2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009, in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the men's singles final match on Sunday, September 13, but due to rain the tournament was extended by one day. Like the Australian Open, the tournament featured night matches.
Former World No. 1 and 2005 US Open women's singles champion, Kim Clijsters, competed in the 2009 US Open[1] after being granted a wild card entry, returning to professional tennis after more than two years of retirement. She made it to the women's singles semi-finals, where she knocked out the defending champion Serena Williams in controversial circumstances. In the final, Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki, the first Dane, man or woman, to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, in straight sets: 7–5, 6–3. Clijsters thus became the first mother to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980. In the process, she also became the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament.
In the men's singles final, five-time defending champion Roger Federer lost to Argentina's Juan Martín del Potro in a match lasting over four hours.
Arthur Ashe Kids' Day
The Arthur Ashe Kids' Day was held on August 29, 2009, prior to the start of the tournament. It featured an exhibition tennis match involving American player Andy Roddick and Great Britain's Andy Murray, who were joined by actor and comedian Will Ferrell. American Idol winner Jordin Sparks performed her hit single "Battlefield", along with rising stars Honor Society and Justin Bieber. There were also tennis matches and contests featuring Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, and James Blake. The popular tennis and music festival, which included interactive games, musical entertainment and tennis clinics, was hosted by television personalities Susie Castillo and Quddus.[2]
Singles players
Player of the day
- Day 1: Kim Clijsters, for winning her first match at the US Open in 4 years.[3]
- Day 2: Jesse Witten, for defeating 29th-seeded Igor Andreev 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 his first career win at a Grand Slam at the age of 26 and ranked 276.[4]
- Day 3: Flavia Pennetta, for defeating Sania Mirza 6–0, 6–0, which was her third consecutive 6–0 set.[5]
- Day 4: Melanie Oudin, ranked 70th, for eliminating world #4 Elena Dementieva, after losing the first set and overcoming a thigh injury to win the final set.[6]
- Day 5: Francesca Schiavone, for defeating #8 seed Victoria Azarenka despite losing the first set.[7]
- Day 6: Melanie Oudin, for defeating former world #1 and the 29th seed Maria Sharapova, losing the first set and winning 7–5 in the third.[8]
- Day 7: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, For reaching the round of 16 for the first time, and for not dropping a set to this point.[9]
- Day 8: Kateryna Bondarenko, for beating Gisela Dulko in only 47 minutes 6–0, 6–0, advancing to her first grand slam quarterfinal.[10]
- Day 9: Marin Čilić, for defeating ATP No. 2 Andy Murray in three sets.[11]
- Day 10: Yanina Wickmayer, for defeating Kateryna Bondarenko in straight sets and becoming the second Belgian player in the semifinals.[12]
- Day 11: Juan Martín del Potro, for defeating Marin Čilić in four sets to advance to the semifinals of the US Open for the first time.[13]
- Day 12: No matches played due to rain.
- Day 13: Caroline Wozniacki, for beating Yanina Wickmayer 6–3, 6–3 in the semifinals, thus becoming the first Dane, man or woman, to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era.[14]
- Day 14: Roger Federer, for beating Novak Djokovic in the semifinals 7–6(7–3), 7–5, 7–5, thus reaching his 21st Grand Slam and 6th consecutive US Open final.[15]
- Day 15: Juan Martín del Potro, for winning his first Grand Slam title, ending Roger Federer's streak of consecutive US Open championships at five.[16]
Day-by-day summaries
Day 1 (August 31)
The first day of the tournaments saw many seeds get through pretty easily in straight sets: Roger Federer, James Blake, Lleyton Hewitt, Nikolay Davydenko and Radek Štěpánek. The day also produced a couple of upsets, when Mikhail Youzhny continued 26th seeded Paul-Henri Mathieu's horrible US Open record by beating him in four. While, tall American John Isner did the same to 28th seeded Victor Hănescu by ending the Romanian's 2009 bid in three with the second set going to a tie-break 16–14. The exciting day continued with a couple of five-set marathons, with Simon Greul defeating Giovanni Lapentti, Guillermo García López out-lasting Peter Polansky, and Jan Hernych surviving against Rainer Schüttler. The days last match featured America's hope Andy Roddick prevailing over Björn Phau in straight sets in a match that started at 11:00 pm.[17]
On the women's side, former world no. 1 Kim Clijsters opened the play, winning over Viktoriya Kutuzova losing only two games. Joining her were defending 2009 Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Serena Williams, Amélie Mauresmo, Victoria Azarenka, Flavia Pennetta, Elena Vesnina, Agnieszka Radwańska, Li Na and Marion Bartoli who all won in two sets. Australian Samantha Stosur was pushed by veteran player Ai Sugiyama in three sets, Daniela Hantuchová got past American Meghann Shaughnessy in three as well. In the first night match, Venus Williams was able to claw her way to avoid an upset to win against Russian Vera Dushevina in a very close three-setter. Venus committed four foot faults in the match.[18] With Venus and Serena getting past the first round, a few American players saw success on the women's side with Vania King, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Jill Craybas getting to the second round. Austrian and 28th seeded Sybille Bammer, who defeated Serena Williams in Cincinnati, and 25th seeded Kaia Kanepi were the only casualties of the day.
- Seeds out:
- Men's singles: Paul-Henri Mathieu [26], Victor Hănescu [28]
- Women's singles: Kaia Kanepi [25], Sybille Bammer [28]
Day 2 (September 1)
On the men's side, many seeded players got through in straight sets: 2008 US Open runner-up Andy Murray, 2008 Australian Open Champion Novak Djokovic, Tomáš Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando González, and Fernando Verdasco. No. 30 seed Victor Troicki survived a five-set scare, 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–1. However, some seeds failed to be as lucky and fell in the first round with Ivo Karlović falling to Iván Navarro and Igor Andreev falling to American Jesse Witten, both in straight sets, while Stan Wawrinka fell in five. American players were once again successful, with 5 out of the 11 getting past the first round: Sam Querrey, Kevin Kim, Jesse Witten, Jesse Levine, and Taylor Dent.
On the women's side, the first major upset of the tournament occurred with Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko upsetting 11th seed and former world no. 1 Ana Ivanovic. Ivanovic committed 50 unforced errors. In the second round, her sister Alona Bondarenko, 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova, Elena Dementieva, Nadia Petrova and Tathiana Garbin all advanced. Other seeded players that were eliminated in the first round were 32nd seed Ágnes Szávay, losing to Israeli Shahar Pe'er in straight sets, Alisa Kleybanova, losing to Petra Kvitová in three and Virginie Razzano losing to Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets. Day 2 was a good day for women American players with three out of five getting through: Melanie Oudin, Shenay Perry, and Christina McHale. However, world no. 1 Dinara Safina struggled in her match against Olivia Rogowska but manage to survive, winning in three sets[20]
On the doubles side, the day was led by 2nd seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić, who won in straight sets, and the only seeds that were eliminated were No. 15 seed Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins.
- Seeds out:
- Men's singles: Stan Wawrinka [19], Ivo Karlović [27], Igor Andreev [29]
- Women's singles: Ana Ivanovic [11], Virginie Razzano [16], Alisa Kleybanova [27], Ágnes Szávay [32]
- Men's doubles: Stephen Huss / Ross Hutchins [15]
Day 3 (September 2)
The men's side saw Rafael Nadal playing his first match at the 2009 US Open and winning against his friend Richard Gasquet. He was joined by no. 1 seed Roger Federer, Juan Martín del Potro, Gaël Monfils, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Gilles Simon, who all won in straight sets, while David Ferrer, Nicolás Almagro and American Robby Ginepri won in 4. Joining them was Austrian Jürgen Melzer, who defeated Marat Safin in Safin's last Grand Slam match.[22]
On the women's side, upsets continued with Amélie Mauresmo falling to Aleksandra Wozniak, Anabel Medina Garrigues losing to Kirsten Flipkens, and dark horse favorite Australian Samantha Stosur losing to American Vania King,[23] all in straight sets, while Marion Bartoli and Agnieszka Radwańska both fell to resurging players Kim Clijsters and Maria Kirilenko in three. However, the day also saw half of the seeds getting through easily and was led by former champion Venus Williams and Flavia Pennetta, who won in double bagel, Victoria Azarenka, Francesca Schiavone, Elena Vesnina, and Li Na. The day ended for the first time in over 30 years in the US Open history by a women's match, which saw Serena Williams dispatching Melinda Czink in just 53 minutes.[24]
On the doubles side, there were a couple of major upsets: sixth seeded Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, fell in their opening round, as well as unseeded world no. 8 in doubles Lisa Raymond and her partner Shenay Perry.
