US Open Tennis 2011 Results: Daily Updates and Analysis
The 2011 US Open will run from August 29th until the men's singles final is completed on September 11th.
Novak Djokovic has been seeded No. 1 right now on the men's side, but there are some concerns about a shoulder injury that he suffered at the Western and Southern Open. Djokovic was forced to withdraw in the final against Andy Murray, just his second defeat of the season.
After the match, Djokovic spoke with ESPN, and had the following to say about his shoulder,
"The reason is shoulder pain. I just could not serve. I served an average 90 miles per hour the first serve, and I could not play forehands [stretched out wide].
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That doesn't bode well for the Wimbledon Champion looking to win his third major of the year. He needs to heal in a hurry or he could find himself as an easy upset target in the early rounds of the US Open.
However, Djokovic is not the only player on the men's side featuring injury concerns. A number of other top players have been forced to either withdraw or retire from matches in the past few weeks. That list includes: David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, Robin Soderling, Mardy Fish, Jurgen Melzer, Milos Raonic, and Michael Llodra.
On the women's side, Kim Clijsters has withdrawn due to an abdominal strain. Both the Williams sisters have had some injury problems as well.
Venus has had a viral illness, while Serena has had some toe issues.
With all the injuries going around, this could be one of the most wide open tournaments the US Open has ever seen.
Higher Seeds Fall Early on Monday at Flushing Meadows
1 of 8Serena Williams knocked off No. 16 seed Ana Ivanovic in the fourth round of the US Open, in what was considered an upset based on the numbers, but came as no surprise to anyone.
Williams is one of the favorites to win this tournament despite her seed, and she is living up to expectations thus far.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also upset Francesca Schiavone to advance to the quarterfinals.
Janko Tipsarevic advanceed through to the quarterfinals for the first time in his career with a victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Novak Djokovic and Mardy Fish are two of the big name players in action later in the day. Both players will be looking to lock their quarterfinal spots up with a victory over a top 20 player.
Top Men, Women Continue to Roll on Wednesday, Early Thursday
2 of 8Riger Federer cruised to a straight set victory in his second round match, as did Tomas Berdych on the fourth day of the US Open.
Berdych was extremely impressive in his victory over Fabio Fognini, as he took the final two sets 6-0.
Verz Zvonareva, Maria Sharapova, and Andy Murray all cruised to victory on Wednesday, with all three players winning in straight sets.
Andy Roddick pulled out a four-set victory in his opening match, while fellow American John Isner also needed four sets to win his first match of the tournament.
The big upset of the day came when the top seeded Bryan Brothers were ousted from the doubles tournament in the first round for the first time in ten years.
Top Men Dominate While Women Error on Opening Monday and Early Tuesday
3 of 8Roger Federer highlighted the first day of action at the US Open. And he looked as dominant as ever as he cruised to a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over his over matched and unranked opponent. And that match was typical of early play on the men's side.
There have not been any upsets, and most victories came via straight sets. The lone seeded American male, Mardy Fish, looked fantastic. He cruised in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. The match for Fish was little more than a warmup.
Things were more interesting on the women's side. The early action on the women's side has been marred by sloppy play. Defending Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova committed 52 unforced errors, and she was upset in straight sets.
Maria Sharapova, her opponent in the Wimbledon finals, had a similar match with different results. Sharapova committed 56 unforced errors but escaped with a three set victory.
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All Systems Go at US Open
4 of 8The eye of Hurrican Irene did not focus on the US Open, and as a result, this tournament will go on as scheduled. And that schedule begins on Monday.
While there isn't likely to be any big upsets on the first day of action, there should still be plenty of entertaining tennis.
Roger Federer will headline Monday's action. Federer's last tournament saw him make an uncharacteristically early exit in the quarterfinals. In that match, Federer's famous ground stroke lost its precision. It will be interesting to see if he has since regained it.
Here are some of the matches to watch on Monday:
No. 3 Roger Federer vs. Santiago Giraldo
Tobias Kamke vs. No. 8 Mardy Fish
Heather Watson vs. No. 3 Maria Sharapova
Stephanie Foretz Gacon vs. No. 2 Vera Zvonareva
Urszula Radwanska vs. No. 12 Agnieszka Radwanska
Arthur Ashe Kids Day Canceled
5 of 8Arthur Ashe kids day was canceled at the US Open due to the affects of Hurricane Irene. Safety is of the utmost importance and the crew needs to ensure that the venue is in the best possible shape for tournament play.
