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Tennis fans walk the grounds at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during matches at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 29, 2011.
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Yesterday, Petra Kvitova was the first Wimbledon champion to lose in the first round of the US Open in the Open Era. Or so I thought I heard one of the commentators say. If it was Chris Evert, then you might want to fact check this stat for the things that fall from her lips are often so wrong as to be flatout ludicrous. But the young Czech hasn't won but a few matches since taking the crown jewel back in July and it seems she's still on the lawns of Wimbledon dealing with such an overwhelming accomplishment. I don't expect her to rebound till the indoor season begins.
16-year-old American Madison Keys won her first Slam match, taking out veteran wild card Jill Craybas in straight sets. The youngster has weapons. Christina McHale also rallied to victory, while Bethanie Mattek-Sands continues to disappoint, barely winning games in her straight-set loss. And what on earth has happened to Melanie Oudin? I didn't expect her to become a world beater after her run to the quarterfinals two years ago, but she's now eating bagels baked by journeywomen with no weapons.
Today, I don't foresee any big upsets, but with late arrivals to New York and interrupted rituals due to Irene, who knows? Look out for Igor Andreev.
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Order of Play for Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Victoria Azarenka(BLR)[4] vs. Johanna Larsson(SWE)
Not Before:13:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Caroline Wozniacki(DEN)[1] vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] vs. Conor Niland(IRL)
Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Andrey Golubev(KAZ) vs. Rafael Nadal(ESP)[2]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Bojana Jovanovski(SRB) vs. Serena Williams(USA)[28]
Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00
Men's Singles - 1st Round
David Ferrer(ESP)[5] vs. Igor Andreev(RUS)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) vs. Francesca Schiavone(ITA)[7]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Simona Halep(ROU) vs. Na Li(CHN)[6]
Not Before:17:00
Men's Singles - 1st Round
James Blake(USA) vs. Jesse Huta Galung(NED)
Grandstand 11:00
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[11] vs. Yen-Hsun Lu(TPE)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Jelena Jankovic(SRB)[11] vs. Alison Riske(USA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Jarkko Nieminen(FIN) vs. Fernando Verdasco(ESP)[19]
This match may be moved to Ashe Stadium
Not Before:15:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Ksenia Pervak(RUS) vs. Ana Ivanovic(SRB)[16]
Court 17 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Alona Bondarenko(UKR) vs. Sabine Lisicki(GER)[22]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Donald Young(USA) vs. Lukas Lacko(SVK)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Shahar Peer(ISR)[23] vs. Sania Mirza(IND)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Bobby Reynolds(USA) vs. David Nalbandian(ARG)
Court 13 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kimiko Date-Krumm(JPN) vs. Silvia Soler-Espinosa(ESP)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Andrea Petkovic(GER)[10] vs. Ekaterina Bychkova(RUS)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Marinko Matosevic(AUS) vs. Juan Ignacio Chela(ARG)[24]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Iveta Benesova(CZE) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS)[29]
Court 11 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Flavia Pennetta(ITA)[26] vs. Aravane Rezai(FRA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Mikhail Youzhny(RUS)[16] vs. Ernests Gulbis(LAT)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Adrian Mannarino(FRA) vs. Florian Mayer(GER)[26]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Reka-Luca Jani(HUN) vs. Sloane Stephens(USA)
Court 4 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Lauren Davis(USA) vs. Angelique Kerber(GER)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Nikolay Davydenko(RUS) vs. Ivan Dodig(CRO)[32]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Sara Errani(ITA) vs.Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[15]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Vania King(USA) vs. Greta Arn(HUN)
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Alexandr Dolgopolov(UKR)/Albert Ramos(ESP) vs. Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[4]/Leander Paes(IND)[4]
Court 6 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Coco Vandeweghe(USA) vs. Alberta Brianti(ITA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Marsel Ilhan(TUR) vs. Frank Dancevic(CAN)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Irina-Camelia Begu(ROU) vs. Roberta Vinci(ITA)[18]
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Nicolas Mahut(FRA) vs. Robert Farah(COL)
Court 7 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Yanina Wickmayer(BEL)[20] vs. Sorana Cirstea(ROU)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Eric Prodon(FRA) vs. Jurgen Melzer(AUT)[17]
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Jamie Hampton(USA) vs. Elena Baltacha(GBR)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Ivan Ljubicic(CRO)[30] vs. Blaz Kavcic(SLO)
Court 8 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Kaia Kanepi(EST)[31] vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[14] vs. Maximo Gonzalez(ARG)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Arantxa Rus(NED) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)[32] vs. Mona Barthel(GER)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Anna Tatishvili(GEO) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)[17]
Court 9 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Mirjana Lucic(CRO) vs. Marina Erakovic(NZL)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Edouard Roger-Vasselin(FRA) vs. Gilles Muller(LUX)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Mathilde Johansson(FRA) vs. Carla Suarez Navarro(ESP)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Evgeniya Rodina(RUS) vs. Petra Cetkovska(CZE)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Petra Martic(CRO) vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)
Court 10 11:00
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Andreas Haider-Maurer(AUT) vs. Sergei Bubka(UKR)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Dmitry Tursunov(RUS) vs. Steve Darcis(BEL)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK)[21] vs. Pauline Parmentier(FRA)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Michaella Krajicek(NED) vs. Eleni Daniilidou(GRE)
Court 14 11:00
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Potito Starace(ITA) vs. Michael Berrer(GER)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Jelena Dokic(AUS) vs. Olga Govortsova(BLR)
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Rohan Bopanna(IND)[5]/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[5] vs. Robby Ginepri(USA)/Rhyne Williams(USA)
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)[6]/Marcin Matkowski(POL)[6] vs. Michael Shabaz(USA)/Ryan Sweeting(USA)
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Jack Sock(USA)/Jack Withrow(USA) vs. Mark Knowles(BAH)[15]/Xavier Malisse(BEL)[15]
Court 15 11:00
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Rebecca Marino(CAN) vs. Gisela Dulko(ARG)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Akgul Amanmuradova(UZB) vs. Tamira Paszek(AUT)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Olivier Rochus(BEL) vs. Jean-Rene Lisnard(MON)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Casey Dellacqua(AUS) vs. Alize Cornet(FRA)
Men's Doubles - 1st Round
Bradley Klahn(USA)/David Martin(USA) vs. Robert Lindstedt(SWE)[7]/Horia Tecau(ROU)[7]
Court 16 11:00
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Matthias Bachinger(GER) vs. Igor Kunitsyn(RUS)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Vitalia Diatchenko(RUS) vs. Jie Zheng(CHN)
Men's Singles - 1st Round
Pere Riba(ESP) vs. Carlos Berlocq(ARG)
Women's Singles - 1st Round
Chanelle Scheepers(RSA) vs. Anne Keothavong(GBR)
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