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September 5, 2011
- Pennetta grinds out another upset win, beats Peng
- Italy's Flavia Pennetta felt sick to her stomach on a hot, muggy day at the U.S. Open Sunday, but dug deep to push on and beat 13th-seeded Peng Shuai of China 6-4 7-6 and reach the quarter-finals.
September 5, 2011
- Djokovic hits 60 wins at injury-plagued US Open
- Novak Djokovic racked up his 60th win of the year yesterday to join former champions Serena Williams and Roger Federer in the US Open last 16 as Flushing Meadows claimed a record 18th injury victim.
September 5, 2011
- Dad feared Williams would die
- The father of tennis great Serena Williams said he thought his daughter was going to die when she was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital in March with a blood clot in her lung.
September 4, 2011
- Top seed Wozniacki breezes into U.S. Open fourth round
- Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark dismantled struggling Vania King of the United States, 6-2, 6-4, to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Saturday.
September 4, 2011
- Federer, Williams into fourth round of retirement-hit U.S. Open
- Roger Federer met little trouble in moving forward to the fourth round of U.S. Open on Saturday, eliminating Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
September 3, 2011
- China's Peng reaches U.S. Open fourth round
- China's Peng Shuai, seeded 13, edged off 19th seed Julia Goerges of Germany 6-4, 7-6 (1), advancing into the last 16 of U.S. Open on Friday.
September 3, 2011
- Sharapova knocked out of U.S. Open
- Maria Sharapova's U.S. Open journey was snapped on Friday as the former champion was upset by Flavia Pennetta, the No. 26 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
September 3, 2011
- Nadal, Murray, Del Potro reach U.S. Open third round
- Rafael Nadal breezed into the third round of the U.S. Open, as the defending champion was two sets to the good when Nicolas Mahut retired on Friday.
September 2, 2011
- Bryan brothers at a loss
- Top-ranked Bob and Mike Bryan were shocked in the first round of the men's doubles on Wednesday, and weren't sure what to do with themselves after their first Grand Slam first-round exit since 2001.
September 2, 2011
- Sharapova shifts up a gear to reach third round
- Maria Sharapova shifted into a higher gear on Wednesday as she overwhelmed unseeded Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus with the loss of just two games to surge into the third round of the US Open.
