Serena Williams offered a new, tongue-in-cheek explanation for why she plays so much better at Grand Slam tournaments than other events.
"Maybe it pays more," she said with a smile. "I guess I'm trying to pay off my mortgage."
Defending champion Williams joined her sister in the U.S. Open's third round with a dominating victory Wednesday night, playing pretty close to perfect while beating 51st-ranked Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-1 in less than an hour.
Serena Williams is seeking her fourth U.S. Open championship and 12th Grand Slam singles title overall. She's won three of the past four major tournaments - but she hasn't won a single non major tournament in that span.
The American is trying to become the first woman to win consecutive titles at Flushing Meadows since her older sister Venus in 2000-01.
Everyone's been curious about the condition of Rafael Nadal's knees, so it made sense that his first Grand Slam opponent in three months would wonder as well.
Which might explain why Richard Gasquet tried a drop shot deep in the third set of his U.S. Open match against Nadal on Wednesday. Nadal made the long run necessary to get to the ball, and flipped it back over the net, winning the point.
A moment later, as if conspiring with Nadal to show everyone how fit the six-time major champion truly is these days, Gasquet offered up another drop shot.
Nadal got to that one, too.
Starting a bid to win the only Grand Slam title missing from his resume, Nadal encountered no apparent trouble from his much-scrutinized legs in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Gasquet at Flushing Meadows.
Roger Federer’s winning streak at the U.S. Open tennis chompionship is up to 36 matches. He’ll try for No. 37 against a familiar foe.
The top-seeded tennis ace Federer moved into the third round at Flushing Meadows by beating 65th-ranked Simon Greul of Germany 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 Wednesday night before a night-session record crowd of 24,206 who bought tickets only to see federer.
Next up for Federer: a match against 2001 U.S. Open champion Lleyton Hewitt. The 31st-seeded Hewitt beat Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round.
Federer has won 13 consecutive matches against the formerly top-ranked Hewitt, including victories over the Australian in the 2004 final and 2005 semifinals at US open tennis.
Federer is trying to become the first man since Bill Tilden in the 1920s to win the American Grand Slam tournament six years in a row. Fans booked all the hotels in Newyork and ready to see FedEX winning US open title for the sixth time in a row. Some of them even bought the tickets for double the rate of it.
The Swiss star—owner of a record 15 Grand Slam singles titles overall— hasn’t lost at the U.S. Open since a fourth-round setback against David Nalbandian in 2003.
Below is the full scorecard of day three at US Opne tennis 2009.
Men's Second Round
Roger Federer (1) def. Simon Greul 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
Lleyton Hewitt (31) def. Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Men's First Round
Andy Murray (2) def. Ernests Gulbis 7-5, 6-3, 7-5
Rafael Nadal (3) def. Richard Gasquet 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
Novak Djokovic (4) def. Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
Juan Martin Del Potro (6) def. Juan Monaco 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7) def. Chase Buchanan 6-0, 6-2, 6-1
Gilles Simon (9) def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4,7-6(7-3),6-3
Fernando Verdasco (10) def. Benjamin Becker 7-5, 6-4,7-5
Fernando Gonzalez (11) def. Nicolas Massu 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Gael Monfils (13) def. Jeremy Chardy 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
Marin Cilic (16) def. Ryan Sweeting 7-6(7-2), 6-4,7-6(7-4)
Tomas Berdych (17) def. Wayne Odesnik 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
David Ferrer (18) def. Alberto Martin 7-5, 5-7, 6-3,6-3
Nicolas Lapentti def. Stanislas Wawrinka (19)4-6,3-6,7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
Sam Querrey (22) def. Michael Yani 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
Juan Carlos Ferrero (24) def. Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
Ivan Navarro def. Ivo Karlovic (27) 6-4,7-6(10-8),7-6(7-5)
Jesse Witten def. Igor Andreev (29) 6-4,6-0, 6-2
Viktor Troicki (30) def. Peter Luczak 6-3,6-3,1-6,2-6,6-1
Nicolas Almagro (32) def. Steve Darcis 6-2,6-4,2-6,7-6(10-8)
Jurgen Melzer def. Marat Safin 1-6,6-4,6-3,6-4
Denis Istomin def. Brendan Evans 6-4,6-4,7-6(7-3)
Carsten Ball def. Juan Pablo Brzezicki 7-6(7-5),6-3,6-4
Thomaz Bellucci def. Yen-Hsun Lu 6-4,6-2,6-3