The unpredictable nature of a natural disaster has already affected the pre-tournament events. Hopefully it doesn't overstay its welcome.
Complete Women's Draw
6 of 8The 2011 Women's Draw has been set and both the Williams sisters find themselves in a tough spot. Venus Williams is not seeded for the event and is set to meet Sabine Lisicki in the second round, while Serena is seeded No. 28.
Caroline Wozniacki is the No. 1 seed for the event, despite the fact that she has yet to win a grand slam. Two-time defending champion Kim Clijsters has been forced to withdraw due to an abdominal strain, thus opening up the field for another player to succeed.
Here is the complete women's draw:
| Caroline Wozniacki DEN (1) | vs | Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP |
| Arantxa Rus NED | vs | Elena Vesnina RUS |
| Vania King USA | vs | Greta Arn HUN |
| Iveta Benesova CZE | vs | Jarmila Gajdosova AUS (29) |
| Daniela Hantuchova SVK (21) | vs | Pauline Parmentier FRA |
| Akgul Amanmuradova UZB | vs | Tamira Paszek AUT |
| Jamie Hampton USA | vs | Elena Baltacha GBR |
| Sara Errani ITA | vs | Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (15) |
| Andrea Petkovic GER (10) | vs | Qualifier |
| Qualifier | vs | Jie Zheng CHN |
| Casey Dellacqua AUS | vs | Alize Cornet FRA |
| Irina-Camelia Begu ROU | vs | Roberta Vinci ITA (18) |
| Kaia Kanepi EST (31) | vs | Tamarine Tanasugarn THA |
| Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN | vs | Qualifier |
| Mathilde Johansson FRA | vs | Carla Suarez Navarro ESP |
| Simona Halep ROU | vs | Na Li CHN (6) |
| Victoria Azarenka BLR (4) | vs | Johanna Larsson SWE |
| Rebecca Marino CAN | vs | Gisela Dulko ARG |
| Qualifier | vs | Eleni Daniilidou GRE |
| Bojana Jovanovski SRB | vs | Serena Williams USA (28) |
| Shahar Peer ISR (23) | vs | Sania Mirza IND |
| Qualifier | vs | Sloane Stephens USA |
| Evgeniya Rodina RUS | vs | Petra Cetkovska CZE |
| Ksenia Pervak RUS | vs | Ana Ivanovic SRB (16) |
| Jelena Jankovic SRB (11) | vs | Alison Riske USA |
| Jelena Dokic AUS | vs | Olga Govortsova BLR |
| Petra Martic CRO | vs | Barbora Zahlavova Strycova CZE |
| Anna Tatishvili GEO | vs | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS (17) |
| Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP (32) | vs | Mona Barthel GER |
| Chanelle Scheepers RSA | vs | Anne Keothavong GBR |
| Mirjana Lucic CRO | vs | Qualifier |
| Qualifier | vs | Francesca Schiavone ITA (7) |
| Petra Kvitova CZE (5) | vs | Alexandra Dulgheru ROU |
| Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT | vs | Monica Niculescu ROU |
| Jill Craybas USA | vs | Madison Keys USA |
| Magdalena Rybarikova SVK | vs | Lucie Safarova CZE (27) |
| Yanina Wickmayer BEL (20) | vs | Sorana Cirstea ROU |
| Alla Kudryavtseva RUS | vs | Anastasia Rodionova AUS |
| Lauren Davis USA | vs | Angelique Kerber GER |
| Qualifier | vs | Agnieszka Radwanska POL (12) |
| Shuai Peng CHN (13) | vs | Varvara Lepchenko USA |
| Virginie Razzano FRA | vs | Tsvetana Pironkova BUL |
| Misaki Doi JPN | vs | Laura Pous-Tio ESP |
| Kristina Barrois GER | vs | Julia Goerges GER (19) |
| Flavia Pennetta ITA (26) | vs | Aravane Rezai FRA |
| Melanie Oudin USA | vs | Qualifier |
| Anastasiya Yakimova BLR | vs | Qualifier |
| Heather Watson GBR | vs | Maria Sharapova RUS (3) |
| Marion Bartoli FRA (8) | vs | Qualifier |
| Christina McHale USA | vs | Qualifier |
| Vera Dushevina RUS | vs | Anastasija Sevastova LAT |
| Ekaterina Makarova RUS | vs | Maria Kirilenko RUS (25) |
| Nadia Petrova RUS (24) | vs | Qualifier |
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA | vs | Polona Hercog SLO |
| Coco Vandeweghe USA | vs | Alberta Brianti ITA |
| Sofia Arvidsson SWE | vs | Samantha Stosur AUS (9) |
| Dominika Cibulkova SVK (14) | vs | Shuai Zhang CHN |
| Klara Zakopalova CZE | vs | Irina Falconi USA |
| Vesna Dolonts RUS | vs | Venus Williams USA |
| Alona Bondarenko UKR | vs | Sabine Lisicki GER (22) |
| Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP (30) | vs | Qualifier |
| Qualifier | vs | Ayumi Morita JPN |
| Lucie Hradecka CZE | vs | Kateryna Bondarenko UKR |
| Qualifier | vs | Vera Zvonareva RUS (2) |
Complete Men's Draw
7 of 8The 2011 Men's Draw has been determined, and despite Novak Djokovic's injury, he will be the No. 1 seed when the tournament begins.
