Wednesday, August 31, 2011

US Open 2011 Day 3 Open Thread

Young tennis fans look on during the first round of the U.S. Open  tennis tournament in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011.

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Young tennis fans look on during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011.



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Well, I guess the answer to my question about Li Na and Petra Kvitova was answered a whole lot sooner than anyone would have imagined. Two reigning champions losing in the first round of a major has to be unprecedented. I feel an essay about these two coming on, but not today.



We'll stick with today's action. I was a bit surprised that the US Open's own website's headline doesn't even mention Andy Roddick in today's action. Vera Zvonareva, Venus Williams and the other Andy, but not Roddick. I know he's fallen from grace of late, but he's still the last American man to win a major and it just so happened to be this one 8 years ago. When you consider that a Frenchman and a Brit haven't won majors in at least a generation, you have to wonder why Roddick seems to get so little love stateside. I'd love to know the true nature of Roddick's relationship with the USTA. It just has to be more than meets the eye.



But I digress.



Order of Play for Wednesday, August 31, 2011



Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00



Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Kateryna Bondarenko(UKR) vs. Vera Zvonareva(RUS)[2]

Not Before:13:00

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Somdev Devvarman(IND) vs. Andy Murray(GBR)[4]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Venus Williams(USA) vs. Sabine Lisicki(GER)[22]



All three of these matches could be tight with potential upsets in the making.



Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00



Men's Singles - 1st Round

Andy Roddick(USA)[21] vs. Michael Russell(USA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Anastasiya Yakimova(BLR) vs. Maria Sharapova(RUS)[3]



An All-American first-rounder under the lights. Given Roddick's form, it could be a barn burner. Russell is a tough competitor.



Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00



Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Madison Keys(USA) vs. Lucie Safarova(CZE)[27]

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[18] vs. Filippo Volandri(ITA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Coco Vandeweghe(USA) vs. Samantha Stosur(AUS)[9]

Not Before:17:00

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Marcos Baghdatis(CYP) vs. John Isner(USA)[28]



Can't wait to see if Keys can challenge to Safarova. And what is Miss Coco bringing to the table today? Isner vs. Baghdatis could be special.



Grandstand 11:00



Men's Singles - 1st Round

Robin Soderling(SWE)[6] vs. Louk Sorensen(IRL)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Marion Bartoli(FRA)[8] vs. Christina McHale(USA)

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Robby Ginepri(USA) vs. Joao Souza(BRA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Angelique Kerber(GER) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska(POL)[12]



Not a lot to see here. Oh, wait. Former semifinalist Ginepri is playing tennis again? Welcome back.



As for the rest of the schedule, unless your favorite player is among these ....



Court 17 11:00



Men's Singles - 1st Round

Julien Benneteau(FRA) vs. Nicolas Almagro(ESP)[10]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Laura Pous-Tio(ESP) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[19]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Bob Bryan(USA)[1]/Mike Bryan(USA)[1] vs. Ivo Karlovic(CRO)/Frank Moser(GER)

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Jack Sock(USA) vs. Marc Gicquel(FRA)



Court 13 11:00



Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[30] vs. Laura Robson(GBR)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Shuai Peng(CHN)[13] vs. Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Ricardo Mello(BRA) vs. Gilles Simon(FRA)[12]

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Yanina Wickmayer(BEL)[20] vs. Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS)



Court 11 11:00



Men's Singles - 1st Round

Feliciano Lopez(ESP)[25] vs. Tatsuma Ito(JPN)

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Alex Bogomolov Jr.(USA) vs. Steve Johnson(USA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Dominika Cibulkova(SVK)[14] vs. Irina Falconi(USA)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[26] vs. Romina Oprandi(ITA)



Court 4 11:00



Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Jessica Pegula(USA)/Taylor Townsend(USA) vs. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik(POL)/Alicja Rosolska(POL)

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Rui Machado(POR) vs. Robin Haase(NED)

Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Nadia Petrova(RUS)[24] vs. Polona Hercog(SLO)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Raquel Kops-Jones(USA)/Abigail Spears(USA) vs. Liezel Huber(USA)[4]/Lisa Raymond(USA)[4]



Court 6 11:00



Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Alexandra Dulgheru(ROU) vs. Monica Niculescu(ROU)

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Diego Junqueira(ARG) vs. Karol Beck(SVK)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Monica Niculescu(ROU)/Shahar Peer(ISR) vs. Iveta Benesova(CZE)[9]/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)[9]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Grigor Dimitrov(BUL)/Dmitry Tursunov(RUS) vs. Eric Butorac(USA)[8]/Jean-Julien Rojer(AHO)[8]



