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The more I think about that 9-year-old Youth Baseball League pitcher being ordered to not pitch any more because opposing players were afraid of him, the more it burns my biscuits.

Roger Federer stayed perfect at this U.S. Open, beating Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 Sunday and breezing into the round of 16.
To win his first Grand Slam of the season, the No. 2-ranked Federer needs to take his fifth straight title at Flushing Meadows. He has not lost a set in three matches, and raised […]

It still was hard to hide his disappointment. The South African poured in birdies at such an alarming rate Saturday on the TPC Boston that after making his second eagle, from just over 20 feet on the 298-yard …

Alex Bogdanovic is such a regular at the last chance saloon that his drink is probably poured the moment he enters the door.

Defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland cruised into the next round of the U.S. Open with a straight-sets victory, while Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic struggled against 18-year-old Caroline Wozniacki of …

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain and Andy Murray of Britain were third-round winners Saturday at the men’s section of the U.S. Open tennis tournament.

One wonders sometimes whether Andy Murray has ever heard of doing things the easy way.

BRITAIN’S Anne Keothavong caused a major US Open upset by knocking out No.25 seed Francesca Schiavone to reach the third round.

Q. How did you pull that out? ANDY RODDICK: I don’t know. You know, I guess one thing that no one will dispute is that I pretty much leave it out there every time, and if I lose, it’s not for lack of effort.

A look at Saturday’s play at the $20.657 million U.S. Open tennis championships: WEATHER: Mostly cloudy, warmer and more humid.

NEW YORK, Aug 28: Serbian stars Novak Djokovic and Jelena Jankovic hobbled to victory on centre court while the Russian assault continued on day four of the 20.6 million dollar US Open.

Tennis to my mind is a most excellent sport. I thought this before the 2008 Summer Olympics, but certain observations during the games only reinforced my opinion.

Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova became the latest upset victim at the U.S. Open on Friday, beaten by 28th-ranked Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-7 , 6-3 in the third round.A day after No.

Fish and Blake are pals. Before heading out on court at Arthur Ashe Stadium for their third-round match, they hung out together in the locker room, watching college football highlights on TV.

Andy Roddick had his fiancee, his brother and Patrick McEnroe in his box . Roddick hit a 147-mile-per-hour serve early in the match and, just before it ended, hit another 140 m.p.h. serve too close to Fabrice …

Roger Federer booked his place in the third round of the US Open on Friday after easing to a straight-sets victory over Brazilian qualifier Thiago Alves.

British number one Anne Keothavong has crashed out of the US Open. The twenty-four year old lost six-three, six-four to Olympic champion Elena Dementieva at Flushing Meadows.

The Williams sisters keep cruising along while other top women’s seeds go crashing out of the U.S. Open.
But it can only continue for one more match.
Venus and Serena posted identical 6-2, 6-1 victories in the third round Saturday. Another win, and they’ll face each other in the quarterfinals.
Four of the top 10 women’s seeds have […]

Querrey is so new to this whole professional tennis gig that there is nothing but earnestness in his voice when he admits he’s excited his matches are on TV.

NEW YORK: Andy Murray dug deep to beat Frenchman Michael Llodra 6-4 1-6 7-5 7-6 to reach the third round of the US Open on Thursday, but refused to get ahead of himself as he bids for a first grand-slam title.

Alex Bogdanovic is such a regular at the last chance saloon that his drink is probably poured the moment he enters the door.

Venus Williams isn’t having any trouble advancing at the U.S. Open, unlike many of the other top women’s seeds.

Neil Harman, Times Tennis Correspondent, analyses all the action from day five of the US Open.

CARA Black and her American partner Liezel Huber remained on course in the US$20,6 million US Open tennis championships when they beat Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Petra Cetkowska of the Czech Republic in …

South Africa’s Rik de Voest and his Australian partner Ashley Fisher defeated the 12th seeds, Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna of Peru in the second round of their doubles encounter in the US Open being …

This is roughly the fifth year in which American male tennis players are hearing a refrain consigning them to that old Bullwinkle cartoon institution, Whatsamatta U. Only three Yank men are ranked among the …

Top seed Rafael Nadal looks to step up a gear at the U.S. Open when he plays Serbian Viktor Troicki in the third round on Saturday.

Home favorite Andy Roddick recovered from a set and 5-3 down to beat promising Latvian Ernests Gulbis 3-6 7-5 6-2 7-5 to secure his place in the third round of the U.S. Open.

NEW YORK - The closer Serena Williams draws to a potential quarterfinal showdown with sister Venus, the less she might want to think about it.

Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic, who are playing their first US Opens as the top seeds, take to the court in day four against a pair of qualifiers.