- Seeds out:
- Women's singles: Agnieszka Radwańska [12], Marion Bartoli [14], Samantha Stosur [15], Amélie Mauresmo [17], Anabel Medina Garrigues [20]
- Men's doubles: Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski [6], Ashley Fisher / Jordan Kerr [14]
- Women's doubles: Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears [15]
Day 4 (September 3)
Day 4 continued the success of the top men's seeds, with no. 4 seed Novak Djokovic dispatching Carsten Ball 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. He was joined by 2009 French Open runner-up Robin Söderling, 2009 French Open semifinalist Tommy Haas, 2009 Hamburg Open Champion Nikolay Davydenko, Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Tommy Robredo. The Americans once again took advantage of their home court, with four of them winning their matches: James Blake surviving against Olivier Rochus in four, with Blake committing 53 unforced errors, John Isner, Jesse Witten, and Sam Querrey. Andy Roddick once again got through easily against Marc Gicquel 6–1, 6–4, 6–4. He produced 33 winners and only 10 unforced errors in the last match of the night.
The women's side received a lot of buzz, with 17-year-old American Melanie Oudin upsetting hot favorite and US Open Series champion Elena Dementieva in the second round. Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan upset last year's runner-up Jelena Janković in three sets.[26] Seeded players who joined Dementieva and Janković were Alona Bondarenko, who lost to Gisela Dulko, and Patty Schnyder, who lost in straight sets, while Sabine Lisicki lost in three to the last Australian and qualifier on the draw Anastasia Rodionova. No. 1 seed Dinara Safina once again survived a scare from Kristina Barrois, winning 6(5)–7, 6–2, 6–3. However, a few seeded players got through quite easily, led by Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova, Nadia Petrova, and Danish player Caroline Wozniacki. Unseeded players who got through in straight sets were Kateryna Bondarenko, who eliminated Ivanovic, Shahar Pe'er, Sara Errani, and Petra Kvitová.
On the doubles side, it was the opposite, with all of the women's doubles seeds getting through. However, on the men's side, the highest seeded players who fell were no. 9 seeded Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach, losing to veteran doubles players Leoš Friedl and Jaroslav Levinský.
- Seeds out:
- Women's singles: Elena Dementieva [4], Jelena Janković [5], Patty Schnyder [19], Sabine Lisicki [23], Alona Bondarenko [30]
- Men's doubles: Łukasz Kubot / Oliver Marach [9], Simon Aspelin / Paul Hanley [12], Travis Parrott / Filip Polášek [13]
Day 5 (September 4)
The fifth day of the US Open saw many seeds struggle on the men's side, with no. 30 seed Viktor Troicki losing to Julien Benneteau in four sets, and no. 18 seed David Ferrer losing to José Acasuso in five sets. This day also saw Rafael Nadal[28] and Andy Murray struggle with their matches, with both of them being pushed to four sets. A couple of seeds were also pushed to four: Tomáš Berdych and Fernando González. No. 24 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero and no. 16 seed Marin Čilić both survived their matches, despite losing the first two sets. Many victors were pushed to five sets: Nicolás Almagro, a returning Taylor Dent, and Denis Istomin. Although many seeds struggled, French seeds got through easily with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gaël Monfils, and Gilles Simon winning their matches on straight sets. They were joined by Argentine Juan Martín del Potro, who also won in straight sets.
On the women's side, Victoria Azarenka lost to Italian Francesca Schiavone in three sets after Azarenka double-faulted on a match point.[29] The rest of the matches were all won in straight sets, led by Serena Williams, who defeated María José Martínez Sánchez, who had a controversial match at the 2009 French Open. She was joined by Daniela Hantuchová, who crushed American Vania King, Li Na, Kim Clijsters, Flavia Pennetta, and Venus Williams. Elena Vesnina lost to 7th seed Vera Zvonareva.
On the women's side, seventh seeded Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were ousted by the American team of Alexa Glatch and Carly Gullickson. They were followed by no. 14 seed Sania Mirza and Francesca Schiavone, who lost to Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko in a tight three-setter.
- Seeds out:
- Men's singles: David Ferrer [18], Viktor Troicki [30]
- Women's singles: Victoria Azarenka [8], Elena Vesnina [31]
- Women's doubles: Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai [7], Sania Mirza / Francesca Schiavone [14]
- Mixed doubles: Nadia Petrova / Max Mirnyi [6]
Day 6 (September 5)
Five-time defending champion Swiss Roger Federer took out the 2001 Champion Lleyton Hewitt in four sets after losing the first to set up a match-up with Spaniard Tommy Robredo in the fourth round, who beat American James Blake in three sets. Swede Robin Söderling took out the young American Sam Querrey in four sets in order to advance to face Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the fourth round, who won his match against Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli in straight sets. One-time slam champion Novak Djokovic won in a four-set match after losing the first set against American qualifier Jesse Witten in order to advance to the fourth round against Czech Radek Štěpánek, who won in a match against German Philipp Kohlschreiber in four sets after losing the first. Spaniard Fernando Verdasco sent German Tommy Haas packing in a brutal five-set match, Verdasco met American John Isner in the next round because Isner eliminated the 2003 champion Andy Roddick from the tournament in another five-set battle.[31]
American Melanie Oudin defeated three-time slam champion and 2006 US Open Champion Russian Maria Sharapova in three sets, losing the first and winning the next two to advance into the fourth round. Russian Nadia Petrova defeated Chinese Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–1 to set up a match with Melanie Oudin in the fourth round. Danish Caroline Wozniacki took out doubles partner Romanian Sorana Cîrstea in the third round in 6–3, 6–2, which allowed her to set up a match with Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round, after Kuznetsova beat Israeli Shahar Pe'er 7–5, 6–1. Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko bested Australian qualifier Anastasia Rodionova in the third round 7-6(7–4), 6–4, which allowed her to meet Argentine Gisela Dulko, who beat Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 6–4. Czech Petra Kvitová took down top-seeded world no. 1 Russian Dinara Safina[32] in three up-and-down sets 4–6, 6–2, 7-6(7–5). This set up a fourth-round match with Belgian Yanina Wickmayer, who took down Italian Sara Errani with a score of 6–3, 6–4.
- Seeds out:
- Men's singles: Andy Roddick [5], Tommy Haas [20], James Blake [21], Sam Querrey [22], Philipp Kohlschreiber [23], Lleyton Hewitt [31]
- Women's singles: Dinara Safina [1], Zheng Jie [21], Sorana Cîrstea [24], Maria Sharapova [29]
- Men's doubles: Bruno Soares / Kevin Ullyett [8], František Čermák / Michal Mertiňák [10], Marcelo Melo / André Sá [16]
Day 7 (September 6)
Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Nicolás Almagro played in a third-round match which was won in straight sets by Rafael Nadal, who would face Frenchman Gaël Monfils in the fourth round. Monfils beat Argentine José Acasuso in straight sets. Chilean Fernando González won in straight sets against Czech Tomáš Berdych and would face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau in straight sets. Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero won over higher-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon. Ferrero advanced to play Argentine Juan Martín del Potro, who won in four sets over Austrian Daniel Köllerer. Croatian Marin Čilić won in three easy sets over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan to face Briton Andy Murray, who beat American Taylor Dent in three sets.
American Serena Williams beat Slovakian Daniela Hantuchová in two sets that totaled 64 minutes of action to face in the quarterfinals Italian Flavia Pennetta, who beat Russian Vera Zvonareva. Zvonareva had six match points in the second set, but had a meltdown and lost the third set 6–0.[34] Chinese Li Na won in two sets over Italian Francesca Schiavone. Na advanced to play wild-card Belgian Kim Clijsters, who took down third-seeded Venus Williams in three sets after two love games, 6-0 for Clijsters and 0-6 for Venus Williams. The third set went to Clijsters in one break of Venus's serve 6–4.