Court 7 11:00



Women's Singles - 2nd Round

Vera Dushevina(RUS) vs. Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[25]

Men's Singles - 1st Round

Denis Istomin(UZB) vs. Ryan Sweeting(USA)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Sorana Cirstea(ROU)/Ayumi Morita(JPN) vs. Casey Dellacqua(AUS)/Rennae Stubbs(AUS)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Ivan Dodig(CRO)/Bernard Tomic(AUS) vs. Pablo Andujar(ESP)/Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP)



Court 8 11:00



Men's Singles - 1st Round

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP) vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver(ESP)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)[16]/Bethanie Mattek-Sands(USA)[16] vs. Jelena Dokic(AUS)/Virginie Razzano(FRA)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Santiago Giraldo(COL)/Pere Riba(ESP) vs. Max Mirnyi(BLR)[2]/Daniel Nestor(CAN)[2]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Arnaud Clement(FRA)/Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) vs. David Marrero(ESP)/Andreas Seppi(ITA)



Court 9 11:00



Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Olivier Rochus(BEL)/Andre Sa(BRA) vs. Julian Knowle(AUT)/Horacio Zeballos(ARG)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Eva Birnerova(CZE)/Klara Zakopalova(CZE) vs. Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU)/Simona Halep(ROU)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Petra Martic(CRO)/Ksenia Pervak(RUS) vs. Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS)/Olga Savchuk(UKR)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Bojana Jovanovski(SRB)/Varvara Lepchenko(USA) vs. Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[8]/Lucie Hradecka(CZE)[8]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Marcel Granollers(ESP)[13]/Marc Lopez(ESP)[13] vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP)/Albert Montanes(ESP)



Court 10 11:00



Men's Singles - 1st Round

Vasek Pospisil(CAN) vs. Lukas Rosol(CZE)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Martin Damm(CZE)/Radek Stepanek(CZE) vs. Colin Fleming(GBR)/Ross Hutchins(GBR)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Sania Mirza(IND)[6]/Elena Vesnina(RUS)[6] vs. Samantha Crawford(USA)/Madison Keys(USA)



Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Carlos Berlocq(ARG)/Lukas Rosol(CZE) vs. Simone Bolelli(ITA)/Fabio Fognini(ITA)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round

Nadia Petrova(RUS)/Jamie Murray(GBR) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)[7]/Leander Paes(IND)[7]



Court 14 11:00



Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Matthias Bachinger(GER)/Philipp Kohlschreiber(GER) vs. Jamie Delgado(GBR)/Jonathan Marray(GBR)

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Jurgen Melzer(AUT)[9]/Philipp Petzschner(GER)[9] vs. Santiago Gonzalez(MEX)/Jamie Murray(GBR)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Vania King(USA)[3]/Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)[3] vs. Petra Cetkovska(CZE)/Renata Voracova(CZE)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Tsvetana Pironkova(BUL)/Chanelle Scheepers(RSA) vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP)[14]/Arantxa Parra Santonja(ESP)[14]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Denis Istomin(UZB)/Mikhail Kukushkin(KAZ) vs. Johan Brunstrom(SWE)/Jarkko Nieminen(FIN)



Court 15 11:00



Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Liga Dekmeijere(LAT)/Jelena Jankovic(SRB) vs. Chia-Jung Chuang(TPE)[13]/Olga Govortsova(BLR)[13]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Jonathan Erlich(ISR)/Andy Ram(ISR) vs. Lucas Arnold Ker(ARG)/Juan Monaco(ARG)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Shu-Ying Hsieh(TPE)/Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) vs. Greta Arn(HUN)/Arantxa Rus(NED)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)/Vera Zvonareva(RUS) vs. Mirjana Lucic(CRO)/Tamira Paszek(AUT)



Mixed Doubles - 1st Round

Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)/Bruno Soares(BRA) vs. Kveta Peschke(CZE)[4]/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[4]



Court 16 11:00



Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Michael Kohlmann(GER)/Alexander Waske(GER) vs. Scott Lipsky(USA)[16]/Rajeev Ram(USA)[16]

Men's Doubles - 1st Round

Frantisek Cermak(CZE)[11]/Filip Polasek(SVK)[11] vs. Daniele Bracciali(ITA)/Potito Starace(ITA)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Yung-Jan Chan(TPE)[10]/Anastasia Rodionova(AUS)[10] vs. Andreja Klepac(SLO)/Anna Tatishvili(GEO)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)[12]/Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[12] vs. Mathilde Johansson(FRA)/Pauline Parmentier(FRA)

Mixed Doubles - 1st Round

Yung-Jan Chan(TPE)/Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL) vs. Ana Ivanovic(SRB)/Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)





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