TENNIS
The Joker is no joke on way to U.S. Open semifinal
By Art Spander
The Sports X Theres a Joker in every deck. This one has a first name. And a slick game. Novak Djokovic isnt the villain out of Batman, although hes been treated that way.
More accurately, hes a Grand Slam champion, accused hypochondriac and, according to the ratings, the third-best tennis player in the world.
Novak Djokovic is in the U.S. Open semifinals for the fourth time in the last five years. (AP) He has done impersonations of everyone from Rafael Nadal to Maria Sharapova, has given comments on almost anything and once again has given himself a chance to reach the fi by now it sho made it to the semis ...
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This U.S. Open coming up short on Americans
By Art Spander
The Sports X One singular sensation. A song lyric from . A fact of tennis from the not-so-U.S. Open. The last two Americans went back-to-back Tuesday on a court named for a historic American, Arthur Ashe, and only one managed to survive.
Out went Sam Querrey, if stubbornly, and after he disappeared from view, from the draw, on came Venus Williams, who wasnt going anywhere, except to the semifinals.
Querrey had his chances in a fourth-round match against Stanislas Wawrinka, but Wawrinka had a 7-6, 6-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 victory and a spot in the quarters.
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Djokovic, Federer, Wozniacki advance to quaters
CBSSpo What could have been a great day for American tennis instead turned into a dominating afternoon for Novak Djokovic.
The third-seeded Djokovic routed No. 19-seeded American Mardy Fish, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 on Monday, sapping the energy from both his opponent and nearly packed Arthur Ashe Stadium and leaving only one American man in the draw at the U.S. Open.
Djokovic, eyeing his third straight U.S. Open semifinal, will play No. 17 Gael Monfils in the quarters. Earlier, Monfils beat fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-5, 7-5.
Since a five-set scare in the first round, Djokovic hasnt dropped a set. Against Fish, wh...
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Murray KO'd; Venus, Nadal, Clijsters win at Open
CBSSpo No. 4 Andy Murray made an earlier-than-expected exit from the U.S. Open, losing in the third round to No. 25 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland on Sunday.
Britains Murray was a popular pick this year, based on trips to the finals at Flushing Meadows two years ago and this years Australian Open, along with a win in Montreal last month in which he beat both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
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Defending champ Clijsters cruises into fifth round
CBSSpo Kim Clijsters put a quick end to Ana Ivanovics run at the U.S. Open, winning her 18th straight match at Flushing Meadows with a 6-2, 6-1 wipeout of the former world No. 1 in their fourth-round match Sunday.
Clijsters has not been seriously tested heading into the second week of the U.S. Open. (Getty Images) Ivanovic, who fell to as low as No. 65 after a couple of injury-plagued years, has gotten back to No. 40 and was trying to move higher. She won three matchesagainst the second-seeded defending champion.
It wasnt much of a contest.
After regaining an early break to pull within 3-2 in the first, Ivanovic got...
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