- Seeds out:
- Men's singles: Gilles Simon [9], Tomáš Berdych [17], Nicolás Almagro [32]
- Women's singles: Venus Williams [3], Vera Zvonareva [7], Daniela Hantuchová [22], Francesca Schiavone [26]
- Men's doubles: Martin Damm / Robert Lindstedt [11]
- Women's doubles: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual [2], Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Patty Schnyder [9]
Day 8 (September 7)
Swede Robin Söderling advanced to the quarterfinals with a retirement of Russian Nikolay Davydenko to face the Swiss Roger Federer, who beat Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets. This would mark the third time the duo of Federer and Söderling has met in a Grand Slam in 2009, including the 2009 French Open final and the 2009 Wimbledon Championships fourth round, which were both won by Federer. Spaniard Fernando Verdasco beat American John Isner to advance into the quarterfinals, which means for the first time in US Open history no American male advanced into the quarterfinals of the tournament.[36] Verdasco would face Serbian Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals because Djokovic took down Czech Radek Štěpánek in straight sets. After defeating Štěpánek, Djokovic provided a light-hearted moment for the crowd along with former tennis great and current commentator John McEnroe. Djokovic began by impersonating McEnroe, who grew up in the nearby Queens neighborhood of Douglaston. He then motioned for McEnroe to come down from the press box; McEnroe obliged, mimicking some of Djokovic's mannerisms before the two played a few points. The two then embraced at the net.
The first match featured Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko making quick work of Argentine Gisela Dulko in double-bagel sets in 47 minutes. Dulko had beaten Bondarenko's sister, Alona Bondarenko, in the second round. with Dulko making 20 unforced errors compared to Bondarenko's 6, while Bondarenko made 17 winners to Dulko's 7.[37] Melanie Oudin advanced to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 1–6, 7–6, 6–3 win over No. 13 seed Nadia Petrova. Belgian Yanina Wickmayer won in a three-set match against Czech Petra Kvitová to advance into the quarterfinals, making two Belgians who have advanced to the quarterfinalss for the first time since the 2003 US Open tournament. Wickmayer took advantage of the Czech's unforced errors and won the match 4–6, 6–4, 7–5. Caroline Wozniacki defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 2–6, 7–6, 7–6 in an absorbing contest that kicked off Monday's night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
- Seeds out:
- Men's singles: Nikolay Davydenko [8], Tommy Robredo [14], Radek Štěpánek [15]
- Women's singles: Svetlana Kuznetsova [6], Nadia Petrova [13]
- Women's singles: Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama [5], Vania King / Monica Niculescu [12]
- Mixed doubles: Lisa Raymond / Marcin Matkowski [3], Rennae Stubbs / Robert Lindstedt [7], Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nenad Zimonjić [8]
Day 9 (September 8)
In the fourth round of men's singles, Juan Martín del Potro won in straight sets over 2003 finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 6–3, 6–3. This set up a quarterfinal clash with Marin Čilić, who upset second-seeded Andy Murray in straight sets as well. In a closely contested match Fernando González prevailed over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets. The 11th-seeded Gonzalez advanced to his second US Open quarterfinal, having reached this stage seven years ago. This set up a meeting with Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals who outlasted the last Frenchman Gaël Monfils in four sets.
Belgian wild-card Kim Clijsters won over Chinese Li Na in two sets 6–2, 6–4 to make it to the semifinals. The next match featured American Serena Williams who defeated a gritty competitor in Italian Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals in two hard-fought sets. This set up a meeting in the semifinals with Clijsters, who defeated Serena's sister Venus in the fourth round.
- Seeds out:
- Men's singles: Andy Murray [2], Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [7], Gaël Monfils [13], Juan Carlos Ferrero [24]
- Women's singles: Flavia Pennetta [10], Li Na [18]
- Men's doubles: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić [2], Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman [7]
- Women's doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova [8], Maria Kirilenko / Elena Vesnina [10]
- Mixed doubles: Liezel Huber / Mahesh Bhupathi [1], Hsieh Su-wei / Kevin Ullyett [5]
Day 10 (September 9)
The first quarterfinals match in the Men's side featured no. 4 seed Novak Djokovic taking on no. 10 seed Fernando Verdasco, with Novak Djokovic prevailing over Fernando Verdasco 7–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–2 to reach his third straight semi-finals in the US Open. The next match saw Robin Söderling against Roger Federer. Federer defeated Söderling in four sets: 6–0, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6.
The third quarterfinals match and the first of the day for the Women's side featured Belgian Yanina Wickmayer beating Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine in two sets, joining Belgian Kim Clijsters in the semi-finals. This set up a semifinal match with Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark, who defeated American Melanie Oudin in two sets 6–2, 6–2.
- Seeds out:
- Men's singles: Fernando Verdasco [10], Robin Söderling [12]
- Men's doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan [1], Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram [5]
- Women's doubles: Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez [6], Yan Zi / Zheng Jie [11]
| Matches on main courts[40] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium | |||
| Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
| Men's doubles – Semifinals | Lukáš Dlouhý [4] Leander Paes [4] | Bob Bryan [1] Mike Bryan [1] | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6) |
| Women's singles – Quarterfinals | Yanina Wickmayer | Kateryna Bondarenko | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Men's singles – Quarterfinals | Novak Djokovic [4] | Fernando Verdasco [10] | 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Women's singles – Quarterfinals | Caroline Wozniacki [9] | Melanie Oudin | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Men's singles – Quarterfinals | Roger Federer [1] | Robin Söderling [12] | 6–0, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(8–6) |
| Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium | |||
| Event | Winner | Loser | Score |
| Junior boys' singles 2nd round | Bernard Tomic [3] | Alexander Domijan | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Women's doubles – Quarterfinals | Cara Black [1] Liezel Huber [1] | Nuria Llagostera Vives [6] María José Martínez Sánchez [6] | 6 2009, open, tennis, tennis, tournament2009, opendateaugust, september, 14edition129thcategorygrand, slam, surfacehardcourtlocationnew, york, city, usavenueusta, billie, jean, king, national, tennis, centerchampionsmen, singlesjuan, martín, potrowomen, singlesk. Tennis tournament2009 US OpenDateAugust 31 September 14Edition129thCategoryGrand Slam ITF SurfaceHardcourtLocationNew York City USAVenueUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterChampionsMen s singlesJuan Martin del PotroWomen s singlesKim ClijstersMen s doublesLukas Dlouhy Leander PaesWomen s doublesSerena Williams Venus WilliamsMixed doublesCarly Gullickson Travis ParrottWheelchair men s singlesShingo KuniedaWheelchair women s singlesEsther VergeerWheelchair quad singlesPeter NorfolkWheelchair men s doublesStephane Houdet Stefan OlssonWheelchair women s doublesKorie Homan Esther VergeerWheelchair quad doublesNicholas Taylor David WagnerBoys singlesBernard TomicGirls singlesHeather WatsonBoys doublesMarton Fucsovics Hsieh Cheng pengGirls doublesValeria Solovieva Maryna Zanevska 8592 160 2008 160 US Open 160 2010 160 8594 The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts held from August 31 to September 14 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows New York City United States Originally it was scheduled to end with the men s singles final match on Sunday September 13 but due to