Federer to take on Djokovic in US Open semis
NEW YORK: Roger Federer will play Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals on Saturday, their third consecutive clash at Flushing Meadows after the final of 2007 and the semi-finals of last year.
Top seed and defending champion Federer reached the last four for a record 22nd time in a Grand Slam tournament despite a stirring late show from Robin Soderling, winning 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (8/6).
Fourth-seeded Djokovic won a dour, stamina-sapping encounter with Spain's Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (7/2), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals for the third consecutive year.
Teen upstarts Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium fought through the tension to reach their first Grand Slam semi-finals with nerve-testing US Open triumphs.
Ninth seed Wozniacki, until now the top-ranked woman never in a Slam final eight, ousted 70th-ranked US teen Melanie Oudin 6-2, 6-2 while Wickmayer, never before past a Slam second round, beat Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko 7-5, 6-4.
Oudin, 17, was the giant killer of Flushing meadows, ousting former world number one Maria Sharapova, fourth seed Elena Dementieva and 13th seed Nadia Petrova after dumping former world number one Jelena Jankovic at Wimbledon.
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- News Source: Jang.com.pk | 2 months agoIt may be said that it was all little too much and too early for Melanie Oudin. The 17-year-old American�s run at the US Open was a dream come true for any up coming tennis player as she kept on erasing deficit and upsetting older, taller, higher...
- News Source: Taiwan News | 2 months agoMaria Sharapova lost to 17-year-old Melanie Oudin of the United States, falling 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 Saturday in the third round of the U.S...Normally a crowd favorite, Sharapova played with most of the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium cheering for her American...
- News Source: Star Phoenix | 2 months agoThe dream final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal could become a reality when the world’s top two players contest their respective semi-finals at the U.S. Open on Sunday. Federer, bidding for a modern-day record sixth straight title in New...
- News Source: Star Phoenix | 2 months agoOpen ended in a heap of unforced errors in Wednesday's quarter-final yet life will never be the same again for the 17-year-old American who became the tournament darling. "I've gone from being just a normal-like tennis player to almost everyone in...
- News Source: International Herald Tribune | 2 months agoThe motivational message "Believe", which until now had been reserved for the 17-year-old Oudin’s colorful tennis shoes, could now be found written in yellow on T-shirts worn by her friends, family and coach Brian de Villiers in the players’ box...
- News Source: International Herald Tribune | 2 months agoAwards are not handed out for quarterfinal victories, but Federer, who outlasted Soderling, 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6), deserves one for lifetime achievement in the quarterfinals, especially for this challenging victory. “It’s probably one of the...
- Blog Source: iapps2u.comBelgian teenager Yanina Wickmayer has reached her first semifinals in a Grand Slam at the U.S. Open. eus Oudin falls in Open quarters; Federer Djokovic set. See original here: Oudin falls in Open quarters; Federer-Djokovic set ...
- Blog Source: birlaa.comOudin falls in Open quarters; Federer-Djokovic set. Belgian teenager Yanina Wickmayer has reached her first semifinals in a Grand Slam at the U.S. Open. In a debut of unseeded Grand Slam quarterfinalists, Wickmayer rallied from 4-1 down ...
- Blog Source: www.tennis-x.comDjokovic Faces Fernando; Oudin, Federer Tonight at the US Open. September 9th, 2009. Wozniacki Ends Oudin Run at US Open by Staff. No. 9 seed Caroline Wozniacki and unseeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer set up an unlikely semifinal meeting ...
- Blog Source: www.usposttoday.comNow the Dane will play her first Grand Slam semifinal against another 19-year-old, Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium. The 50th-ranked Wickmayer — never before past the second round at a major tournament — beat Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine 7-5, 6-4. .
- Blog Source: straightsets.blogs.nytimes.comHe was up, two sets to one, against eighth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko, who retired because of injury. Soderling has a big serve, powerful forehand and is not afraid to finish points at the net. But his best weapon these days may be his ...
- Blog Source: www.tennis-x.comThe 17-year-old Oudin, who I call a cross between Justine Henin and Lleyton Hewitt, has remarkably and impressively fought her way through four very tough Russians, but tonight she gets a Great Dane who's coming off a New Haven title ...
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- Video Source: youtube.comDay 8 at the U.S. OpenVideo Source: youtube.comMelanie Oudin ousted No. 13 Nadia Petrova in an upset Monday to reach the ...
- Video Source: youtube.comUS Open: Jankovic advancesVideo Source: youtube.comHear from Melanie Oudin, Jelena Jankovic and Elena Dementieva after their ...
- Video Source: youtube.comAmerican Teen Upsets Former No....Video Source: youtube.comAmerican teenager Melanie Oudin pulls off a major surprise by upsetting ...
- Video Source: www.truveo.comOudin Ousts 4th-Seeded ...Video Source: www.truveo.comOudin Ousts 4th-Seeded Dementieva in US OPen 09
- Video Source: youtube.comWIMBLEDON 2009 JANKOVI V'S ...Video Source: youtube.comThird round match between Jankovic and Oudin
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@richarddeitsch By my (very) rough calculations, Kim Clijsters (@Clijsterskim) has gained about 1,200 additional followers since winning the U.S. Open.
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@richarddeitsch For those who want to hear from Kim Clijsters, we at the Open are being told 12:20 AM ET. Assume ESPN News will carry.
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@armenarmen BryanAGraham: I asked it then (http://bit.ly/iwRSN) and I'll ask it again: Is Clijsters' shock #USOpen title an indictment of the women's game?
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@amandakaschube Clijsters wins the US Open women's final. #tennis
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@m_delamerced Great job by Clijsters tonight! (Though I was pulling for Wozniacki -- and she'll be back, I think)
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@guyadams Watching tennis. Amazing how the husband of Kim Clijsters looks exactly like Bjorn Borg. He's even wearing Bjorg-style clothes
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@armenarmen BryanAGraham: Unranked, unseeded wild card Kim Clijsters is one game away from #USOpen women's singles title with her 18-month-old daughter in crowd.
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@daweiner #Federer hits most amazing shot ever? Certainly up there. http://bit.ly/RimZG
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@bonniefuller BonnieFuller: Serena you got deservedly tossed & congrats to Kim Clijster, the first mom to reach a Grand Slam semi-final in 29 yrs! Go Kim!Make history!
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@armenarmen BryanAGraham: Third set point is the charm for Fed, who breaks Djokovic to go two sets up. Leads 7-6(3), 7-5.
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