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Yinette Perez1st day, 1st round
August 31st 2010 13:01
The US Open got off to a cracking start with all the players you would think would easily get through to the second round.... did just that.
No real upsets from the first round, except for maybe Dinara Safina whose form is just getting from bad to worse, she lost to Hantuchova in two, but hey next year is whole other year Dinara, and Lleyton "fidgety" Hewitt who lost in five against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu.
Although non of the favourites lost, some did have some tough times, Kim Clijsters went to Neverland for a couple of games in her second set against Hungarian Greta Arn, but returned just in time to finish it off without having to go to a third set.
Swede Robin Soderling also battled in his first round, having to go five sets against Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer, but clinching it in the end 6-4. Federer's through, Venus is through, Melanie "I wrote inspirational stuff on my shoes" Oudin is through, Roddick is through - he just managed to crack a smile at the end, along with Gael Monfils who had some controversy to rub off against Robert Kendrick, did he touch it? did he? I guess we'll never know.
Here are some of the other results from day one:
MENS:
Nikolay Davydenko bt Michael Russell 6-4;6-1;6-3
Taylor Dent bt Alejandro Falla 6-4;7-5;6-1
Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Martin Klizan 6-1;6-3;6-0
Marin Cilic bt Illya Marchenko 7-5;6-3;6-1
WOMENS:
Sam Stosur bt Elena Vesnina 3-6;7-6;61
Ana Ivanovic bt Ekaterina Makarova 6-3;6-2
Jie Zheng bt Timea Bacsinsky 7-6;7-6
Victoria Azarenka bt Monica Niculescu 6-0;5-7;6-1
Elena Dementieva bt Olga Govortsova 6-1;6-2
For more results, schedules and after match interviews visit the US Open website.
Enjoy the tennis, day two action coming up in a few hours!!
No real upsets from the first round, except for maybe Dinara Safina whose form is just getting from bad to worse, she lost to Hantuchova in two, but hey next year is whole other year Dinara, and Lleyton "fidgety" Hewitt who lost in five against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu.
Although non of the favourites lost, some did have some tough times, Kim Clijsters went to Neverland for a couple of games in her second set against Hungarian Greta Arn, but returned just in time to finish it off without having to go to a third set.
Swede Robin Soderling also battled in his first round, having to go five sets against Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer, but clinching it in the end 6-4. Federer's through, Venus is through, Melanie "I wrote inspirational stuff on my shoes" Oudin is through, Roddick is through - he just managed to crack a smile at the end, along with Gael Monfils who had some controversy to rub off against Robert Kendrick, did he touch it? did he? I guess we'll never know.
Here are some of the other results from day one:
MENS:
Nikolay Davydenko bt Michael Russell 6-4;6-1;6-3
Taylor Dent bt Alejandro Falla 6-4;7-5;6-1
Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Martin Klizan 6-1;6-3;6-0
Marin Cilic bt Illya Marchenko 7-5;6-3;6-1
WOMENS:
Sam Stosur bt Elena Vesnina 3-6;7-6;61
Ana Ivanovic bt Ekaterina Makarova 6-3;6-2
Jie Zheng bt Timea Bacsinsky 7-6;7-6
Victoria Azarenka bt Monica Niculescu 6-0;5-7;6-1
Elena Dementieva bt Olga Govortsova 6-1;6-2
For more results, schedules and after match interviews visit the US Open website.
Enjoy the tennis, day two action coming up in a few hours!!
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