rain the tournament was extended by one day Like the Australian Open the tournament featured night matches Former World No 1 and 2005 US Open women s singles champion Kim Clijsters competed in the 2009 US Open 91 1 93 after being granted a wild card entry returning to professional tennis after more than two years of retirement She made it to the women s singles semi finals where she knocked out the defending champion Serena Williams in controversial circumstances In the final Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki the first Dane man or woman to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era in straight sets 7 5 6 3 Clijsters thus became the first mother to win a Grand Slam since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 In the process she also became the first unseeded player and wildcard to win the tournament In the men s singles final five time defending champion Roger Federer lost to Argentina s Juan Martin del Potro in a match lasting over four hours Contents 1 Arthur Ashe Kids Day 2 Singles players 3 Player of the day 4 Day by day summaries 4 1 Day 1 August 31 4 2 Day 2 September 1 4 3 Day 3 September 2 4 4 Day 4 September 3 4 5 Day 5 September 4 4 6 Day 6 September 5 4 7 Day 7 September 6 4 8 Day 8 September 7 4 9 Day 9 September 8 4 10 Day 10 September 9 4 11 Day 11 September 10 4 12 Day 12 September 11 4 13 Day 13 September 12 4 14 Day 14 September 13 4 15 Day 15 September 14 5 Seniors 5 1 Men s singles 5 2 Women s singles 5 3 Men s doubles 5 4 Women s doubles 5 5 Mixed doubles 6 Juniors 6 1 Boys singles 6 2 Girls singles 6 3 Boys doubles 6 4 Girls doubles 7 Wheelchair 7 1 Wheelchair men s singles 7 2 Wheelchair women s singles 7 3 Wheelchair men s doubles 7 4 Wheelchair women s doubles 7 5 Wheelchair quad singles 7 6 Wheelchair quad doubles 8 Seeds 8 1 Men s singles 8 2 Women s singles 9 Wildcard entries 9 1 Men s singles wildcard entries 9 2 Women s singles wildcard entries 9 3 Men s doubles wildcard entries 9 4 Women s doubles wildcard entries 9 5 Mixed doubles wildcard entries 10 Qualifiers 10 1 Men s singles 10 2 Women s singles 11 Protected ranking 12 Withdrawals 13 Prize money 14 Media coverage 15 References 16 External links Arthur Ashe Kids Day Edit The Arthur Ashe Kids Day was held on August 29 2009 prior to the start of the tournament It featured an exhibition tennis match involving American player Andy Roddick and Great Britain s Andy Murray who were joined by actor and comedian Will Ferrell American Idol winner Jordin Sparks performed her hit single Battlefield along with rising stars Honor Society and Justin Bieber There were also tennis matches and contests featuring Serena Williams Ana Ivanovic Andy Roddick Roger Federer Maria Sharapova Kim Clijsters and James Blake The popular tennis and music festival which included interactive games musical entertainment and tennis clinics was hosted by television personalities Susie Castillo and Quddus 91 2 93 Singles players Edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Men s singles Champion Runner up Juan Martin del Potro 6 Roger Federer 1 Semifinals out Novak Djokovic 4 Rafael Nadal 3 Quarterfinals out Robin Soderling 12 Fernando Verdasco 10 Fernando Gonzalez 11 Marin Cilic 16 4th round out Tommy Robredo 14 Nikolay Davydenko 8 Radek Stepanek 15 John Isner Jo Wilfried Tsonga 7 Gael Monfils 13 Juan Carlos Ferrero 24 Andy Murray 2 3rd round out Lleyton Hewitt 31 James Blake 21 Sam Querrey 22 Marco Chiudinelli Q Jesse Witten Q Philipp Kohlschreiber 23 Tommy Haas 20 Andy Roddick 5 Julien Benneteau Tomas Berdych 17 Jose Acasuso Nicolas Almagro 32 Daniel Kollerer Gilles Simon 9 Denis Istomin Taylor Dent WC 2nd round out Simon Greul Juan Ignacio Chela PR Olivier Rochus Guillermo Garcia Lopez Marcel Granollers Kevin Kim Mikhail Youzhny Jan Hernych Carsten Ball Q Maximo Gonzalez Somdev Devvarman Q Leonardo Mayer Florent Serra Robert Kendrick Marsel Ilhan Q Marc Gicquel Jarkko Nieminen Viktor Troicki 30 Horacio Zeballos Q Josselin Ouanna Q Andreas Beck David Ferrer 18 Robby Ginepri Nicolas Kiefer Jurgen Melzer Pablo Cuevas Philipp Petzschner Thomaz Bellucci Q Jesse Levine WC Nicolas Lapentti Ivan Navarro Paul Capdeville 1st round out Devin Britton WC Giovanni Lapentti Q oscar Hernandez Thiago Alves Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo Igor Kunitsyn Peter Polansky Q Donald Young Q Albert Montanes Mischa Zverev Dudi Sela Michael Yani Q Paul Henri Mathieu 26 Potito Starace Rainer Schuttler Dieter Kindlmann Q Ivan Ljubicic Juan Pablo Brzezicki Q Karol Beck Igor Andreev 29 Andreas Seppi Fred Gil Andrey Golubev Simone Bolelli Benjamin Becker Janko Tipsarevic Martin Vassallo Arguello Alejandro Falla Q Victor Hănescu 28 Christophe Rochus Dmitry Tursunov Bjorn Phau Chase Buchanan WC Fabio Fognini Flavio Cipolla Peter Luczak LL Wayne Odesnik Michael Berrer Q Rajeev Ram Nicolas Massu Jeremy Chardy Evgeny Korolev Marcos Daniel Alberto Martin Steve Darcis Andrei Pavel PR Michael Llodra WC Richard Gasquet Juan Monaco Marat Safin Chris Guccione WC Rui Machado LL Fabrice Santoro Sergiy Stakhovsky Lu Yen hsun Daniel Gimeno Traver Ryan Sweeting WC Teymuraz Gabashvili Brendan Evans WC Stan Wawrinka 19 Ivo Karlovic 27 Feliciano Lopez Victor Crivoi Ernests Gulbis Women s singles Champion Runner up Kim Clijsters WC Caroline Wozniacki 9 Semifinals out Yanina Wickmayer Serena Williams 2 Quarterfinals out Kateryna Bondarenko Melanie Oudin Li Na 18 Flavia Pennetta 10 4th round out Petra Kvitova Gisela Dulko Nadia Petrova 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 Francesca Schiavone 26 Venus Williams 3 Vera Zvonareva 7 Daniela Hantuchova 22 3rd round out Dinara Safina 1 Sara Errani Anastasia Rodionova Q Yaroslava Shvedova Maria Sharapova 29 Zheng Jie 21 Sorana Cirstea 24 Shahar Pe er Victoria Azarenka 8 Maria Kirilenko Kirsten Flipkens Magdalena Rybarikova Elena Vesnina 31 Aleksandra Wozniak Vania King WC Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 2nd round out Kristina Barrois Tathiana Garbin Patty Schnyder 19 Peng Shuai Shenay Perry Q Sabine Lisicki 23 Alona Bondarenko 30 Jelena Jankovic 5 Elena Dementieva 4 Carla Suarez Navarro Alize Cornet Julie Coin Petra Martic Q Stephanie Dubois Christina McHale WC Anastasija Sevastova Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Q Stefanie Vogele Michelle Larcher de Brito Agnieszka Radwanska 12 Marion Bartoli 14 Anabel Medina Garrigues 20 Chang Kai chen Q Bethanie Mattek Sands Anna Chakvetadze Jill Craybas Amelie Mauresmo 17 Sania Mirza Samantha Stosur 15 Timea Bacsinszky Angelique Kerber Q Melinda Czink 1st round out Olivia Rogowska WC Urszula Radwanska Mallory Cecil WC Alisa Kleybanova 27 Lucie Safarova Arantxa Rus Jarmila Groth Virginie Razzano 16 Ana Ivanovic 11 Monica Niculescu Lourdes Dominguez Lino Aravane Rezai Alla Kudryavtseva Ekaterina Makarova Masa Zec Peskiric Roberta Vinci Camille Pin Q Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Polona Hercog Tsvetana Pironkova Anna Lena Gronefeld Monique Adamczak Q Eva Hrdinova Q Katarina Srebotnik Galina Voskoboeva Severine Bremond Beltrame Kristina Mladenovic WC Ayumi Morita Agnes Szavay 32 Varvara Lepchenko Tamarine Tanasugarn Julia Gorges Alexandra Dulgheru Marta Domachowska Q Alberta Brianti Yvonne Meusburger Q Raluca Olaru Mathilde Johansson Mariya Koryttseva Q Patricia Mayr Rossana de los Rios Viktoriya Kutuzova Jelena Dokic Gail Brodsky WC Kaia Kanepi 25 Valerie Tetreault Q Iveta Benesova Vera Dushevina Nuria Llagostera Vives Yurika Sema Q Carly Gullickson Q Lucie Hradecka Tatjana Malek Laura Granville PR Olga Govortsova Edina Gallovits Ai Sugiyama Anastasiya Yakimova Vesna Manasieva Q Meghann Shaughnessy PR Sybille Bammer 28 Andrea Petkovic Maria Elena Camerin Alexa Glatch WC Player of the day Edit Day 1 Kim Clijsters for winning her first match at the US Open in 4 years 91 3 93 Day 2 Jesse Witten for defeating 29th seeded Igor Andreev 6 4 6 0 6 2 his first career win at a Grand Slam at the age of 26 and ranked 276 91 4 93 Day 3 Flavia Pennetta for defeating Sania Mirza 6 0 6 0 which was her third consecutive 6 0 set 91 5 93 Day 4 Melanie Oudin ranked 70th for eliminating world 4 Elena Dementieva after losing the first set and overcoming a thigh injury to win the final set 91 6 93 Day 5 Francesca Schiavone for defeating 8 seed Victoria Azarenka despite losing the first set 91 7 93 Day 6 Melanie Oudin for defeating former