2011 US Open

[GirlySports]

The final Grand slam is upon us.

Unfortunately Milos Raonic has not recovered from hip surgery yet and will not be there.

Rebecca Marino will be in the main Women's draw.

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Qualifying starts today!

Frank Dancevic is up today against the wily veteran Arnaud Clement of France.

Vasek Pospisil seeded 20th will go up against Chris Guiccione (AUS) tomorow.

There are 4 Canadian women in qualifying.

Today:
Stephanie Dubois seeded 3rd against Gail Brodsky (USA)
Sharon Fichman against Erika Sema (JPN) seeded 28th

Tomorrow:
Heidi El Tabakh against Laura Robson (GBR)
Aleksandra Wozniak seeded 18th against Marta Sirotkina (RUS )



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Men's Draw

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) - [Q]Conor Niland IRL
Pere Riba-Madrid (ESP) - Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Potito Starace (ITA) - Michael Berrer (GER)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - [32] Ivan Dodig (CRO)

[22] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) - Frederico Gil (POR)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) - Flavio Cipolla (ITA)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) - [13] Richard Gasquet (FRA)

[9] Tomas Berdych (CZE) - [Q]Romain Jouan FRA
Fabio Fognini (ITA) - Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Philipp Petzschner (GER) - Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)
[Q]Augustin Gensse FRA - [20] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)

[31] Marcel Granollers (ESP) - Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) - Albert Montanes (ESP)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - [7] Gael Monfils (FRA)

[3] Roger Federer (SUI) - Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Dudi Sela (ISR) - Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
[Q]Michael Yani USA - Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Ryan Harrison (USA) - [27] Marin Cilic (CRO)

[23] Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Juan Monaco (ARG) - Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Tommy Haas (GER) - [Q]Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy FRA
Alejandro Falla (COL) - [15] Viktor Troicki (SRB)

[11] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) - [Q]Sergei Bubka UKR
[Q]Marsel Ilhan TUR - [Q]Frank Dancevic CAN
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) - [19] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)

[29] Michael Llodra (FRA) - Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Kevin Anderson (RSA) - [Q]Go Soeda JPN
[Q]Malek Jaziri TUN - Thiemo de Bakker (NED)
Tobias Kamke (GER) - [8] Mardy Fish (USA)

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[6] Robin Soderling (SWE) - [Q]Louk Sorensen IRL
Alex Jr. Bogomolov (USA) - Steve Johnson (USA)
Robby Ginepri (USA) - [Q]Joao Souza BRA
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - [28] John Isner (USA)

[18] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Diego Junqueira (ARG) - Karol Beck (SVK)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Ricardo Mello (BRA) - [12] Gilles Simon (FRA)

[14] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
Donald Young (USA) - [Q]Lukas Lacko SVK
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) - Steve Darcis (BEL)
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) - [24] Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)

[25] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Tatsuma Ito (JPN)
[Q]Vasek Pospisil CAN - Lukas Rosol (CZE)
Rui Machado (POR) - Robin Haase (NED)
Somdev Devvarman (IND) - [4] Andy Murray (GBR)

[5] David Ferrer (ESP) - Igor Andreev (RUS)
James Blake (USA) - [Q]Jesse Huta Galung NED
Olivier Rochus (BEL) - [Q]Jean-Rene Lisnard MON
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) - [26] Florian Mayer (GER)

[21] Andy Roddick (USA) - Michael Russell (USA)
Jack Sock (USA) - Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Denis Istomin (UZB) - Ryan Sweeting (USA)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) - [10] Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

[16] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) - Gilles Muller (LUX)
Matthias Bachinger (GER) - Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Eric Prodon (FRA) - [17] Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

[30] Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
Bobby Reynolds (USA) - David Nalbandian (ARG)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) - [Q]Robert Farah COL
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) - [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Women's Draw

Caroline Wozniacki DEN (1) v Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP
Arantxa Rus NED v Elena Vesnina RUS
Vania King USA v Greta Arn HUN
Iveta Benesova CZE v Jarmila Gajdosova AUS (29)

Daniela Hantuchova SVK (21) v Pauline Parmentier FRA
Akgul Amanmuradova UZB v Tamira Paszek AUT
Jamie Hampton USA v Elena Baltacha GBR
Sara Errani ITA v Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (15)

Andrea Petkovic GER (10) v [Q]Ekaterina Bychkova RUS
[Q]Vitalia Diatchenko RUS v Jie Zheng CHN
Casey Dellacqua AUS v Alize Cornet FRA
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU v Roberta Vinci ITA (18)

Kaia Kanepi EST (31) v Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN v [Q]Silvia Soler-Espinosa ESP
Mathilde Johansson FRA v Carla Suarez Navarro ESP
Simona Halep ROU v Na Li CHN (6)


Victoria Azarenka BLR (4) v Johanna Larsson SWE
Rebecca Marino CAN v Gisela Dulko ARG
Qualifer v Eleni Daniilidou GRE
Bojana Jovanovski SRB v Serena Williams USA (28)

Shahar Peer ISR (23) v Sania Mirza IND
[Q]Michaella Krajicek NED v Sloane Stephens USA
Evgeniya Rodina RUS v Petra Cetkovska CZE
Ksenia Pervak RUS v Ana Ivanovic SRB (16)

Jelena Jankovic SRB (11) v Alison Riske USA
Jelena Dokic AUS v Olga Govortsova BLR
Petra Martic CRO v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE
Anna Tatishvili GEO v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (17)

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP (32) v Mona Barthel GER
Chanelle Scheepers RSA v Anne Keothavong GBR
Mirjana Lucic CRO v [Q]Marina Erakovic NZL
Qualifer v Francesca Schiavone ITA (7)

