Dealing well with whipping winds and a familiar opponent, 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer served his way to a 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory over fifth-seeded Robin Soderling to reach the U.S. Open semifinals. "I've been practicing my serve a whole lot, for my whole career. If I can't serve in the wind, I've got a problem, you know?" Federer said.
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Zvonareva moves into US Open semifinals (AP)
No. 7 Vera Zvonareva has moved a win away from her second Grand Slam final of 2010, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 7-5 at the U.S. Open. Zvonareva won the quarterfinal match by getting balls back and watching her 31st-seeded opponent self-destruct. Kanepi, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon this year, made 60 unforced errors in windy Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday.
Top seed Wozniacki advances to semis (AP)
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki stretched her winning streak to 13 matches by beating 45th-ranked Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-2, 7-5 in the U.S. Open quarterfinals Wednesday. Wozniacki, the 2009 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, will face No. 7 Vera Zvonareva in Friday's semifinals. Playing her usual steady game, retrieving balls and forcing her opponent to hit shot after shot, Wozniacki handled...
Djokovic beats Monfils to reach semis (AP)
Third-seeded Novak Djokovic beat No. 17 Gael Monfils 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the fourth consecutive year. Djokovic awaits the winner of the night quarterfinal match between No. 2 Roger Federer and Sweden's Robin Soderling. Russian Vera Zvonareva will face top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki or unseeded Dominika Cibulkova in the women's semifinals after...
India-Pakistan doubles team makes final (AP)
The best measure of what India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi accomplished at the U.S. Open could be found in the stands, not the scoreline. The doubles team reached the U.S. Open final Wednesday, winning a match that brought the United Nations ambassadors from their long-at-odds countries to Flushing Meadows to sit in the stands together.
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