US Open 2009 starts tomorrow!

Get ready for the action as the world's best players take to the courts at Flushing Meadows in New York!

On day one of play some household names such as Roger Federer, Kim Clijsters, Andy Roddick, Serena and Venus Williams among others. For the first day of play it will be shown on The Tennis Channel and on ESPN2 in the USA, but not sure about other countries.

The event will be covered for the whole 2 weeks, so stay tuned to this blog for all the latest news!

Verdasco captures first hard-court title

Fernando Verdasco cooled down Sam Querrey's fire as he won his first career hard-court title yesterday night. The Spaniard won in straight sets although he served up 11 double faults, and is going into this year's US Open with confidence. The score was 64 76(6) and Verdasco came out to play the final just a little after four hours after winning in two tiebreaks against Igor Andreev. He is seeded 10th at this year's US Open, while Querrey is seeded 22nd at the Open.

Great run for Verdasco after winning first title of this year, and good luck at the US Open!

Rain delay in New Haven

Today's play has been halted by rain and will start tomorrow with both semifinals on schedule.

Results for August 27, 2009

Singles - Quarter-finals
[2] [WC] F Verdasco (ESP) d [11] J Melzer (AUT) 63 61
[6] S Querrey (USA) d [1] N Davydenko (RUS) 63 36 64
[7] I Andreev (RUS) d L Mayer (ARG) 64 67(4) 63
J Acasuso (ARG) d F Serra (FRA) 75 64

Doubles - Quarter-finals
M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) d [3] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) 63 64
[4] M Damm (CZE) / R Lindstedt (SWE) d P Hanley (AUS) / J Kerr (AUS) 62 36 10-6

Doubles - First Round
P Hanley (AUS) / J Kerr (AUS) d [WC] D Martin (USA) / R Ram (USA) 62 63

Davydenko shocked by Querrey

Top seeded Nikolay Davydenko let himself down today after he had 2 break point chances to lead 5-4 on serve in the last set against America's second best player Sam Querrey. Sam Querrey took a dramatic turn to win his serve in that game and also then broke the Russian in a love-game to get himself to the semis of the event in New Haven. The score was 63 36 64 and Sam Querrey is looking to win the Olympus US Open Series and have a chance to play for an extra $1 million at NYC next week. He will play Jose Acasuso in the semis, while the other semi will have Fernando Verdasco and Igor Andreev battle it out for a spot in the final.