. The match was so consuming that during the game Federer often threw his head back in ...

India's Leander Paes has continued with an outstanding performance at the ongoing US Open championship. Though he put up a disappointing show with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi at the recently concluded Beijing Olympics, this time around he has fought back furiously.
 
Leander Paes has managed ...

After the initial snag, it was hoped that new World number one Rafael Nadal's journey in the 2008 US Open will be a smooth one. But that was not to happen as American Sam Querrey put up a stiff competition against the Spaniard pro on Monday, September 1 before the 55th ranked player finally let ...

Williams sisters are all set to meet in the quarter-final of the US Open 2008. It would be 17th clash of two sisters. Earlier, the seventh seed Venus defeated 9th seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in straight set by 6-1, 6-3, and bumped into quarter-finals. Similarly, her sister, Serena, ranking ...

The fifth seeded Elena Dementieva continued her consistent performance as she defeated Li Na on Sunday, August 31 to enter the quarterfinal round of the 2008 US Open. 
 
Eight years back, Elena Dementieva had succeeded in reaching the semifinal round of the US Open. She was then an ...