U.S. Open Tennis

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM

Play begins at 11 a.m.

Donald Young vs. Andy Murray (4)Gilles Muller vs. Rafael Nadal (2)

Night sessionPlay begins at 7 p.m.

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

LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM

John Isner (28) vs. Gilles Simon (12)Angelique Kerber vs. Flavia Pennetta (26)Sam Stosur (9) vs. Vera Zvonareva (2)...

Residence: Kiel, Germany

Age: 23

Rank: 92

5-8, 150

Left handed, two-handed backhand

Next match: Today, Monica Niculescu

Angelique Kerber is in unfamiliar territory. The 23-year-old has never been past the second round of three previous Grand Slam appearances, but she will play another unseeded player, Monica Niculescu, in the fourth round today for a spot in the...

ACE

The Billie Jean King National Tennis Center grounds, now a small, bustling city well appointed with trees, flowers, shops, restaurants and musical entertainment. It is a far cry from the mostly concrete, odiferous joint that opened in 1978.

FAULT

As the tournament plays out and competitors are eliminated, there were only eight courts in action yesterday, squeezing the crowds...

ACE

SpiderCam: That weird, floating around Arthur Ashe Stadium TV camera that descends on barely discernable wires right down to the players’ chairs for changeovers, then wanders off toward the upper deck.

FAULT

It was an unfortunate scheduling move to put Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 Open champ, in the Grandstand Court to start the day Friday, instead of in larger Armstrong...

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Play begins at 11 a.m.

Caroline Wozniacki (1) vs. Vania King

Not before 1 p.m.

Roger Federer (3) vs. Marin Cilic (27)Victoria Azarenka (4) vs. Serena Williams (28)

Night sessionPlay begins at 7 p.m.

Sloane Stephens vs. Ana Ivanovic (16)Novak Djokovic (1) vs. Nikolay Davydenko

Louis Armstrong Stadium

Tomas Berdych (9) vs. Janko Tipsarevic...

ACE

2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, asked which she preferred between Roland Garros and Flushing Meadows, said, "Ay, when I win here, I will tell you the difference and which one I prefer."

FAULT

For entertainment value, the first-round loss of top-seeded doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan (to Ivo Karlovic and Frank Moser) leaves a void in the Open’s...

Kevin Anderson

Residence: Johannesburg, South AfricaAge: 25Rank: 346-8, 197 poundsRighthanded, two-handed backhandNext match: Saturday vs. Mardy Fish

Anderson is one of the skyscrapers of men’s tennis. He’s 6-8, but at only 197 pounds he seems as skinny as his racket handle. At that height, you might imagine that he has a big serve. What you might not imagine is that he has...

The 10:59 p.m. start of a match between Maria Sharapova and Anastasiya Yakimova on Wednesday night at the national Tennis Center was the latest in the history of the U.S.Open by 24 minutes.

But the third-seeded Sharapova made quick work of her Belarussian opponent, taking just 70 minutes to win, 6-1, 6-1, and advance to the third round.

"It's past my bedtime," Sharapova told...

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Those rare times when players applaud an opponent’s winning shot by tapping their rackets.

LET

Fashion is always a matter of taste, but many of the women in this year’s Open seemed to have settled on hot pink as the “in” color.

LET

Venus Williams is out of the Open, but the Violin Venus Show — one of the constant musical acts performing...

Residence: Bad Oldesloe, GermanyAge: 22Rank: 215-11, 154Righthanded, two-handed backhandNext match: Friday, Peng Shuai

Goerges could be a sleeper in the Open. She has steadily improved herself, won a big WTA event in Stuttgart this year and made it to the third round of the previous three Slams. Like any German female player, she has grown up surrounded by the aura of Steffi Graf and the expectations...