Rafael Nadal will be the No. 2 seed, while Roger Feder is the No. 3 seed.
The top rated American in the field is Mardy Fish who is the No. 8 seed for the event.
Andy Roddick has plummeted in the rankings and now finds himself seeded outside the top 20, as he comes in at No. 21.
Here is the complete draw for this year's event:
| Novak Djokovic SRB (1) | vs | Qualifier |
| Pere Riba ESP | vs | Carlos Berlocq ARG |
| Potito Starace ITA | vs | Michael Berrer GER |
| Nikolay Davydenko RUS | vs | Ivan Dodiq CRO |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR (22) | vs | Frederico Gil POR |
| Kei Nishikori JPN | vs | Flavio Cipolla ITA |
| Ivo Karlovic CRO | vs | Fernando Gonzalez CHI |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR | vs | Richard Gasquet FRA (13) |
| Tomas Berdych CZE (9) | vs | Qualifier |
| Fabio Fognini ITA | vs | Horacio Zeballos ARG |
| Philipp Petzschner GER | vs | Albert Ramos ESP |
| Qualifier | vs | Janko Tipsarevic SRB (20) |
| Marcel Granollers ESP (31) | vs | Xavier Malisse BEL |
| Mikhail Kukushkin KAZ | vs | Albert Montanes ESP |
| Pablo Andujar ESP | vs | Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP |
| Grigor Dimitrov BUL | vs | Gael Monfils FRA (7) |
| Roger Federer SUI (3) | vs | Santiago Giraldo COL |
| Dudi Sela ISR | vs | Thomaz Bellucci BRA |
| Qualifier | vs | Bernard Tomic AUS |
| Ryan Harrison USA | vs | Marin Cilic CRO (27) |
| Radek Stepanek CZE (23) | vs | Philipp Kohlschreiber GER |
| Juan Monaco ARG | vs | Andreas Seppi ITA |
| Tommy Haas GER | vs | Qualifier |
| Alejandro Falla COL | vs | Viktor Troicki SRB (15) |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (11) | vs | Yen-Hsun Lu TPE |
| Andreas Haider-Maurer AUT | vs | Qualifier |
| Qualifier | vs | Qualifier |
| Jarkko Nieminen FIN | vs | Fernando Verdasco ESP (19) |
| Michael Llodra FRA (29) | vs | Victor Hanescu ROU |
| Kevin Anderson RSA | vs | Qualifier |
| Qualifier | vs | Thiemo de Bakker NED |
| Tobias Kamke GER | vs | Mardy Fish USA (8) |
| Robin Soderling SWE (6) | vs | Qualifier |
| Alex Bogomolov Jr. USA | vs | Steve Johnson USA |
| Robby Ginepri USA | vs | Qualifier |
| Marcos Baghdatis CYP | vs | John Isner USA (28) |
| Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (18) | vs | Filippo Volandri ITA |
| Diego Junqueira ARG | vs | Karol Beck SVK |
| Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP | vs | Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP |
| Ricardo Mello BRA | vs | Gilles Simon FRA (12) |
| Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (14) | vs | Maximo Gonzalez ARG |
| Donald Young USA | vs | Qualifier |
| Dmitry Tursunov RUS | vs | Steve Darcis BEL |
| Marinko Matosevic AUS | vs | Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (24) |
| Feliciano Lopez ESP (25) | vs | Tatsuma Ito JPN |
| Qualifier | vs | Lukas Rosol CZE |
| Rui Machado POR | vs | Robin Haase NED |
| Somdev Devvarman IND | vs | Andy Murray GBR (4) |
| David Ferrer ESP (5) | vs | Igor Andreev RUS |
| James Blake USA | vs | Qualifier |
| Olivier Rochus BEL | vs | Qualifier |
| Adrian Mannarino FRA | vs | Florian Mayer GER (26) |
| Andy Roddick USA (21) | vs | Michael Russell USA |
| Jack Sock USA | vs | Marc Gicquel FRA |
| Denis Istomin UZB | vs | Ryan Sweeting USA |
| Julien Benneteau FRA | vs | Nicolas Almagro ESP (10) |
| Mikhail Youzhny RUS (16) | vs | Ernests Gulbis LAT |
| Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA | vs | Gilles Muller LUX |
| Matthias Bachinger GER | vs | Igor Kunitsyn RUS |
| Eric Prodon FRA | vs | Jurgen Melzer AUT (17) |
| Ivan Ljubicic CRO (30) | vs | Blaz Kavcic SLO |
| Bobby Reynolds USA | vs | David Nalbandian ARG |
| Nicolas Mahut FRA | vs | Qualifier |
| Andrey Golubev KAZ | vs | Rafael Nadal ESP (2) |
Full TV Schedule for 2011 US Open
8 of 8The 2011 US Open will be aired live on CBS, ESPN2, and the Tennis Channel in the United States, while the event will also be aired on Eurosport in Europe.
