US Open news
Friday, August 29, 2008
 | Who Is Julie Coin? More on Julie Coin, the Frenchwoman who ousted the top seed, Ana Ivanovic, on Thursday. | |
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 | Cilic Ousts American Ginepri in Second Round American Robby Ginepri’s run at the US Open came to a disappointing end in the second round of play at the hands of 19-year-old Croatian Marin Cilic in a match that saw many ups and downs. Cilic eliminated fan-favorite Ginepri in four sets, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the Grandstand Friday afternoon. | |
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 | Federer Comfortably Through Against Qualifier Alves It’s true that the Roger Federer of old – the player who usurped almost every piece of Grand Slam hardware – has been absent in 2008. But some elements of his autocracy remain, one of those being his ability to win a Grand Slam match without playing his absolute best. Federer did the same today against Thiago Alves, winning 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. | |
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 | One Day After Winning On Court, Blake Helps Others Win Off Court James Blake added to his ongoing charitable work Friday by presenting the Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program and the USTA Serves foundation with a $10,000 check on behalf of Evian Natural Spring Water. | |
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 | Venus Signs Her New Book for Fans Venus Williams signed copies of her new book, "Venus," for USTA members on Friday. | |
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 | World No. 5 Davydenko Advances to Third Round Despite a tough fight, Argentinian Agustin Calleri fell to World No. 5 Nikolay Davydenko in a second round meeting at the Grandstand. | |
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 | Qualifier Gilles Muller Ousts Tommy Haas Fast play is generally not Tommy Haas’s forte and his second round match vs. qualifier Gilles Muller of Luxembourg was no exception. The 30-year-old German native tore through the first two sets and then, within three points of winning the match, turned the set, and ultimately the match, over to Muller, who won 2-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-3. | |
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 | Gonzalez Eliminates American Hopeful Beijing Olympic silver-medalist Fernando Gonzalez fought through a minor ankle injury early in the second set and a largely pro-Bobby Reynolds crowd to advance with a straight-sets win over the American, 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4. | |
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 | Why is Grandstand So Grand? Arthur Ashe Stadium has pageantry. Louis Armstrong Stadium has history. And the outer courts have intimacy. So why does everyone flock to Grandstand? | |
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 | Murray Defeats Llodra, But Both Impress on Grandstand Who says that a memorable match has to go five sets? Michael Llodra and Andy Murray disproved that theory today on Grandstand after their four-set battle captivated fans from start to finish. The stadium had been hanging on every point, and when Murray finally emerged victorious (6-4, 1-6, 7-5, 7-6), his vocal British supporters were delirious. |
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