Venus Williams (3) beat Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-1
Kim Clijsters (2) beat Greta Arn 6-0 7-5
Samantha Stosur (5) beat Elena Vesnina 3-6 7-6(7-2) 6-1
Daniela Hantuchova (24) beat Dinara Safina 6-3 6-4
Caroline Wozniacki (1) beat Chelsey Gullickson 6-1 6-1
Maria Sharapova (14) beat Jarmila Groth 4-6 6-3 6-1
Jelena Jankovic (4) beat Simona Halep 6-4 4-6 7-5
Upsets
Kateryna Bondarenko beat Na Li (8) 2-6 6-4 6-2
Andrea Petkovic beat Nadia Petrova (17) 6-2 4-6 7-6 (7-4)
Mirjana Lucic beat Alicia Molik 7-6 (7-5) 6-1
U.S. Open: Venus Williams winces but wins | The Fabulous Forum ...
Venus Williams has the weight of the Williams sister dominance to carry at this US Open. With her top-ranked sister Serena not in New York, recuperating from surgery to repair a foot injured by glass at a German restaurant after...
Publish Date: 08/31/2010 2:40
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/08/us-open-venus-williams-winces-but-wins.html
Venus sweeps at U.S. Open in return to tennis - Tennis- nbcsports ...
Venus Williams landed awkwardly on her recently injured leg after hitting a swinging volley and grimaced. It was about the only glitch during her return to tennis. ... "It was doing pretty good, till I landed on that leg on the swing volley . ... I was pretty happy to get through after not playing in forever," said Williams, whose younger sister Serena isn't playing in the U.S. Open after surgery for deep cuts on her right foot. Story continues below ↓ ...
Publish Date: 08/31/2010 3:53
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38918984/ns/sports-tennis/
Kim Clijsters: Balancing Family and the US Open - That's Fit
Kim Clijsters returned to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center yesterday to defend her title at the US Open.
Publish Date: 08/31/2010 12:00
http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/08/31/kim-clijsters-balancing-family-and-the-us-open/
Sharapova, Jankovic rally to avoid upsets - Tennis- nbcsports ...
Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova all needed comebacks to advance out of the first round of the US Open on Tuesday. ... And sometimes it's more important than anything, because you're giving yourself a chance to go out on the practice court tomorrow," the 14th-seeded Sharapova said. "You're giving yourself a chance to play another match and to get better, you know, maybe work on the things that today weren't working that well for you." ...
Publish Date: 09/01/2010 2:42
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38938655/ns/sports-tennis/
U.S. Open Tennis 2010: Maria Sharapova Wins Without Flash - The ...
Maria Sharapova went down a set before overtaking Jarmila Groth Tuesday. “She came out today and really swung and didn't give me much time to do anything out there,” Sharapova said. “I just hung in there.” ...
Publish Date: 09/01/2010 3:48
http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2010/08/31/no-flash-in-sharapovas-comeback/
Revitalized Lucic earns first grand-slam win since 2002
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Croatian Mirjana Lucic reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1999 as a fresh-faced 17-year-old, she was tipped as a future star of women's tennis. Just four years later, she was all but gone from the tour, ...
Publish Date: 09/01/2010 1:10
http://tennis.firstblogfirst.com/2010/09/01/revitalized-lucic-earns-first-grand-slam-win-since-2002/
