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Top-seeded Nadal pounded his way past Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 7-6, 7-5 in the featured night session match on Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Fourth-seeded Murray saw off Jamaica’s Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 on the same court earlier in the day. Nadal next plays France’s Gilles Simon who defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 4-6, [...]

Swiss second seed Federer, seeking his 17th Grand Slam crown and a seventh consecutive trip to the US Open final, eliminated Germany’s 104th-ranked Andreas Beck 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 41 minutes at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Federer jumped ahead 5-0 in only 12 minutes, claimed the first set in 27 minutes and was [...]

Wozniacki is ranked second in the world and, with No. 1 Serena Williams out with an injury, likely will be the top seed when the US Open starts August 31. The 20-year-old is seeking her first Grand Slam title. “I never think about that — I just try to win every match,” she said. “We’ll [...]

Belgian fourth seed Clijsters needed only 12 minutes to reach Sunday’s title match of the two million-dollar hardcourt event after Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic retired due to a left foot injury and left the court in tears. Sharapova needed two and a half hours to defeat Russian teen Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in the other [...]

In the final match of the WTA tournament, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus showed her skills and matchless talent by grabbing a resounding victory over the ex world number one tennis ace Maria Sharapova (of Russia). Azarenka outclassed her veteran Russian rival in an exciting match and surpassed Sharapova’s talent in all the departments. This title [...]

She has shown flashes of that past brilliance this week, and, despite far too many sloppy moments, those flashes have been plentiful enough to clinch a spot in the Bank of the West final. Sharapova shook off a first-set loss to beat Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday in the Bank of the [...]

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 1 in both singles and doubles. The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She regained this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009. She became [...]

Mardy Fish. Bearing the brunt of a lot of puns in yesterday’s papers, American Fish finished off Andy Murray in a third set tie-break, 7-2, in the resumption of their third round match. Dusting off his shoes and changing his top, the American returned an hour and a bit later to face Michael Llodra for [...]

The No. 1-ranked Williams had surgery last week in Los Angeles to repair deep cuts on her right foot. She tweeted Tuesday about spending a “5th day in bed. arghhhh” The American was hurt while she was in Munich this month — shortly after winning her fourth Wimbledon singles title on July 3, and before [...]

Rank Player Country Earnings Points 1 Rafael Nadal …. Spain $5,506,278 10745 2 Novak Djokovic …. Serbia $1,507,962 6905 3 Roger Federer …. Switzerland $2,887,135 6885 4 Andy Murray …. Scotland $1,696,422 5155 5 Robin Soderling …. Sweden $1,920,028 4835 6 Nikolay Davydenko …. Russia $542,278 4740 7 Juan Martin del Potro …. Argentina -* [...]