U.S. Open, USA
August 27 - Sept 9, 2007
US$7,950,000 / 128 Draw
Hard

World number ones Roger Federer and Justine Henin were on Monday named as the top seeds for the US. Open, the final grandslam of the year, which starts in New York next week.

Swiss Federer will be bidding for his fourth consecutive title at Flushing Meadows, while Belgian Henin is hoping to repeat her 2003 triumph.

MEN

Seeds: ¹Roger Federer, ²Rafael Nadal, ³Novak Djokovic, ⁴Nikolay Davydenko, ⁵Andy Roddick, ⁶James Blake, ⁷Fernando Gonzalez, ⁸Tommy Robredo, ⁹Tomas Berdych, ¹⁰Tommy Haas, ¹¹Mikhail Youzhny, ¹²Ivan Ljubicic, ¹³Richard Gasquet, ¹⁴Guillermo Canas, ¹⁵David Ferrer, ¹⁶Lleyton Hewitt, ¹⁷Carlos Moya, ¹⁸Marcos Baghdatis, ¹⁹Andy Murray, ²⁰Juan Ignacio Chela, ²¹Juan Carlos Ferrero, ²²Paul-Henri Mathieu, ²³Juan Monaco, ²⁴David Nalbandian, ²⁵Marat Safin, ²⁶Jarkko Nieminen, ²⁷Dmitry Tursunov, ²⁸Nicolas Almagro, ²⁹Filippo Volandri, ³⁰Robin Soderling, ³¹Potito Starace, ³²Jurgen Melzer


WOMEN

Seeds: ¹Justine Henin, ²Maria Sharapova, ³Jelena Jankovic, ⁴Svetlana Kuznetsova, ⁵Ana Ivanovic, ⁶Anna Chakvetadze, ⁷Nadia Petrova, ⁸Serena Williams, ⁹Daniela Hantuchova, ¹⁰Marion Bartoli, ¹¹Patty Schnyder, ¹²Venus Williams, ¹³Nicole Vaidisova, ¹⁴Elena Dementieva, ¹⁵Dinara Safina, ¹⁶Martina Hingis, ¹⁷Tatiana Golovin, ¹⁸Shahar Peer, ¹⁹Sybille Bammer, ²⁰Lucie Safarova, ²¹Alona Bondarenko, ²²Katarina Srebotnik, ²³Tathiana Garbin, ²⁴Francesca Schiavone, ²⁵Mara Santangelo, ²⁶Sania Mirza, ²⁷Vera Zvonareva, ²⁸Ai Sugiyama, ²⁹Samantha Stosur, ³⁰Agnieska Radwanska, ³¹Anabel Medina Garrigues, ³²Michaella Krajicek

The draws will be conducted on Wednesday.

My baby mama (Serena Williams) is winning that title

Federer for president, don't waste ur money betting on another winner

MEN'S DRAW:

Roger Federer SUI (1)  vs.  Scoville Jenkins USA
Rainer Schuettler GER  vs.  Paul Capdeville CHI
Thierry Ascione FRA  vs.  Rik De Voest RSA
John Isner USA  vs.  Jarkko Nieminen FIN (26)
Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP (21)  vs.  Feliciano Lopez ESP
Robert Kendrick USA  vs.  Igor Andreev RUS
Donald Young USA  vs.  Chris Guccione AUS
Sergio Roitman ARG   vs.  Richard Gasquet FRA (13)
Tomas Berdych CZE (9)  vs.  Marc Gicquel FRA
Simone Bolelli ITA  vs.  Julien Benneteau FRA
Gilles Simon FRA  vs.  Alexander Waske GER
Fernando Verdasco ESP  vs.  Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA (22)
Ivo Karlovic CRO (32)  vs.  Arnaud Clement FRA
Thomas Johansson SWE  vs.  Nicolas Massu CHI
Jose Acasuso ARG  vs.  Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG
Justin Gimelstob USA  vs.  Andy Roddick USA (5)

