U.S. Open Tennis

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM

Play begins at noon

Novak Djokovic (1) vs. Roger Federer (3)

Not before 2:45 p.m.

Rafael Nadal (2) vs. Andy Murray (4)

Night session

Play begins at 8 p.m.

Caroline Wozniacki (1) vs. Serena Williams (28)

GRANDSTAND

Play begins at 6 p.m.

Samantha Stosur (9) vs. Angelique Kerber...

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Blue skies.

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A withdrawal by the seventh-seeded Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes in the mixed doubles semifinals has put two young Americans who recently made breakthroughs at the Open, Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock, into the final.

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Weather patterns yesterday brought back an old Open annoyance: noisy jets from LaGuardia in a takeoff pattern squarely over the...

Weather played quite a role in the schedule at the U.S. Open the past few days. Here's a look at the updated match schedule released by the USTA, and it includes movement in the championship matches.

Men’s singles quarterfinals (Session #20)Remaining quarterfinals to be played on Friday; Gates open at 10 a.m. Tickets from the originally cancelled Session #20 (Wednesday, Sept....

Here's the statement released by the United States Tennis Association a short time ago Thursday:

"We have faced an inordinate amount of rain in August and through the early part of September which has saturated the court surfaces at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. All courts were completely dried prior to play on Thursday, September 8. However, as the sun began to warm,...

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUMPlay begins at 11 a.m.

Gilles Muller vs. Rafael Nadal (2)

Not before 1 p.m.

Serena Williams (28) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (17)Novak Djokovic (1) vs. Janko Tipsarevic (20)

Night sessionPlay begins at 7 p.m.

Roger Federer (3) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (11)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM

David Ferrer (5) vs. Andy Roddick (21)

Not before 1...

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Wednesday's original schedule failed to put the John Isner-Gilles Simon match on Court 17, so it could be started as soon as the other men's fourth-round matches while rain threatened, instead slotting it after Donald Young-Andy Murray in the Grandstand.

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Open officials adjusted within an hour, moving Isner-Simon to Court 17.

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The reason Isner-Simon wasn't...

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Rain postponements. Ticket availability is so tight that the only available exchanges are for next year’s tournament.

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Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller, facing the possibility of waiting out a long rain delay, shrugged and said he would retreat to the locker room, where “there is a nice sofa.”

SERVICE WINNER

By calling off the day and night...

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM

Play begins at 11 a.m.

Gilles Muller vs. Rafael Nadal (2)Novak Djokovic (1) vs. Janko Tipsarevic (20)

Night sessionPlay begins at 7 p.m.

Serena Williams (28) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (17)Roger Federer (3) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (11)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUIM

David Ferrer (5) vs. Andy Roddick (21)Sam Stosur (9) vs. Vera Zvonareva (2)

Not...

Rain has forced the USTA to cancel both the day and night sessions of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

Among the matches scheduled were American Donald Young against No. 4 Andy Murray and another American, No. 28 John Isner, against No. 12 Gilles Simon of France. Second-seeded players Rafael Nadal and Vera Zvonareva were also scheduled to play on Tuesday.

Play will resume Wednesday....

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Janko Tipsarevic's beach-volleyball sunglasses, with the white rims. Very cool.

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Bad news for Julia Elbaba of Oyster Bay. She lost in the first round of girls singles to Risa Ozaki of Japan, 6-3, 6-1.

Guest faults from readers:

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TV commentators using pronouns -- he, she; "How in the heck can we tell who they are talking about." (From Margarete...