Saturday, September 5, 2009

[tennis] US Open: Women Continue To Surprise

After dumping out six of the 32 seeded players in the first round including Ana Ivanovic, the women at the US Open continued to surprise the viewers in the second round. Fourth seed Elena Dementieva, fifth seed Jelena Jankovic and 11th seed Amelie Mauresmo are the most important names on the long list of big names that took the exit door in the second round. Following is the list of seeded and famous players to go out in the second round.

Second Round Exits:
Men's:
Juan Ignacio Chela (Lleyton Hewitt)
Mikhail Youzhny (Marco Chiudinelli)
David Ferrer, 18 (Jose Acasuso): 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Viktor Troicki, 30 (Julien Bennateau)


Women's:
Amelie Mauresmo, 17 (Aleksandra Wozniak) : 6-4, 6-0
Marion Bartoli, 14 (Kim Clijsters) : 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Sania Mirza (Flavia Pennetta, 10) :6-0, 6-0
Ana Chakvetadze (Vera Zvonareva, 7) : 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
Samantha Stosur, 15 (Vania King) : 7-5, 6-4
Anabel Medina Garriguess, 20 (Kirsten Flipkens): 6-4, 6-1
Agnieska Randwanska, 12 (Maria Kirilenko ) :6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Jelena Jankovic, 5 (Yaroslava Shvedova) :6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(6)
Elena Dementieva, 4 (Melanie Oudin) :5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Alona Bondarenko, 30 (Gisela Dulko) :6-4, 6-0
Patty Schnyder, 19 (Sara Errani) :7-5, 6-2

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