Nadal, Youzhny Enter U.S. Open Semifinals
NEW YORK: Following are the results of Thursday matches at $22.7 million U.S. Open :Singles= Men= Quarterfinals= Mikhail Youzhny (12), Russia, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (25), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Rafael Nadal (1),
NEW YORK: Following are the results of Thursday matches at $22.7 million U.S. Open :
Singles= Men= Quarterfinals=
Mikhail Youzhny (12), Russia, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (25), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Fernando Verdasco (8), Spain, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles= Women= Semifinals=
Vania King, United States, and Yaroslava Shvedova (6), Kazakhstan, def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Anastasia Rodionova (9), Australia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Mixed= Championship=
Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan (1), United States, def. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-4, 6-4.
Exhibition Doubles=
Pat Cash, Australia, and Mats Wilander, Sweden, def. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Anna Kournikova, Russia, 7-5.
Champions Team Tennis=
Team Kramer (Pat Cash, Michael Chang, Martina Navratilova, Chanda Rubin), def. Team Gibson (Tracy Austin, Mary Joe Fernandez, Todd Martin, Mal Washington), 14-11.
Junior Singles= Boys= Third Round=
Jiri Vesely (4), Czech Republic, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-0.
Agustin Velotti (8), Argentina, def. Daniel Kosakowski, United States, 7-6 (4), 7-5.
Denis Kudla (10), United States, def. Evan King, United States, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4.
Filip Horansky, Slovakia, def. Andrea Collarini, United States, 6-3, 6-4.
Marton Fucsovics (2), Hungary, def. Mitchell Frank (16), United States, 6-4, 6-1.
Victor Baluda (13), Russia, def. Tiago Fernandes (3), Brazil, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Jack Sock, United States, def. Damir Dzumhur (5), Bosnia-Herzegovina, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Dennis Novikov, United States, def. Yasutaka Uchiyama, Japan, 7-5, 6-3.
Girls= Third Round=
Sloane Stephens (15), United States, def. Elina Svitolina (4), Ukraine, 6-4, 6-0.
Yulia Putintseva, Russia, def. Cristina Dinu, Romania, 6-2, 6-3.
Robin Anderson, United States, def. Laura Robson (8), Britain, 6-3, 6-2.
Karolina Pliskova (6), Czech Republic, def. Veronica Cepede Royg, Paraguay, 6-3, 6-0.
Daria Gavrilova (1), Russia, def. Tang Hao Chen (13), China, 7-5, 6-2.
Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Monica Puig (5), Puerto Rico, def. Gabriela Dabrowski (9), Canada, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Caroline Garcia, France, def. Sachia Vickery, United States, 6-4, 6-4.
Junior Doubles= Boys= Quarterfinals=
Oliver Golding, Britain, and Jiri Vesely (4), Czech Republic, def. Karue Sell and Bruno Semenzato, Brazil, 6-1, 6-3.
Guilherme Clezar and Tiago Fernandes, Brazil, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Mate Pavic (6), Croatia, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 tiebreak.
Duilio Beretta, Peru, and Roberto Quiroz (3), Ecuador, def. Peter Heller and Kevin Krawietz, Germany, 6-1, 6-3.
Victor Baluda and Alexander Rumyantsev, Russia, def. Andrea Collarini and Jack Sock, United States, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 10-5 tiebreak. Girls= Quarterfinals=
Timea Babos, Hungary, and Sloane Stephens (3), United States, def. Nicole Gibbs and Kyle S. McPhillips, United States, 6-2, 6-2.
An-Sophie Mestach, Belgium, and Silvia Njiric, Croatia, def. Jana Cepelova and Chantal Skamlova (5), Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2.
Tang Hao Chen and Tian Ran, China, def. Robin Anderson and Monica Turewicz, United States, 1-6, 6-2, 11-9 tiebreak.
Daria Gavrilova and Irina Khromacheva (1), Russia, def. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, and Yulia Putintseva (7), Russia, 7-6 (7), 6-4.
Wheelchair Singles= Men= First Round=
Stephane Houdet, France, def. Jon Rydberg, United States, 6-1, 6-4.
Maikel Scheffers (2), Netherlands, def. Stefan Olsson, Sweden, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Nicolas Peifer, France, def. Robin Ammerlaan, Netherlands, 6-0, 6-4.
Shingo Kunieda (1), Japan, def. Ronald Vink, Netherlands, 6-0, 6-0. Women= First Round=
Jiske Griffioen, Netherlands, def. Mackenzie Soldan, United States, 6-1, 6-1.
Daniela di Toro, Australia, def. Aniek van Koot, Netherlands, 6-3, 7-6 (2).
Sharon Walraven (2), Netherlands, def. Annick Sevenans, Belgium, 6-4, 6-3.
Esther Vergeer (1), Netherlands, def. Florence Alix-Gravellier, France, 7-5, 7-5. Quad= First Round=
David Wagner, United States, def. Nicholas Taylor, United States, 6-1, 6-0.
Peter Norfolk, Britain, def. Johan Andersson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-2. AP