Here is the full TV schedule for all viewers in the United States, with all times listed in Eastern Time.
| Monday, August 29th | ||
| 11 AM - 7 PM | Opening Round | Tennis Channel |
| 1 PM - 7 PM | Opening Round | ESPN2 |
| Tuesday, August 30th | ||
| 11 AM - 7PM | Opening Round | Tennis Channel |
| 1PM - 7PM | Opening Round | ESPN2 |
| Wednesday, August 31st | ||
| 11AM - 7PM | Men's First Round/Women's Second Round | Tennis Channel |
| 1PM - 7PM | Men's First Round/Women's Second Round | ESPN2 |
| Thursday, September 1st | ||
| 11 AM - 7 PM | Second Round | Tennis Channel |
| 1 PM - 7 PM | Second Round | ESPN2 |
| Friday, September 2nd | ||
| 11 AM - 7PM | Men's Second Round/Women's Third Round | Tennis Channel |
| 1 PM - 7 PM | Men's Second Round/Women's Third Round | ESPN2 |
| Saturday, September 3rd | ||
| 11 AM - 6 PM | Third Round | CBS |
| 7 PM - 11 PM | Third Round | ESPN2 |
| Monday, September 4th | ||
| 11 AM - 6 PM | Men's Third Round/Women's Fourth Round | CBS |
| 7 PM - 11 PM | Men's Third Round/Women's Fourth Round | ESPN2 |
| Monday, September 5th | ||
| 11 AM - 6 PM | Fourth Round | CBS |
| 7 PM - 11 PM | Primetime at the US Open: Fourth Round | ESPN2 |
| Tuesday, September 6th | ||
| 11 AM - 7 PM | Men's Fourth Round/Women's Quarterfinals | ESPN2 |
| 11 AM - 7 PM | Men's Fourth Round/Various Doubles Matches | Tennis Channel |
| 7 PM - 11 PM | Primetime at the US Open: Men's Fourth Round/Women's Quarterfinal | ESPN2 |
| Wednesday, September 7th | ||
| 11 AM - 7 PM | Quarterfinals | ESPN2 |
| 11 AM - 7 PM | Doubles/Juniors/Wheelchair | Tennis Channel |
| 7 PM - 11 PM | Primetime at the US Open: Quarterfinals | ESPN2 |
| Thursday, September 8th | ||
| 11 AM - 7 PM | Men's Quarterfinal/Mixed Doubles Final | ESPN2 |
| 11 AM - 7 PM | Doubles/Juniors/Wheelchair | Tennis Channel |
| 7 PM - 11 PM | Primetime at the US Open: Doubles Challenge Match/Men's Quarterfinal | ESPN2 |
| Friday, September 9th | ||
| 12:30 PM - 6 PM | Men's Doubles Final/Women's Singles Semifinals | CBS |
| Saturday, September 10th | ||
| 12 PM - 6 PM | Men's Singles Semifinals | CBS |
| 8 PM - 10 PM | Women's Singles Semifinals | CBS |
| Sunday, September 11th | ||
| 1 PM - 3 PM | Women's Double's Finals | ESPN2 |
| 4 PM - 7 PM | Women's Singles Final | CBS |
Monday, September 12 | ||
4 PM - 8 PM | Men's Singles Final | CBS |
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