world 1 and the 29th seed Maria Sharapova losing the first set and winning 7 5 in the third 91 8 93 Day 7 Jo Wilfried Tsonga For reaching the round of 16 for the first time and for not dropping a set to this point 91 9 93 Day 8 Kateryna Bondarenko for beating Gisela Dulko in only 47 minutes 6 0 6 0 advancing to her first grand slam quarterfinal 91 10 93 Day 9 Marin Cilic for defeating ATP No 2 Andy Murray in three sets 91 11 93 Day 10 Yanina Wickmayer for defeating Kateryna Bondarenko in straight sets and becoming the second Belgian player in the semifinals 91 12 93 Day 11 Juan Martin del Potro for defeating Marin Cilic in four sets to advance to the semifinals of the US Open for the first time 91 13 93 Day 12 No matches played due to rain Day 13 Caroline Wozniacki for beating Yanina Wickmayer 6 3 6 3 in the semifinals thus becoming the first Dane man or woman to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era 91 14 93 Day 14 Roger Federer for beating Novak Djokovic in the semifinals 7 6 7 3 7 5 7 5 thus reaching his 21st Grand Slam and 6th consecutive US Open final 91 15 93 Day 15 Juan Martin del Potro for winning his first Grand Slam title ending Roger Federer s streak of consecutive US Open championships at five 91 16 93 Day by day summaries Edit Day 1 August 31 Edit Simon Greul serving to Giovanni Lapentti in Round 1 The first day of the tournaments saw many seeds get through pretty easily in straight sets Roger Federer James Blake Lleyton Hewitt Nikolay Davydenko and Radek Stepanek The day also produced a couple of upsets when Mikhail Youzhny continued 26th seeded Paul Henri Mathieu s horrible US Open record by beating him in four While tall American John Isner did the same to 28th seeded Victor Hănescu by ending the Romanian s 2009 bid in three with the second set going to a tie break 16 14 The exciting day continued with a couple of five set marathons with Simon Greul defeating Giovanni Lapentti Guillermo Garcia Lopez out lasting Peter Polansky and Jan Hernych surviving against Rainer Schuttler The days last match featured America s hope Andy Roddick prevailing over Bjorn Phau in straight sets in a match that started at 11 00 pm 91 17 93 Venus Williams returns against Vera Dushevina on the opening day On the women s side former world no 1 Kim Clijsters opened the play winning over Viktoriya Kutuzova losing only two games Joining her were defending 2009 Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Serena Williams Amelie Mauresmo Victoria Azarenka Flavia Pennetta Elena Vesnina Agnieszka Radwanska Li Na and Marion Bartoli who all won in two sets Australian Samantha Stosur was pushed by veteran player Ai Sugiyama in three sets Daniela Hantuchova got past American Meghann Shaughnessy in three as well In the first night match Venus Williams was able to claw her way to avoid an upset to win against Russian Vera Dushevina in a very close three setter Venus committed four foot faults in the match 91 18 93 With Venus and Serena getting past the first round a few American players saw success on the women s side with Vania King Bethanie Mattek Sands and Jill Craybas getting to the second round Austrian and 28th seeded Sybille Bammer who defeated Serena Williams in Cincinnati and 25th seeded Kaia Kanepi were the only casualties of the day Seeds out Men s singles Paul Henri Mathieu 26 Victor Hănescu 28 Women s singles Kaia Kanepi 25 Sybille Bammer 28 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 19 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 1st round Kim Clijsters WC Viktoriya Kutuzova 6 1 6 1 Men s singles 1st round Roger Federer 1 Devin Britton WC 6 1 6 3 7 5 Women s singles 1st round Serena Williams 2 Alexa Glatch WC 6 4 6 1 2009 US Open Opening Night Ceremony Women s singles 1st round Venus Williams 3 Vera Dushevina 6 7 5 7 7 5 6 3 Men s singles 1st round Andy Roddick 5 Bjorn Phau 6 1 6 4 6 2 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 1st round Victoria Azarenka 8 Alexandra Dulgheru 6 1 6 1 Men s singles 1st round John Isner Victor Hănescu 28 6 1 7 6 16 14 7 6 7 5 Women s singles 1st round Amelie Mauresmo 17 Tatjana Malek 6 3 6 4 Men s singles 1st round James Blake 21 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6 1 6 4 7 5 Women s singles 1st round Daniela Hantuchova 22 Meghann Shaughnessy PR 6 2 4 6 6 1 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 1st round Mikhail Youzhny Paul Henri Mathieu 26 2 6 7 5 6 0 6 2 Women s singles 1st round Flavia Pennetta Edina Gallovits 6 0 6 4 Women s singles 1st round Vera Zvonareva 7 Nuria Llagostera Vives 6 0 6 4 Men s singles 1st round Lleyton Hewitt 31 Thiago Alves 6 0 6 3 6 4 Colored background indicates a night match Day 2 September 1 Edit On the men s side many seeded players got through in straight sets 2008 US Open runner up Andy Murray 2008 Australian Open Champion Novak Djokovic Tomas Berdych Jo Wilfried Tsonga Fernando Gonzalez and Fernando Verdasco No 30 seed Victor Troicki survived a five set scare 6 3 6 3 1 6 2 6 6 1 However some seeds failed to be as lucky and fell in the first round with Ivo Karlovic falling to Ivan Navarro and Igor Andreev falling to American Jesse Witten both in straight sets while Stan Wawrinka fell in five American players were once again successful with 5 out of the 11 getting past the first round Sam Querrey Kevin Kim Jesse Witten Jesse Levine and Taylor Dent On the women s side the first major upset of the tournament occurred with Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko upsetting 11th seed and former world no 1 Ana Ivanovic Ivanovic committed 50 unforced errors In the second round her sister Alona Bondarenko 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova Maria Sharapova Elena Dementieva Nadia Petrova and Tathiana Garbin all advanced Other seeded players that were eliminated in the first round were 32nd seed Agnes Szavay losing to Israeli Shahar Pe er in straight sets Alisa Kleybanova losing to Petra Kvitova in three and Virginie Razzano losing to Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets Day 2 was a good day for women American players with three out of five getting through Melanie Oudin Shenay Perry and Christina McHale However world no 1 Dinara Safina struggled in her match against Olivia Rogowska but manage to survive winning in three sets 91 20 93 On the doubles side the day was led by 2nd seeded Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic who won in straight sets and the only seeds that were eliminated were No 15 seed Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins Seeds out Men s singles Stan Wawrinka 19 Ivo Karlovic 27 Igor Andreev 29 Women s singles Ana Ivanovic 11 Virginie Razzano 16 Alisa Kleybanova 27 Agnes Szavay 32 Men s doubles Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins 15 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 21 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 1st round Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 Julia Gorges 6 3 6 2 Women s singles 1st round Dinara Safina 1 Olivia Rogowska WC 6 7 5 7 6 2 6 4 Men s singles 1st round Novak Djokovic 4 Ivan Ljubicic 6 3 6 1 6 3 Women s singles 1st round Maria Sharapova 29 Tsvetana Pironkova 6 3 6 0 Men s singles 1st round Andy Murray 2 Ernests Gulbis 7 5 6 3 7 5 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 1st round Caroline Wozniacki 9 Galina Voskoboeva 6 4 6 0 Men s singles 1st round Tomas Berdych 17 Wayne Odesnik 7 5 6 4 6 4 Women s singles 1st round Jelena Jankovic 5 Roberta Vinci 6 2 6 3 Men s singles 1st round Sam Querrey 22 Michael Yani Q 6 3 7 5 6 4 Women s singles 1st round Kateryna Bondarenko Ana Ivanovic 11 2 6 6 3 7 6 9 7 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 1st round Jo Wilfried Tsonga 7 Chase Buchanan WC 6 0 6 2 6 1 Women s singles 1st round Melanie Oudin Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6 1 6 2 Men s singles 1st round Marin Cilic 16 Ryan Sweeting 7 6 7 2 6 4 7 6 7 4 Women s singles 1st round Elena Dementieva 4 Camille Pin Q 6 1 6 2 Colored background indicates a night match Day 3 September 2 Edit The men s side saw Rafael Nadal playing his first match at the 2009 US Open and winning against his friend Richard Gasquet He was joined by no 1 seed Roger Federer Juan Martin del Potro Gael Monfils Lleyton Hewitt Juan Carlos Ferrero and Gilles Simon who all won in straight sets while David Ferrer Nicolas