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Isner secures third-round place

American John Isner reaches round three of the US Open with a four-set win over Marco Chiudinelli on day five.

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Nadal Leads Spanish Charge In New York

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US Open Diary Day 5

US Open organisers are keeping their fingers crossed that Hurricane Earl will stay far enough east of New York City so as to not interrupt play heading into the weekend. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Stosur and Clijsters go through

Australia’s Samantha Stosur and 12th seed Elena Dementieva power into the fourth round of the US Open with straight sets wins.

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Live text – US Open day five

Andy Murray is in action against Dustin Brown at about 1920 BST on day five at Flushing Meadows, where defending women’s champion Kim Clijsters is in fine form.

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Isner Hits 24 Aces To Set Up Youzhny Clash

American John Isner hit 24 aces and 70 winners past Marco Chiudinelli at the US Open on Friday to set up a third round clash against No. 12 seed Mikhail Youzhny. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Murray Cruises Past Brown; Stakhovsky Saves 3 M.P.

Fourth seed Andy Murray kept alive his bid to win a first Grand Slam championship by knocking out Dustin Brown of Jamaica 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 on Friday for a place in the US Open third round.

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Murray Cruises Past Brown; Stakhovsky Saves 3 M.P.

Nestor-Zimonjic To Meet Bopanna-Qureshi

Second seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic won back-to-back matches for the first since mid-June on Friday when they beat Maximo Gonzalez and Santiago Ventura 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1 at the US Open. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Murray ready for Jamaica’s Brown

Britain’s Andy Murray takes on Dustin Brown of Jamaica in the second round of the US Open, with the threat of Hurricane Earl hanging over New York.

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Djokovic Works For Straight-Sets Win, Faces Blake Next

Two days after surviving a scare in his opening match at the US Open, World No.

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Federer progresses as seeds fall

Roger Federer overcomes windy conditions to beat Andreas Beck and reach the US Open third round, but seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Maran Cilic crash out.

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Federer progresses as seeds fall

Wozniacki through after whitewash

Top women’s seed Caroline Wozniacki cruises into the third round following a blistering 6-0 6-0 second-round win over Chinese Taipei’s Kai-Chen Changon day four of the US Open.

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US Open Diary Day 4

US Open organisers are keeping their fingers crossed that Hurricane Earl will stay far enough east of New York City so as to not interrupt play heading into the weekend. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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US Open Diary Day 4

Soderling Dashes Dent’s Hopes; Cilic, Davydenko Ousted

ATP World Tour No. 5 Robin Soderling needed just 92 minutes to secure his place in the third round of the US Open, blitzing American Taylor Dent 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday in New York. The Swede had surrendered only two games to Dent when the pair clashed four months ago in the second round at Roland Garros

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Soderling Dashes Dent’s Hopes; Cilic, Davydenko Ousted

Live text – US Open day four

Caroline Wozniacki and Roger Federer take centre stage as Vera Zvonareva starts day four at the US Open with Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic in action later.

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Fish Races Into Round Three

American No. 19 seed Mardy Fish edged a keenly contested first set before coasting past Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 Thursday at Flushing Meadows to reach the US Open third round. The 28-year-old Fish saved a staggering 14 of 15 break points and hit 32 winners as he broke serve seven times from 11 opportunities to seal victory in two hours

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Fish Races Into Round Three

Fish Races Into Round Three

American No. 19 seed Mardy Fish edged a keenly contested first set before coasting past Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 Thursday at Flushing Meadows to reach the US Open third round. The 28-year-old Fish saved a staggering 14 of 15 break points and hit 32 winners as he broke serve seven times from 11 opportunities to seal victory in two hours

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Nestor-Zimonjic Begin Campaign

Second seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic began their US Open campaign on Thursday with a 7-6(6), 6-3 victory over Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Nestor-Zimonjic Begin Campaign

Second seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic began their US Open campaign on Thursday with a 7-6(6), 6-3 victory over Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Baltacha campaign ends at US Open

British number one Elena Baltacha’s run at the US Open ends in round two with defeat by 27th seed Perta Kvitova.

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Tipsarevic Rocks Roddick In Second Round; Isner Advances

uge blow to American title hopes at the US Open as he surprised past champion and World No. 9 Andy Roddick 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(4) in second-round action Wednesday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Venus & Ivanovic into round three

Third seed Venus Williams and former world number one Ana Ivanovic win their second-round matches at the US Open.

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Azarenka collapses during match

Tenth seed Victoria Azarenka collapses during her second-round match against Gisela Dulko, while former world number one Ana Ivanovic thrashes Jie Zheng.

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Berdych humbled by superb Llodra

Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych crashes out of the US Open in the first round with a straight-sets defeat by France’s Michael Llodra.

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US Open Diary Day 3

US Open organisers are keeping their fingers crossed that Hurricane Earl will stay far enough east of New York City so as to not interrupt play heading into the weekend. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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US Open – day three photos

Pictures from the third day at Flushing Meadows

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Monfils Celebrates Birthday With Third Round Spot

World No. 19 Gael Monfils was the first player to advance to the third round of the US Open, celebrating his 24th birthday by defeating Russian Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday in New York

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Live text – US Open day three

Andy Murray starts his US Open campaign, with Ana Ivanovic opening on day three and Venus Williams, Elena Baltacha and Kim Clijsters in action later.

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Murray Makes Smooth Progress; Llodra Ousts Berdych

ATP World Tour No. 4 Andy Murray impressed in his first-round match at the US Open on Wednesday, dismissing Slovakian Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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Murray Makes Smooth Progress; Llodra Ousts Berdych

Querrey Passes Opening Test; Harrison Ousts Ljubicic

Sam Querrey overcame a stern test in his first-round match with fellow American Bradley Klahn on Wednesday at the US Open, dropping the second set before prevailing 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 against the No. 596-ranked wild card

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Querrey Passes Opening Test; Harrison Ousts Ljubicic

Hawk-Eye firm lined up for sale

The British company behind the Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology used in tennis and cricket is to be put up for sale.

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Agassi Headlines Ballot For Hall Of Fame 2011 Induction

Andre Agassi, former world No. 1, eight-time Grand Slam champion, and one of the most remarkable athletes in history, has been nominated to receive the highest honour available in the sport of tennis, induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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US Open quotes – day two

“I have no sponsor so I buy the shirts and my mum puts the flags on them”

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US Open – day two photos

Pictures from the second day at Flushing Meadows

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Nadal Prevails In First-Round Challenge

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal was unable to break 93rd-ranked Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili through the first two hours and 45 minutes of his first-round match Tuesday night at the US Open, but won the final four games to clinch a 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-3 victory. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Gritty Djokovic sees off Troicki

Fourth seed Novak Djokovic beats fellow Serb Viktor Troicki in five sets to reach round two of the US Open.

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Jankovic edges through at US Open

Fourth seed Jelena Jankovic is given a huge scare by Romania’s Simona Halep but digs in to reach round two of the US Open.

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Keothavong eliminated in New York

Britain’s Anne Keothavong loses 2-6 6-1 6-1 to Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei in round one of the US Open.

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US Open Diary Day 2

Day 2 diary from the US Open [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Defending Doubles Champs Dlouhy & Paes Fall

Defending champions and third seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy crashed out of the first round of the US Open Tuesday night, upset by Martin Damm and Filip Polasek 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-4. The Czech-Slovak duo played had not played together since reaching the round of 16 at Wimbledon.

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