Jesse Levine def. Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
Andreas Beck def. Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4
Florent Serra def. Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(10-8),7-6(7-5),7-6(7-5)
Pablo Cuevas def. Chris Guccione 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
Jarkko Nieminen def. Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
Horacio Zeballos def. Michael Berrer 6-3, 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 6-0
Maximo Gonzalez def. Karol Beck 2-6, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
Nicolas Kiefer def. Michael Llodra 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Philipp Petzschner def. Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Taylor Dent def. Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 7-5
Daniel Koellerer def. Rui Machado 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Julien Benneteau def. Flavio Cipolla 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Josselin Ouanna def. Rajeev Ram 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Kevin Kim def. Dudi Sela 6-3, 0-6, 6-2, 6-2
Robby Ginepri def. Andrei Pavel 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
Jose Acasuso def. Marcos Daniel 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
Paul Capdeville def. Victor Crivoi 6-3, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2)
Women's Second Round
Serena Williams (2) def. Melinda Czink 6-1, 6-1
Venus Williams (3) def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 6-2
Vera Zvonareva (7) def. Anna Chakvetadze 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
Victoria Azarenka (8) def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-2, 6-1
Flavia Pennetta (10) def. Sania Mirza 6-0, 6-0
Maria Kirilenko def. Agnieszka Radwanska (12) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Kim Clijsters def. Marion Bartoli (14) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Vania King def. Samantha Stosur (15) 7-5, 6-4
Aleksandra Wozniak def. Amelie Mauresmo (17) 6-4, 6-0
Na Li (18) def. Michelle Larcher De Brito 6-1, 6-3
Kirsten Flipkens def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (20) 6-1, 6-3
Daniela Hantuchova (22) def. Timea Bacsinszky 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Francesca Schiavone (26) def. Stefanie Voegele 6-4, 6-4
Elena Vesnina (31) def. Jill Craybas 7-6 (8-6), 6-1
Magdalena Rybarikova def. Kai-Chen Chang 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez def. Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3
Women'sFirst Round
Dinara Safina (1) def. Olivia Rogowska 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-4
Elena Dementieva (4) def. Camille Pin 6-1, 6-2
Jelena Jankovic (5) def. Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-3
Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) def. Julia Goerges 6-3, 6-2
Caroline Wozniacki (9) def. Galina Voskoboeva 6-4, 6-0
Kateryna Bondarenko def. Ana Ivanovic (11) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
Nadia Petrova (13) def. Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer def. Virginie Razzano (16) 6-4, 6-3
Patty Schnyder (19) def. Lucie Safarova 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
Jie Zheng (21) def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 6-2
Sabine Lisicki (23) def. Aravane Rezai 7-6(7-4),6-7(4-7),6-1
Sorana Cirstea (24) def. Ayumi Morita 6-1, 6-3
Petra Kvitova def. Alisa Kleybanova (27) 6-7 (4-7),6-3,6-2
Maria Sharapova (29) def. Tsvetana Pironkova 6-3,6-0
Alona Bondarenko (30) def. Alla Kudryavtseva 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Shahar Peer def. Agnes Szavay (32) 6-2, 6-2
Melanie Oudin def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 6-2
Christina McHale def. Polona Hercog 6-3, 6-1
Petra Martic def. Severine Beltrame 6-4, 6-2
Gisela Dulko def. Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Shuai Peng def. Jarmila Groth 6-2, 6-3
Sara Errani def. Arantxa Rus 6-0, 6-3
Yaroslava Shvedova def. Alja Zec Peskiric 6-3, 6-3
Stephanie Dubois def. Kristina Mladenovic 6-0, 6-4
Kristina Barrois def. Urszula Radwanska 6-4, 6-4
Anastasija Sevastova def. Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3, 7-5
Anastasia Rodionova def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
Alize Cornet def. Monique Adamczak 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Carla Suarez Navarro def. Varvara Lepchenko 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Julie Coin def. Eva Hrdinova 6-3, 6-3
Shenay Perry def. Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-2
Tathiana Garbin def. Mallory Cecil 6-0, 6-1
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