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Nikolay Davydenko RUS (4)  vs.  Jesse Levine USA                   
Nicolas Kiefer GER  vs.  Vincent Spadea USA
Peter Luczak AUS  vs.  Luis Horna PER
Alex Kuznetsov USA  vs.  Nicolas Almagro ESP (28)   
Andy Murray GBR (19)  vs.  Pablo Cuevas URU
Juan-Pablo Guzman ARG  vs.  Jonas Bjorkman SWE
Dominik Hrbaty SVK  vs.  Hyung-Taik Lee KOR                   
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP  vs.  Guillermo Canas ARG (14)
Tommy Haas GER (10)  vs.  Steve Darcis BEL
Benjamin Becker GER  vs. Philipp Petzschner GER
Paul Goldstein USA  vs.  Sebastien Grosjean FRA
Max Mirnyi BLR  vs.  Marcos Baghdatis CYP (18)
Filippo Volandri ITA (29)  vs.  Michael Llodra FRA                 
Stefan Koubek AUT  vs.  Sam Querrey USA
Fabrice Santoro FRA  vs.  Albert Montanes ESP
Michael Russell USA  vs.  James Blake USA (6)

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Tommy Robredo ESP (8 )  vs.  Bobby Reynolds USA   
Mardy Fish USA  vs.  Bruno Echagaray MEX
Michal Przysiezny POL  vs.  Michael Berrer GER
Ernests Gulbis LAT  vs.  Potito Starace ITA (30)
Carlos Moya ESP (17)  vs.  Bjorn Phau GER
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP  vs.  Igor Kunitsyn RUS
Mariano Zabaleta ARG  vs.  Philipp Kohlschreiber GER
Nicolas Devilder FRA  vs.  Mikhail Youzhny RUS (11)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (16)  vs.  Amer Delic USA
Andreas Seppi ITA  vs.  Agustin Calleri ARG
Dudi Sela ISR  vs.  Nicolas Lapentti ECU
Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA  vs.  Juan Monaco ARG (23)
Jurgen Melzer AUT (31)  vs.  Diego Hartfield ARG
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG  vs.  Nicolas Mahut FRA
Carlos Berlocq ARG  vs.  Radek Stepanek CZE
Mario Ancic CRO  vs.  Novak Djokovic SRB (3)

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Fernando Gonzalez CHI (7)  vs.  Teimuraz Gabashvili RUS
Robby Ginepri USA  vs.  Olivier Rochus BEL
Stanislas Wawrinka SUI  vs.  Evgeny Korolev RUS
Dudi Sela ISR  vs.  Marat Safin RUS (25)
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (20)  vs.  Michael McClune USA
Danai Udomchoke THA  vs.  Wayne Odesnik USA
Andrei Pavel ROU  vs.  Dominik Meffert GER
Kristof Vliegen BEL  vs.  Ivan Ljubicic CRO (12)   
David Ferrer ESP (15)  vs.  Florian Mayer GER
Florent Serra FRA  vs.  Werner Eschauer AUT
Xavier Malisse BEL  vs.  Kristian Pless DEN
Ivan Navarro Pastor ESP  vs.  David Nalbandian ARG (24)
Dmitry Tursunov RUS (27)  vs.  Tim Henman GBR   
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA  vs.  Oscar Hernandez ESP
Janko Tipsarevic SRB  vs.  Ryan Sweeting USA                   
Alun Jones AUS  vs.  Rafael Nadal ESP (2)


Gael Monfils has pulled out of the tournament. He's been replaced by german Dominik Meffert.

WOMEN'S DRAW

Justine Henin BEL (1) vs. Julia Goerges GER
Olga Poutchkova RUS vs. Tsvetana Pironkova BUL
Ekaterina Makarova RUS vs. Julia Schruff GER
Andreja Klepac SLO vs. Ai Sugiyama JPN (28)
Tatiana Golovin FRA (17) vs. Ahsha Rolle USA
Yung-Jan Chan TPE vs. Karin Knapp ITA
Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP vs. Kateryna Bondarenko UKR
Catalina Castano COL vs. Dinara Safina RUS (15)
Marion Bartoli FRA (10) vs. Alexa Glatch USA
Sara Errani ITA vs. Renata Voracova CZE
Andrea Petkovic GER vs. Audra Cohen USA
Jessica Moore AUS vs. Lucie Safarova CZE (20)
Vera Zvonareva RUS (27) vs. Alina Jidkova RUS
Lauren Albanese USA vs. Elena Likhovtseva RUS
Tatiana Poutchek BLR vs. Maria Elena Camerin ITA
Angelique Kerber GER vs. Serena Williams USA (

