US Open Tennis 2011 Bracket: Round by Round Guide
The 130th edition of the US Open is prepared to begin on Monday, August 29th and runs all the way until Sunday, September 11th.
The bracket has been set and the draw could get very intriguing by the time the quarterfinals come around. On the women's side of things, a rematch of the Wimbledon Final could occur as Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova appear to be on another crash course.
Venus Williams enters the tournament unseeded, while Serena Williams is the No. 28 seed. Venus has the tougher draw obviously, as she will have to face Sabine Lisicki in just the second round of the tournament.
On the men's side, Andy Roddick has fallen all the way down to the No. 21 seed, while Mardy Fish finds himself on a crash course with Roger Federer in the quarterfinal round.
For the full draw be sure to click through the slides.
Serena Williams, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Advance to Women's Quarterfinals
1 of 7Halfway through the eighth day at Flushing Meadows, Serena Williams has advanced to the quarterfinals. She advanced via a straight set victory over Ana Ivanovic.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also upset Francesca Schiavone to join Williams in the quarterfinals.
On the men's side, Novak Djokovic will be looking to advance as well as Mardy Fish. Djokovic will have his hands full with Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, while Fish meets Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Serbian Janko Tipsarevic has already advanced through on the men's side after knocking off Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Men's Bracket Entering Third Round
2 of 7The top seeds on the men's side have had no problem advancing up to this point. It appears that Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal are all on a crash course.
Here is how the bracket looks entering the fourth round:
| Novak Djokovic vs. Alexandr Dolgopolov |
| Janko Tipsarevic vs. Juan Carlos Ferraro |
| Roger Federer vs. Juan Monaco |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Mardy Fish |
| Winner of Alex Bogomolov Jr. v John Isner vs. Winner of Juan Martin Del Potro v Gilles Simon |
| Winner of Donald Young v Juan Ignacio Chela vs. Winner of Feliciano Lopez v Andy Murray |
| Winner of David Ferrer v Florian Mayer vs. Winner of Andy Roddick vs. Julien Benneteau |
| Winner of Giles Muller v Igor Kunitsyn vs. Winner of David Nalbandian v Rafael Nadal |
Women's Fourth Round Bracket
3 of 7The fourth round has gotten underway on the women's side of things, and the excitement has been incredible this year.
Maria Sharapova was stunned early, while Serena Williams appears ready to go on an incredible fun to the finals.
Caroline Wozniacki may be in position to win her first ever grand slam, but only time will tell if she will succeed.
| Caroline Wozniacki vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| Andrea Petkovic vs. Carla Suarez Navarro |
| Serena Williams vs. Ana Ivanovic |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Francesca Schiavone |
| Monica Niculescu vs. Angelique Kerber |
| Shuai Peng vs. Flavia Pennetta |
| Maria Kirilenko vs. Samantha Stosur |
| Sabine Lisicki vs. Verz Zvonareva |
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Venus Williams Withdraws from Tournament Before Second Round
4 of 7The big news coming out of Flushing Meadows on Wednesday was Venus Williams' withdrawal from the 2011 US Open.
She withdrew before her second round match with Sabine Lisicki after being diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, a chronic disease where white blood cells attack moisture-producing glands and can cause dysfunction of organs and body systems.
She is hoping to be able to recover and find her way back onto the court, but don't expect that return anytime soon.
On the courts, Christina McHale upset No. 8 seed Mario Bartoli in straight sets 7-6, 6-2.
However, the big upset of the day came when the top seeded men's doubles team, the Bryan Brothers, were upset in the first round of doubles competition. They were knocked off by the unseeded pairing of Ivo Karlovic and Frank Moser.
Men Hold Serve While Women Get Sloppy on Opening Monday and Early Tuesday
5 of 7Roger 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.
Complete Men's Draw
6 of 7Here is the full draw for the men's side:
| 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) |
Complete Women's Draw
7 of 7Here 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) |
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