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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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