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Jelena Jankovic SRB (3) vs. Jarmila Gajdosova SVK
Sofia Arvidsson SWE vs. Olga Govortsova BLR
Tzipora Obziler ISR vs. Caroline Wozniacki DEN
Alize Cornet FRA vs. Samantha Stosur AUS (29)
Sybille Bammer AUT (19) vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn THA
Vania King USA vs. Meghann Shaughnessy USA
Jill Craybas USA vs. Petra Cetkovska CZE
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA vs. Elena Dementieva RUS (14)
Venus Williams USA (12) vs. Kira Nagy HUN
Ioana Raluca Olaru ROU vs. Ashley Harkleroad USA
Eleni Daniilidou GRE vs. Yvonne Meusburger AUT
Gisela Dulko ARG vs. Alona Bondarenko UKR (21)
Mara Santangelo ITA (25) vs. Vera Dushevina RUS
Ekaterina Bychkova RUS vs. Zi Yan CHN
Jorgelina Cravero ARG vs. Aravane Rezai FRA
Aiko Nakamura JPN vs. Ana Ivanovic SRB (5)

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Nadia Petrova RUS (7) vs. Timea Bacsinszky SUI
Anastasia Rodionova RUS vs. Olga Savchuk UKR
Sandra Kloesel GER vs. Agnes Szavay HUN
Alberta Brianti ITA vs. Michaella Krajicek NED (32)
Katarina Srebotnik SLO (22) vs. Alicia Molik AUS
Maria Kirilenko RUS vs. Martina Muller GER
Jelena Kostanic Tosic CRO vs. Elena Vesnina RUS
Julia Vakulenko UKR vs. Daniela Hantuchova SVK (9)
Martina Hingis SUI (16) vs. Mathilde Johansson FRA
Tatjana Malek GER vs. Pauline Parmentier FRA
Emmanuelle Gagliardi SUI vs. Victoria Azarenka BLR
Dominika Cibulkova SVK vs. Tathiana Garbin ITA (23)
Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (31) vs. Aleksandra Wozniak CAN
Lourdes Dominguez Lino ESP vs. Yoon Jeong Cho KOR
Camille Pin FRA vs. Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Klara Zakopalova CZE vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (4)

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Anna Chakvetadze RUS (6) vs. Ashley Weinhold USA
Jamea Jackson USA vs. Nicole Pratt AUS
Laura Granville USA vs. Tatiana Perebiynis UKR
Kaia Kanepi EST vs. Sania Mirza IND (26)
Francesca Schiavone ITA (24) vs. Nathalie Dechy FRA
Greta Arn GER vs. Tamira Paszek AUT
Severine Bremond FRA vs. Edina Gallovits ROU
Iveta Benesova CZE vs. Patty Schnyder SUI (11)
Nicole Vaidisova CZE (13) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva RUS
Flavia Pennetta ITA vs. Shuai Peng CHN
Bethanie Mattek USA vs. Madison Brengle USA
Meilen Tu USA vs. Shahar Peer ISR (18)
Agnieszka Radwanska POL (30) vs. Akiko Morigami JPN
Emilie Loit FRA vs. Virginie Razzano FRA
Yaroslava Shvedova RUS vs. Casey Dellacqua AUS
Roberta Vinci ITA vs. Maria Sharapova RUS (2)

Wow! another great season for me. . . . . . . . .
my girls are on today!!!!
i hope Fedex will have early injury and Henin will retire today ;

The top-half of women's draw is frightening. . . . top-seeds go head to head far earlier than they would w'anna. Maria's luckier, she seems to be in a far easier pool - at least on paper!

Sharapova 4 finals. . . . any bets against that ?

I stick my neck, it's either Maria or Justine!

PDF update on whats going on , thanks in advance.

I will stick my neck out and say Vaidisova
or Kutznetsova from the bottom half.

If Sharapove meets Vaidisova in the
battle of the leggy blondes
I reckon Vaidisova.

Perhaps I am just biased
I no like Sharapova. (Grunting should be restricted to you know what )

any of the matches started yet?

Some matches are in progress.

Baghdatis, Ferrero, Andreev, Davydenko are all playing at the moment.

Jankovic, Safina, Likhovtseva are also cruising. Sugiyama is through to the second round.

just went through the us open website and Baghdatis lost the first set in his match.

its got worse for him, the other dude has won the second set 7-5 .

Juan Carlos Ferrero is also down 2 sets in his first round match against fellow spainard Feliciano Lopez.

