Earl briefly suspends play at US Open (AP)Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain briefly suspended play at the U.S. Open. Matches resumed Friday afternoon after a 25-minute delay. The forecast from the tournament's meteorologist called for intermittent showers. Officials planned to try to get in the full schedule of matches.
Clijsters makes quick work of Kvitova (AP)Defending champion Kim Clijsters has moved to the round of 16 at the U.S. Open by winning the final 12 games in her 6-3, 6-0 victory over No. 27 Petra Kvitova. No. 2 Clijsters dropped two service games to fall behind 3-0 early Friday in Arthur Ashe Stadium, then ran off 12 straight against her opponent from the Czech Republic.
Dementieva beats Hantuchova in 3rd round (AP)Twelfth-seeded Elena Dementieva beat 24th-seeded Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2 Friday in the third round of the U.S. Open. Dementieva, the 2004 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, has reached the semifinals three times but lost in the second round last year. The Russian missed Wimbledon with a left calf injury and has fallen out of the top 10 in the rankings for the first time in more than three years.
5-time champ Federer rolls into round 3 (AP)Five-time champion Roger Federer has breezed into the third round at the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in beating 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Beck double-faulted 11 times on Thursday, Federer zero. Federer has won 42 of his past 43 matches at Flushing Meadows, the only loss coming in last year's final.
Azarenka out of doubles after collapsing (AP)A day after Victoria Azarenka collapsed on court during a singles match at the U.S. Open, she and partner Dinara Safina pulled out of women's doubles. Azarenka and Safina originally were scheduled to face the ninth-seeded pair of Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova in the first round of doubles Thursday.
Stosur extends her longest US Open run (AP)French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur extended her longest run at the U.S. Open, beating Sara Errani 6-2, 6-3 in the third round Friday. The fifth-seeded Australian had never gotten past the second round at Flushing Meadows in six previous tries. But the 26-year-old is in the midst of a career year and has reached the quarterfinals or better in nine of her last 10 events.
No. 3 seed Djokovic reaches 3rd round (AP)Novak Djokovic reached the third round at the U.S. Open with a 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory over 52nd-ranked Philipp Petzschner of Germany on Thursday. Play was delayed in the eighth game while police escorted away three fans after a fight in the upper deck in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The No. 3-seeded Djokovic has made it at least this far all six times he's played at Flushing Meadows.