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Petra Kvitova CZE (5) v Alexandra Dulgheru ROU
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT v Monica Niculescu ROU
Jill Craybas USA v Madison Keys USA
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK v Lucie Safarova CZE (27)

Yanina Wickmayer BEL (20) v Sorana Cirstea ROU
Alla Kudryavtseva RUS v Anastasia Rodionova AUS
Lauren Davis USA v Angelique Kerber GER
[Q]Urszula Radwanska POL v Agnieszka Radwanska POL (12)

Shuai Peng CHN (13) v Varvara Lepchenko USA
Virginie Razzano FRA v Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Misaki Doi JPN v Laura Pous-Tio ESP
Kristina Barrois GER v Julia Goerges GER (19)

Flavia Pennetta ITA (26) v Aravane Rezai FRA
Melanie Oudin USA v [Q]Romina Oprandi ITA
Anastasiya Yakimova BLR v [Q]Noppawan Lertcheewakarn THA
Heather Watson GBR v Maria Sharapova RUS (3)


Marion Bartoli FRA (8) v [Q]Alexandra Panova RUS
Christina McHale USA v [Q]Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
Vera Dushevina RUS v Anastasija Sevastova LAT
Ekaterina Makarova RUS v Maria Kirilenko RUS (25)

Nadia Petrova RUS (24) v [Q]Yung-Jan Chan TPE
Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA v Polona Hercog SLO
Coco Vandeweghe USA v Alberta Brianti ITA
Sofia Arvidsson SWE v Samantha Stosur AUS (9)

Dominika Cibulkova SVK (14) v Shuai Zhang CHN
Klara Zakopalova CZE v Irina Falconi USA
Vesna Dolonts RUS v Venus Williams USA
Alona Bondarenko UKR v Sabine Lisicki GER (22)

Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (30) v [Q]Karin Knapp ITA
[Q]Laura Robson GBR v Ayumi Morita JPN
Lucie Hradecka CZE v Kateryna Bondarenko UKR
[Q]Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA v Vera Zvonareva RUS (2)

[GirlySports]

All three Canadians won easily today in straight sets (Dancevic, Dubois and Fichman)

Dubois crushed her opponent 6-0 6-0!

[transplant99]

talkin to yourself again GS?

this is my favorite of the major tourneys...would like to see a North American do well on either side...alas it has become a very non NA dominated sport.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by transplant99

talkin to yourself again GS?

Yup. My audience likes that

[fundmark19]

GS I appreciate how you watch every sport. Now that I am addicted to tennis I love watching matches just sucks that most of them are during the day. Will watch semi's and finals though!

[GirlySports]

That's how I got my nickname

US Open is good for night tennis at least!


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Today Pospisil and Wozniak won, El Tabakh lost.

Five Canadians in action tomorrow in the 2nd Round of qualifying.

Kristyna Pliskova(CZE) vs. Sharon Fichman(CAN)
Stefanie Voegele(SUI) vs. Aleksandra Wozniak(CAN)[18]
Stephanie Dubois(CAN)[3] vs. Tatjana Malek(GER)
Fritz Wolmarans(RSA) vs. Frank Dancevic(CAN)
Charles-Antoine Brezac(FRA) vs. Vasek Pospisil(CAN)[20]

[GirlySports]

Play suspended due to rain. Dancevic and Dubois were just starting.

Meanwhile the main draw is being broadcast on US Open Radio right now!

http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/media/radio.html

and also ESPN Sportscenter

[CedarMeter]

I'll be there next weekend!..I'll post you pics.

[GirlySports]

in a rain-soaked day..

Dancevic and Dubois advanced to Final Round!

Fichman dropped the first set

Posposil and Wozniak postponed until tomorrow.

Play resumes tomorrow at 8am.

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Edit: Fichman is out.

Some matches still going under the lights.
They are saying they want to finish the 3rd round tomorrow because there will be heavy rain Saturday. So Pospisil and Wozniak will have to play two matches to qualify!

[GirlySports]

Update:
Dancevis won, he's in the main draw
Dubois lost in the final round

Wozniak won! plays again later today
Posposil won! plays again later today

[CedarMeter]

Hurricane Irene is on it's way..I may not be going to NY.

[GirlySports]

But you're not there til next weekend (Labor Day)?

[GirlySports]

Both Posposil and Wozniak are IN! Both winning TWO matches today. Posposil winning a 3rd set tiebreak to make it into his first Grand Slam main draw ever.

I'll try to update the draws over the weekend but with Hurricane Irene on the way, who knows when the tournament will start!

[CedarMeter]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

But you're not there til next weekend (Labor Day)?

Leave on Thursday..Going to the Sunday and Monday afternoon games..Hope everyone stays safe in NY.

[GirlySports]

I've added the qualifiers.. all the Canadians avoided seeded players. They all have a good chance to advance out of the first round but anything further will be very tough.

[CedarMeter]

Here we go!!

Round 1 in progress: Tomas Berdych (9) vs. Romain Jouan 3-0
Round 1 in progress: Fabio Fognini vs. Horacio Zeballos 5-7 6-4
Round 1 in progress: Philipp Petzschner vs. Albert Ramos 7-5 1-0

[Mango]

Time for some predictions:

Men: Djokovic - he's just playing so strong right now
Women: Wozniacki - coming off a great tourny win in New Haven after some struggles earlier this summer. She seems to have found her stride. Without Clijsters, I think it's Wozniacki's to lose, but you never know with the Williams sisters there.

[GirlySports]

Wozniak is out, lost in 3 sets to the young American McHale.

Dancevic and Marino go Tuesday.

Pospisil on Wednesday.

[Mango]

I should never make predictions. It's bad luck.

[Mango]

Marino is out too. She lost 6-3 6-3 to Argentina's Gisela Dulko.