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The US Open is the most open and very competitive grand slam tournament of the season. With injuries and the strains of the ATP and WTA Tours having taken their toll on the world's highest ranked tennis players, the door to grand slam glory is opened to talented up-and-coming tennis stars.
The US Open results finally knocked out one of the mens top seeds yeasterday, as Andy Roddick went down in five sets. while Roddick will not repeat his Wimbledon success, the US Open results finally knocked out the embattled women's top seed, and some other big names.
The US Open tennis 2009 results were historic going into Saturday, due to the perfection of the top 16 male seeds. Not only were they all in the third round, they had all barely lost a set in their first two matches. But the 32-0 winning streak ended when fifth seed Andy Roddick took on John Isner.
It was day three of the 2009 U. S. Open Tennis Tournament yesterday, and some of the best finishers qualify to court. And yesterday, so the last couple of first round matches played on the men's side, and a pair of second round matches.
The female players began their second round matches yesterday, with both Serena and Venus Williams offers some of the actions. According gather.com were Rafael Nadal wasted no time at all to beat Richard Gasquet in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.
And in a second round of the men of the matches, world number 1 Roger Federer was too strong for his opponent Simon Greul, by beating him 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. Federer now advances to the third round, like Lleyton Hewitt, when he beat Juan Ignacio Chela.
Yesterday was also a good day for the Williams sisters, both in the third round. Venus Williams was facing Bethanie Mattek in straight sets, winning 6-4 6-2. Her sister played Melinda Czink and also won the series 6-1 and 6-1.