Almagro and American Robby Ginepri won in 4 Joining them was Austrian Jurgen Melzer who defeated Marat Safin in Safin s last Grand Slam match 91 22 93 On the women s side upsets continued with Amelie Mauresmo falling to Aleksandra Wozniak Anabel Medina Garrigues losing to Kirsten Flipkens and dark horse favorite Australian Samantha Stosur losing to American Vania King 91 23 93 all in straight sets while Marion Bartoli and Agnieszka Radwanska both fell to resurging players Kim Clijsters and Maria Kirilenko in three However the day also saw half of the seeds getting through easily and was led by former champion Venus Williams and Flavia Pennetta who won in double bagel Victoria Azarenka Francesca Schiavone Elena Vesnina and Li Na The day ended for the first time in over 30 years in the US Open history by a women s match which saw Serena Williams dispatching Melinda Czink in just 53 minutes 91 24 93 On the doubles side there were a couple of major upsets sixth seeded Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski fell in their opening round as well as unseeded world no 8 in doubles Lisa Raymond and her partner Shenay Perry Seeds out Women s singles Agnieszka Radwanska 12 Marion Bartoli 14 Samantha Stosur 15 Amelie Mauresmo 17 Anabel Medina Garrigues 20 Men s doubles Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6 Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr 14 Women s doubles Raquel Kops Jones Abigail Spears 15 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 25 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 2nd round Aleksandra Wozniak Amelie Mauresmo 17 6 4 6 0 Women s singles 2nd round Venus Williams 3 Bethanie Mattek Sands 6 4 6 2 Men s singles 1st round Rafael Nadal 3 Richard Gasquet 6 2 6 2 6 3 Men s singles 2nd round Roger Federer 1 Simon Greul 6 3 7 5 7 5 Women s singles 2nd round Serena Williams 2 Melinda Czink 6 1 6 1 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 2nd round Flavia Pennetta 10 Sania Mirza 6 0 6 0 Men s singles 1st round Jurgen Melzer Marat Safin 1 6 6 4 6 3 6 4 Women s singles 2nd round Kim Clijsters WC Marion Bartoli 14 5 7 6 1 6 2 Men s singles 1st round Juan Martin del Potro 6 Juan Monaco 6 3 6 3 6 1 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 1st round Gael Monfils 13 Jeremy Chardy 6 1 6 4 6 3 Women s singles 2nd round Vera Zvonareva 7 Anna Chakvetadze 3 6 6 1 6 1 Women s singles 2nd round Victoria Azarenka 8 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Q 6 2 6 1 Women s singles 2nd round Vania King WC Samantha Stosur 15 7 5 6 4 Men s singles 2nd round Lleyton Hewitt 31 Juan Ignacio Chela PR 6 3 6 3 6 4 Colored background indicates a night match Day 4 September 3 Edit Day 4 continued the success of the top men s seeds with no 4 seed Novak Djokovic dispatching Carsten Ball 6 2 6 4 6 4 He was joined by 2009 French Open runner up Robin Soderling 2009 French Open semifinalist Tommy Haas 2009 Hamburg Open Champion Nikolay Davydenko Philipp Kohlschreiber and Tommy Robredo The Americans once again took advantage of their home court with four of them winning their matches James Blake surviving against Olivier Rochus in four with Blake committing 53 unforced errors John Isner Jesse Witten and Sam Querrey Andy Roddick once again got through easily against Marc Gicquel 6 1 6 4 6 4 He produced 33 winners and only 10 unforced errors in the last match of the night The women s side received a lot of buzz with 17 year old American Melanie Oudin upsetting hot favorite and US Open Series champion Elena Dementieva in the second round Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan upset last year s runner up Jelena Jankovic in three sets 91 26 93 Seeded players who joined Dementieva and Jankovic were Alona Bondarenko who lost to Gisela Dulko and Patty Schnyder who lost in straight sets while Sabine Lisicki lost in three to the last Australian and qualifier on the draw Anastasia Rodionova No 1 seed Dinara Safina once again survived a scare from Kristina Barrois winning 6 5 7 6 2 6 3 However a few seeded players got through quite easily led by Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova Maria Sharapova Nadia Petrova and Danish player Caroline Wozniacki Unseeded players who got through in straight sets were Kateryna Bondarenko who eliminated Ivanovic Shahar Pe er Sara Errani and Petra Kvitova On the doubles side it was the opposite with all of the women s doubles seeds getting through However on the men s side the highest seeded players who fell were no 9 seeded Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach losing to veteran doubles players Leos Friedl and Jaroslav Levinsky Seeds out Women s singles Elena Dementieva 4 Jelena Jankovic 5 Patty Schnyder 19 Sabine Lisicki 23 Alona Bondarenko 30 Men s doubles Lukasz Kubot Oliver Marach 9 Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley 12 Travis Parrott Filip Polasek 13 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 27 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 2nd round Melanie Oudin Elena Dementieva 4 5 7 6 4 6 3 Women s singles 2nd round Yaroslava Shvedova Jelena Jankovic 5 6 3 6 7 4 7 7 6 8 6 Men s singles 2nd round James Blake 21 Olivier Rochus 6 4 3 6 7 6 8 6 6 3 Women s singles 2nd round Maria Sharapova 29 Christina McHale WC 6 2 6 1 Men s singles 2nd round Andy Roddick 5 Marc Gicquel 6 1 6 4 6 4 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 2nd round Dinara Safina 1 Kristina Barrois 6 7 5 7 6 2 6 3 Men s singles 2nd round Sam Querrey 22 Kevin Kim 7 5 6 7 6 8 6 4 6 4 Women s singles 2nd round Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 Anastasija Sevastova 6 4 6 2 Men s singles 2nd round Novak Djokovic 4 Carsten Ball Q 6 3 6 4 6 4 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 2nd round Tommy Haas 20 Robert Kendrick 6 4 6 4 7 6 7 3 Women s singles 2nd round Caroline Wozniacki 9 Petra Martic 6 1 6 0 Women s doubles 1st round Serena Williams 4 Venus Williams 4 Julia Gorges Arantxa Parra Santonja 6 2 6 2 Men s doubles 1st round Bob Bryan 1 Mike Bryan 1 Jose Acasuso Martin Vassallo Arguello 6 3 6 4 Men s singles 2nd round John Isner Marsel Ilhan Q 6 3 6 4 7 6 7 1 Colored background indicates a night match Day 5 September 4 Edit The fifth day of the US Open saw many seeds struggle on the men s side with no 30 seed Viktor Troicki losing to Julien Benneteau in four sets and no 18 seed David Ferrer losing to Jose Acasuso in five sets This day also saw Rafael Nadal 91 28 93 and Andy Murray struggle with their matches with both of them being pushed to four sets A couple of seeds were also pushed to four Tomas Berdych and Fernando Gonzalez No 24 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero and no 16 seed Marin Cilic both survived their matches despite losing the first two sets Many victors were pushed to five sets Nicolas Almagro a returning Taylor Dent and Denis Istomin Although many seeds struggled French seeds got through easily with Jo Wilfried Tsonga Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon winning their matches on straight sets They were joined by Argentine Juan Martin del Potro who also won in straight sets On the women s side Victoria Azarenka lost to Italian Francesca Schiavone in three sets after Azarenka double faulted on a match point 91 29 93 The rest of the matches were all won in straight sets led by Serena Williams who defeated Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez who had a controversial match at the 2009 French Open She was joined by Daniela Hantuchova who crushed American Vania King Li Na Kim Clijsters Flavia Pennetta and Venus Williams Elena Vesnina lost to 7th seed Vera Zvonareva On the women s side seventh seeded Hsieh Su wei and Peng Shuai were ousted by the American team of Alexa Glatch and Carly Gullickson They were followed by no 14 seed Sania Mirza and Francesca Schiavone who lost to Shahar Pe er and Gisela Dulko in a tight three setter Seeds out Men s singles David Ferrer 18 Viktor Troicki 30 Women s singles Victoria Azarenka 8 Elena Vesnina 31 Women s doubles Hsieh Su wei Peng Shuai 7 Sania Mirza Francesca Schiavone 14 Mixed doubles Nadia Petrova Max Mirnyi 6 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 30 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 3rd round Daniela Hantuchova 22 Vania King WC 6 2 6 2 Women s singles 3rd round Serena Williams 2 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6 