Flushing Meadows, New York. US Open. Grand Slam tournament ($17.074 million/Hard). Men’s singles, quarterfinals: David Nalbandian (Arg/13) s. Younes El Aynaoui (Mar) 7:6 (7:2), 6:2, 3:6, 7:5. — Semifinals: Juan Carlos Ferrero (Sp/3) s. Andre Agassi (USA/1) 6:4, 6:3, 3:6, 6:4. Andy Roddick (USA/4) – David Nalbandian (Arg/13) after editorial deadline. — Final on Sunday (10:15 p.m. CEST).
Women’s singles, semi-finals: Kim Clijsters (Be/1) s. Lindsay Davenport (USA/3) 6:2, 6:3. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Be/2) s. Jennifer Capriati (USA/6) 4:6, 7:5, 7:6 (7:4). — Final on Sunday night (2 a.m. CEST).
Men’s doubles, quarterfinals: Jonas Björkman/Todd Woodbridge (Sd/Au/4) s. Martin Damm/Cyril Suk (Tsch/8) 6:3, 7:6 (7:4).
Frauen-Doppel, Viertelfinals: Marion Bartoli/Myriam Casanova (Fr/Sz) s. Maria Vento-Kabchi/Angelique Widjaja (Fri/Indo/13) 6:2, 6:2. Virginia Ruano-Pascual/Paola Suarez (Sp/Arg/2) s. Jelena Bowina/Rennae Stubbs (Au/5) 6:3, 7:6 (7:4). Cara Black/Jelena Lichowtsewa (Simb/Russ/3) s. Janette Husarova/Conchita Martinez (Slk/Sp/7) 7:6 (7:4), 6:3. Swetlana Kusnetsowa/Martina Navratilova (Russ/USA/4) s. Liezel Huber/Magdalena Maleeva (SA/Bul/8) 6:3, 6:3. — Halbfinals: Kusnetsowa/Navratilova s. Bartoli/Casanova 6:4, 7:6 (7:0).
Mixed, Viertelfinals: Cara Black/Wayne Black (Simb/7) s. Lisa Raymond/Mike Bryan (USA/2) 7:6 (7:4), 6:2. Katarina Srebotnik/Bob Bryan (Sln/USA/8) s. Virginia Ruano-Pascual/Mark Knowles (Sp/Bah/3) 2:6, 6:2, 10:7 (Masters-Tiebreak).
Junior tournaments. Junior singles, 3rd round: Katerina Bondarenko (Ukr/15) s. Bethanie Mattek (USA/1) 6:0, 4:6, 6:4. Ana Ivanovic (Ser/Basel) s. Andrea Hlavackova (Tsch/11) 6:4, 6:0.
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