Davydenko has progressed into the second round. The russians are having a nice time in NY.

The first seeded casualty emerges; Juan Carlos Ferrero falls in straight sets.

Baghdatis is a break up in the third set, can he turn it around?

Two more russians progress to the next round - Zvonareva, Andreev.

Baghdatis has taken the third set. He needs to win the remaning two sets though to move to the next round.

At Arthur Ashe is Henin taking on Goerges; she leads 3 - love first set.

Baghdatis always like it the hard way.

Justin leads five to love in the first set of her match against Julia Goerges. Seems she would win this one easily. Baghdatis levelled at 2-2 in the fourth set.

dino, what else do you expect from my sweetheart? She's taken the first set (a bagel)

Should Baghdatis go through, I'm afraid Grosjean may run him over.

At last, we have an american in the second round,  Young beat Guccione to progress.

shes like a machine when she gets her game. Any chance Serena and Justin meeting in the quarters again?

wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli is through to the second round beating Alexa Glatch in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.

. . . it had to happen anyways, Baghdatis has crashed out. He blew away a 5-1 lead in the tiebreaker of the fourth set, only to lose it 8-6.

Henin has also progressed to the second round.

The Swiss Master is on court.

PDF:

. . . it had to happen anyways, Baghdatis has crashed out. He blew away a 5-1 lead in the tiebreaker of the fourth set, only to lose it 8-6.

Federer doesn't waste time in taking the first set 6-3.

dinozzo:

shes like a machine when she gets her game. Any chance Serena and Justin meeting in the quarters again?

yep. . . . . there's chances of all the top seeds meeting even earlier than the 1/4 finals, with the exception of Maria Sharapova who is in the 2^nd pool of the draws. . . . b'4 maria meets any of the other top seeds, it'd be in the finals, if she makes it!

ain't she lucky ?

too bad for baghie. . . . 4 one who loves cliff-hanging, nail-biting thrillers; he's g'otta knw he'll end up on the losing end of some of 'em.
better luck next time mate!

The seeds are having a nice time. Djokovic, Hewitt, Williams sisters, Martina Hingis, Kuznetsova and others have all eased through to the next round.

Some Second Round Fixtures (Men):

Roger Federer SUI (1)  vs.  Paul Capdeville CHI
Rik De Voest RSA  vs.  John Isner USA
Feliciano Lopez ESP  vs.  Igor Andreev RUS
Donald Young USA  vs.  Richard Gasquet FRA (13)
Tomas Berdych CZE (9)  vs.  Simone Bolelli ITA
Gilles Simon FRA  vs.  Fernando Verdasco ESP
Arnaud Clement FRA  vs.  Thomas Johansson SWE
Jose Acasuso ARG vs. Andy Roddick USA (5)
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (4)  vs.  Nicolas Kiefer GER
Luis Horna PER  vs.  Nicolas Almagro ESP (28)
Andy Murray GBR (19)  vs.  Jonas Bjorkman SWE
Hyung-Taik Lee KOR  vs.  Guillermo Canas ARG (14)
Tommy Haas GER (10)  vs.  Philipp Petzschner GER
Sebastien Grosjean FRA  vs.  Max Mirnyi BLR
Michael Llodra FRA  vs.  Stefan Koubek AUT
Fabrice Santoro FRA  vs. James Blake USA (6)

Hi PDF, when is Nadal playing?

Roddick, Sharapova are safely through to the second round. It took Sharapova 50 minutes to thrash Vinci 6-0, 6-1 while Roddick beat Gimelstob 7-6, 6-3, 6-3.

dinozzo:

Hi PDF, when is Nadal playing?

Nadal is playing today, just after Venus' second round match, which is scheduled for around 5pm (Naija time).

Federer, Henin, Serena, Safin, Youzhny, Moya, Ivanovic, Jankovic are all in action today.

Henin, Ivanovic, Venus, Dementieva are through to the third round.

Tsonga, Robredo, Youzhny, Moya, Kohlschreiber, Wawrinka, Safin, Ginepri are through to the second round.

Nadal is struggling at the moment; it's Nadal - Jones 7-5, 3-6, 2-0.

Henman is also looking good. He leads Tursunov 6-4, 1-2.

why is Nadal losing a set in the first round . Henman winning , I wouldn't have thought of that.