3 7 5 Men s singles 2nd round Andy Murray 2 Paul Capdeville 6 2 3 6 6 0 6 2 Women s singles 3rd round Venus Williams 3 Magdalena Rybarikova 6 2 7 5 Men s singles 2nd round Rafael Nadal 3 Nicolas Kiefer 6 0 3 6 6 3 6 4 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 3rd round Flavia Pennetta 10 Aleksandra Wozniak 6 1 6 1 Men s singles 2nd round Juan Martin del Potro 6 Jurgen Melzer 7 6 8 6 6 3 6 3 Men s singles 2nd round Nicolas Almagro 32 Robby Ginepri 6 7 7 9 6 2 6 3 4 6 6 4 Women s singles 3rd round Kim Clijsters WC Kirsten Flipkens 6 0 6 2 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 2nd round Jo Wilfried Tsonga 7 Jarkko Nieminen 7 5 6 3 6 4 Women s singles 3rd round Francesca Schiavone 26 Victoria Azarenka 8 4 6 6 2 6 2 Women s singles 3rd round Li Na 18 Maria Kirilenko 6 4 6 2 Men s singles 2nd round Taylor Dent Ivan Navarro 6 4 5 7 6 7 1 7 7 5 7 6 11 9 Colored background indicates a night match Day 6 September 5 Edit Five time defending champion Swiss Roger Federer took out the 2001 Champion Lleyton Hewitt in four sets after losing the first to set up a match up with Spaniard Tommy Robredo in the fourth round who beat American James Blake in three sets Swede Robin Soderling took out the young American Sam Querrey in four sets in order to advance to face Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the fourth round who won his match against Swiss qualifier Marco Chiudinelli in straight sets One time slam champion Novak Djokovic won in a four set match after losing the first set against American qualifier Jesse Witten in order to advance to the fourth round against Czech Radek Stepanek who won in a match against German Philipp Kohlschreiber in four sets after losing the first Spaniard Fernando Verdasco sent German Tommy Haas packing in a brutal five set match Verdasco met American John Isner in the next round because Isner eliminated the 2003 champion Andy Roddick from the tournament in another five set battle 91 31 93 American Melanie Oudin defeated three time slam champion and 2006 US Open Champion Russian Maria Sharapova in three sets losing the first and winning the next two to advance into the fourth round Russian Nadia Petrova defeated Chinese Zheng Jie 6 4 6 1 to set up a match with Melanie Oudin in the fourth round Danish Caroline Wozniacki took out doubles partner Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the third round in 6 3 6 2 which allowed her to set up a match with Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round after Kuznetsova beat Israeli Shahar Pe er 7 5 6 1 Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko bested Australian qualifier Anastasia Rodionova in the third round 7 6 7 4 6 4 which allowed her to meet Argentine Gisela Dulko who beat Kazakhstan s Yaroslava Shvedova 6 3 6 4 Czech Petra Kvitova took down top seeded world no 1 Russian Dinara Safina 91 32 93 in three up and down sets 4 6 6 2 7 6 7 5 This set up a fourth round match with Belgian Yanina Wickmayer who took down Italian Sara Errani with a score of 6 3 6 4 Seeds out Men s singles Andy Roddick 5 Tommy Haas 20 James Blake 21 Sam Querrey 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber 23 Lleyton Hewitt 31 Women s singles Dinara Safina 1 Zheng Jie 21 Sorana Cirstea 24 Maria Sharapova 29 Men s doubles Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett 8 Frantisek Cermak Michal Mertinak 10 Marcelo Melo Andre Sa 16 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 33 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 3rd round Roger Federer 1 Lleyton Hewitt 31 4 6 6 3 7 5 6 4 Women s singles 3rd round Melanie Oudin Maria Sharapova 29 3 6 6 4 7 5 Men s singles 3rd round John Isner Andy Roddick 5 7 6 7 3 6 3 3 6 5 7 7 6 7 5 Men s singles 3rd round Tommy Robredo 14 James Blake 21 7 6 7 2 6 4 6 4 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 3rd round Novak Djokovic 4 Jesse Witten Q 6 7 2 7 6 3 7 6 7 2 6 4 Men s singles 3rd round Fernando Verdasco 10 Tommy Haas 20 3 6 7 5 7 6 10 8 1 6 6 4 Women s doubles 2nd round Serena Williams 4 Venus Williams 4 Chan Yung jan Katarina Srebotnik 7 5 6 1 Women s singles 3rd round Petra Kvitova Dinara Safina 1 6 4 2 6 7 6 7 5 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 3rd round Radek Stepanek 15 Philipp Kohlschreiber 23 4 6 6 2 6 3 6 3 Women s singles 3rd round Nadia Petrova 13 Zheng Jie 21 6 4 6 1 Men s singles 3rd round Robin Soderling 12 Sam Querrey 22 6 2 7 5 6 7 6 8 6 1 Women s singles 3rd round Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 Shahar Pe er 7 5 6 1 Women s singles 3rd round Caroline Wozniacki 9 Sorana Cirstea 24 6 3 6 2 Colored background indicates a night match Day 7 September 6 Edit Fernando Gonzalez returning to Tomas Berdych Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Nicolas Almagro played in a third round match which was won in straight sets by Rafael Nadal who would face Frenchman Gael Monfils in the fourth round Monfils beat Argentine Jose Acasuso in straight sets Chilean Fernando Gonzalez won in straight sets against Czech Tomas Berdych and would face Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga who beat fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau in straight sets Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero won over higher seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon Ferrero advanced to play Argentine Juan Martin del Potro who won in four sets over Austrian Daniel Kollerer Croatian Marin Cilic won in three easy sets over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan to face Briton Andy Murray who beat American Taylor Dent in three sets Elena Vesnina in a doubles match with Maria KirilenkoAmerican Serena Williams beat Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova in two sets that totaled 64 minutes of action to face in the quarterfinals Italian Flavia Pennetta who beat Russian Vera Zvonareva Zvonareva had six match points in the second set but had a meltdown and lost the third set 6 0 91 34 93 Chinese Li Na won in two sets over Italian Francesca Schiavone Na advanced to play wild card Belgian Kim Clijsters who took down third seeded Venus Williams in three sets after two love games 6 0 for Clijsters and 0 6 for Venus Williams The third set went to Clijsters in one break of Venus s serve 6 4 Seeds out Men s singles Gilles Simon 9 Tomas Berdych 17 Nicolas Almagro 32 Women s singles Venus Williams 3 Vera Zvonareva 7 Daniela Hantuchova 22 Francesca Schiavone 26 Men s doubles Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt 11 Women s doubles Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual 2 Anna Lena Gronefeld Patty Schnyder 9 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 35 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 4th round Serena Williams 2 Daniela Hantuchova 22 6 2 6 0 Men s singles 3rd round Rafael Nadal 3 Nicolas Almagro 32 7 5 6 4 6 4 Women s singles 4th round Kim Clijsters WC Venus Williams 3 6 0 0 6 6 4 Women s singles 4th round Flavia Pennetta 10 Vera Zvonareva 7 3 6 7 6 8 6 6 0 Men s singles 3rd round Andy Murray 2 Taylor Dent WC 6 3 6 2 6 2 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 3rd round Juan Carlos Ferrero 24 Gilles Simon 9 1 6 6 4 7 6 7 5 1 0 retired Women s singles 4th round Li Na 18 Francesca Schiavone 26 6 2 6 3 Men s singles 3rd round Juan Martin del Potro 6 Daniel Kollerer 6 1 3 6 6 3 6 3 Women s doubles 3rd round Serena Williams 4 Venus Williams 4 Sorana Cirstea Caroline Wozniacki 6 4 6 2 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Women s doubles 3rd round Maria Kirilenko 10 Elena Vesnina 10 Alexa Glatch Carly Gullickson 7 6 7 3 6 2 Men s singles 3rd round Fernando Gonzalez 11 Tomas Berdych 17 7 5 6 4 6 4 Men s singles 3rd round Jo Wilfried Tsonga 7 Julien Benneteau 7 6 7 4 6 2 6 4 Men s singles 3rd round Gael Monfils 13 Jose Acasuso 6 3 6 4 1 0 retired Colored background indicates a night match Day 8 September 7 Edit Swede Robin Soderling advanced to the quarterfinals with a retirement of Russian Nikolay Davydenko to face the Swiss Roger Federer who beat Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets This would mark the third time the duo of Federer and Soderling has met in a Grand Slam in 2009 including the 2009 French Open final and the 2009 Wimbledon Championships fourth round which were both won by Federer Spaniard Fernando Verdasco