15 double faults equals almost 4 gamesSomehow, the top-seeded Dinara Safina is still here with us here at the U.S. Open. She is turning the double fault into an art form. