US Open Tennis 2012: Day 6 Scores, Results and Recap

Roger Federer and Andy Murray advanced on Day 6 of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. The third round has come and gone and there weren’t many surprises as the men’s and women’s singles field took the first step of narrowing down before the Round of 16 on Monday.

Here's everything you need to know about what happened during the first day of the third round of the last big tennis event of the year.

U.S. Open Scores
*Note: For a complete list featuring every match result, click here.

Men’s Singles

Roger Federer (1) def. Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Andy Murray (3) def. Feliciano Lopez 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6

Tomas Berdych (6) def. Sam Querrey (27) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

Nicolas Almagro (11) def. Jack Sock 7-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-1

Marin Cilic (12) def. Kei Nishikori (17) 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3

Mardy Fish (23) def. Gilles Simon (16) 6-1, 5-7, 7-6, 6-3

Women’s Singles

Serena Williams (4) def. Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 6-0

Agnieszka Radwanska (2) def. Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 7-6

Angelique Kerber (6) def. Olga Govortsova 6-1, 6-2

Andrea Hlavackova def Maria Kirilenko (14) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Recap

Andy Murray Narrowly Escapes Upset

The gold-medal winner was taken to his limit by Feliciano Lopez in the third round of the U.S. Open. After a sloppy match, including 48 unforced errors, the Brit ended up clinching the match in the fifth set by a narrow 7-6 game victory.

It took nearly four hours and included three tiebreaks but Murray held on to advance to face James Blake in the Round of 16.

Serena Williams Dominates Ekaterina Makarova

Serena Williams started out slow but switched gears and easily dispatched Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets. Her slow start was quickly forgotten as the American legend won eight straight games after the Russian tied the first set at 4-4.

Williams lost to Makarova at the 2011 Australian Open but Williams got her revenge in this one. She’s been on a roll all year, playing some of her best tennis, including an impressive double-gold-medal performance at the 2012 Olympics.

Roger Federer Looked Like Roger Federer

Fed looked solid, if nothing else, in his straight-set victory over Fernando Verdasco. He’s coming off of a disappointing gold-medal loss to Andy Murray and could use a win to help him forget that silver-medal performance.

This win, though, shouldn’t surprise anyone. Federer was tested by Verdasco but the Swiss tennis great has qualified for the Round of 16 in each of his last 34 Grand Slam appearances.

Federer will meet Mardy Fish in the next round as he continues on in hopes of earning his sixth U.S. Open championship.

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