beat American John Isner to advance into the quarterfinals which means for the first time in US Open history no American male advanced into the quarterfinals of the tournament 91 36 93 Verdasco would face Serbian Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals because Djokovic took down Czech Radek Stepanek in straight sets After defeating Stepanek Djokovic provided a light hearted moment for the crowd along with former tennis great and current commentator John McEnroe Djokovic began by impersonating McEnroe who grew up in the nearby Queens neighborhood of Douglaston He then motioned for McEnroe to come down from the press box McEnroe obliged mimicking some of Djokovic s mannerisms before the two played a few points The two then embraced at the net The first match featured Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko making quick work of Argentine Gisela Dulko in double bagel sets in 47 minutes Dulko had beaten Bondarenko s sister Alona Bondarenko in the second round with Dulko making 20 unforced errors compared to Bondarenko s 6 while Bondarenko made 17 winners to Dulko s 7 91 37 93 Melanie Oudin advanced to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 1 6 7 6 6 3 win over No 13 seed Nadia Petrova Belgian Yanina Wickmayer won in a three set match against Czech Petra Kvitova to advance into the quarterfinals making two Belgians who have advanced to the quarterfinalss for the first time since the 2003 US Open tournament Wickmayer took advantage of the Czech s unforced errors and won the match 4 6 6 4 7 5 Caroline Wozniacki defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 6 7 6 7 6 in an absorbing contest that kicked off Monday s night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium Seeds out Men s singles Nikolay Davydenko 8 Tommy Robredo 14 Radek Stepanek 15 Women s singles Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 Nadia Petrova 13 Women s singles Daniela Hantuchova Ai Sugiyama 5 Vania King Monica Niculescu 12 Mixed doubles Lisa Raymond Marcin Matkowski 3 Rennae Stubbs Robert Lindstedt 7 Bethanie Mattek Sands Nenad Zimonjic 8 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 38 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Women s singles 4th round Kateryna Bondarenko Gisela Dulko 6 0 6 0 Women s singles 4th round Melanie Oudin Nadia Petrova 13 1 6 7 6 7 2 6 3 Men s singles 4th round Roger Federer 1 Tommy Robredo 14 7 5 6 2 6 2 Women s singles 4th round Caroline Wozniacki 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 2 6 7 6 7 5 7 6 7 3 Men s singles 4th round Novak Djokovic 4 Radek Stepanek 15 6 1 6 3 6 3 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Men s singles 4th round Robin Soderling 12 Nikolay Davydenko 8 7 5 3 6 6 2 retired Women s singles 4th round Yanina Wickmayer Petra Kvitova 4 6 6 4 7 5 Men s singles 4th round Fernando Verdasco 10 John Isner 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 4 Mixed doubles Quarterfinals Liezel Huber 1 Mahesh Bhupathi 1 Bethanie Mattek Sands 8 Nenad Zimonjic 8 6 4 6 3 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Men s doubles 3rd round Lukas Dlouhy 4 Leander Paes 4 Julian Knowle Jurgen Melzer 7 5 6 4 Men s doubles 3rd round Daniel Nestor 2 Nenad Zimonjic 2 Robert Kendrick Janko Tipsarevic 6 2 5 7 6 4 Women s doubles 3rd round Yan Zi 11 Zheng Jie 11 Daniela Hantuchova 5 Ai Sugiyama 5 4 6 6 4 6 4 Mixed doubles Quarterfinals Cara Black 2 Leander Paes 2 Rennae Stubbs 7 Robert Lindstedt 7 7 5 3 6 10 6 Colored background indicates a night match Day 9 September 8 Edit In the fourth round of men s singles Juan Martin del Potro won in straight sets over 2003 finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero 6 3 6 3 6 3 This set up a quarterfinal clash with Marin Cilic who upset second seeded Andy Murray in straight sets as well In a closely contested match Fernando Gonzalez prevailed over Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga in four sets The 11th seeded Gonzalez advanced to his second US Open quarterfinal having reached this stage seven years ago This set up a meeting with Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals who outlasted the last Frenchman Gael Monfils in four sets Belgian wild card Kim Clijsters won over Chinese Li Na in two sets 6 2 6 4 to make it to the semifinals The next match featured American Serena Williams who defeated a gritty competitor in Italian Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals in two hard fought sets This set up a meeting in the semifinals with Clijsters who defeated Serena s sister Venus in the fourth round Seeds out Men s singles Andy Murray 2 Jo Wilfried Tsonga 7 Gael Monfils 13 Juan Carlos Ferrero 24 Women s singles Flavia Pennetta 10 Li Na 18 Men s doubles Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjic 2 Wesley Moodie Dick Norman 7 Women s doubles Bethanie Mattek Sands Nadia Petrova 8 Maria Kirilenko Elena Vesnina 10 Mixed doubles Liezel Huber Mahesh Bhupathi 1 Hsieh Su wei Kevin Ullyett 5 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 39 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Men s doubles Quarterfinals Bob Bryan 1 Mike Bryan 1 Carsten Ball Alt Chris Guccione Alt 6 4 7 6 7 2 Women s singles Quarterfinals Kim Clijsters WC Li Na 18 6 2 6 4 Men s singles 4th round Marin Cilic 16 Andy Murray 2 7 5 6 2 6 2 Women s singles Quarterfinals Serena Williams 2 Flavia Pennetta 10 6 4 6 3 Men s singles 4th round Rafael Nadal 3 Gael Monfils 13 6 7 3 7 6 3 6 1 6 3 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Men s doubles Quarterfinals Lukas Dlouhy 4 Leander Paes 4 Wesley Moodie 7 Dick Norman 7 6 3 5 7 6 4 Men s singles 4th round Juan Martin del Potro 6 Juan Carlos Ferrero 24 6 3 6 3 6 3 Women s doubles Quarterfinals Samantha Stosur 3 Rennae Stubbs 3 Bethanie Mattek Sands 8 Nadia Petrova 8 6 2 6 3 Men s singles 4th round Fernando Gonzalez 11 Jo Wilfried Tsonga 7 3 6 6 3 7 6 7 3 6 4 Matches on the Grandstand Event Winner Loser Score Women s doubles Quarterfinals Alisa Kleybanova 13 Ekaterina Makarova 13 Maria Kirilenko 10 Elena Vesnina 10 6 3 2 6 6 4 Men s doubles Quarterfinals Mahesh Bhupathi 3 Mark Knowles 3 Ivan Ljubicic Michael Llodra 6 4 4 6 7 6 7 4 Mixed doubles Semifinals Cara Black 2 Leander Paes 2 Hsieh Su wei 5 Kevin Ullyett 5 6 2 3 6 10 5 Men s doubles Semifinals Max Mirnyi 5 Andy Ram 5 Daniel Nestor 2 Nenad Zimonjic 2 6 7 4 7 6 4 6 0 Colored background indicates a night match Day 10 September 9 Edit The first quarterfinals match in the Men s side featured no 4 seed Novak Djokovic taking on no 10 seed Fernando Verdasco with Novak Djokovic prevailing over Fernando Verdasco 7 6 1 6 7 5 6 2 to reach his third straight semi finals in the US Open The next match saw Robin Soderling against Roger Federer Federer defeated Soderling in four sets 6 0 6 3 6 7 7 6 The third quarterfinals match and the first of the day for the Women s side featured Belgian Yanina Wickmayer beating Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine in two sets joining Belgian Kim Clijsters in the semi finals This set up a semifinal match with Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark who defeated American Melanie Oudin in two sets 6 2 6 2 Seeds out Men s singles Fernando Verdasco 10 Robin Soderling 12 Men s doubles Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 1 Max Mirnyi Andy Ram 5 Women s doubles Nuria Llagostera Vives Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6 Yan Zi Zheng Jie 11 Schedule of play Matches on main courts 91 40 93 Matches on Arthur Ashe Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Men s doubles Semifinals Lukas Dlouhy 4 Leander Paes 4 Bob Bryan 1 Mike Bryan 1 6 4 3 6 7 6 8 6 Women s singles Quarterfinals Yanina Wickmayer Kateryna Bondarenko 7 5 6 4 Men s singles Quarterfinals Novak Djokovic 4 Fernando Verdasco 10 7 6 7 2 1 6 7 5 6 2 Women s singles Quarterfinals Caroline Wozniacki 9 Melanie Oudin 6 2 6 2 Men s singles Quarterfinals Roger Federer 1 Robin Soderling 12 6 0 6 3 6 7 6 8 7 6 8 6 Matches on Louis Armstrong Stadium Event Winner Loser Score Junior boys singles 2nd round Bernard Tomic 3 Alexander Domijan 4 6 7 5 6 1 Women s doubles Quarterfinals Cara Black 1 Liezel Huber 1 Nuria Llagostera Vives 6 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6 6, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, 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