Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain briefly suspended play at the U.S. Open. The forecast from the tournament's meteorologist called for intermittent showers Friday, and officials planned to try to get in the full schedule of matches. The rain delay lasted 25 minutes.
Britain's Andy Murray has defeated Jamaica's Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to move into the third round of the U.S. Open. The fourth-seeded Murray is seeking to make his second U.S. Open final in three years. He won this year's U.S. Open Series title, which means he could earn up to an extra $1 million in prize money if he wins the tournament.
Twelfth-seeded Elena Dementieva beat 24th-seeded Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2 Friday in the third round of the U.S. Open. Dementieva, the 2004 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, has reached the semifinals three times but lost in the second round last year. The Russian missed Wimbledon with a left calf injury and has fallen out of the top 10 in the rankings for the first time in more than three years.
Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic is back in the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time since 2007, and she'll take on defending champion Kim Clijsters next. Serbia's Ivanovic easily eliminated 157th-ranked wild card Virginie Razzano of France 7-5, 6-0 in the third round at Flushing Meadows on Friday.
Teenagers aren't exactly known for their sense of big-picture perspective. Eighteen-year-old Ryan Harrison managed to offer some up -- minutes after wasting three match points in the fifth-set tiebreaker at a Grand Slam event. "My ranking is still not even top 100 even if I win the match," Harrison said Friday after losing in the second round of the U.S.
French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat 29th-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-1, 7-5 Friday in the U.S. Open's third round. The sixth-seeded Schiavone compiled a 29-13 edge in winners. It's the fifth time Schiavone has reached the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows. Next up for Schiavone is a match against 20th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, who eliminated Gisela...
French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur extended her longest run at the U.S. Open, beating Sara Errani 6-2, 6-3 in the third round Friday. The fifth-seeded Australian had never gotten past the second round at Flushing Meadows in six previous tries. But the 26-year-old is in the midst of a career year and has reached the quarterfinals or better in nine of her last 10 events.
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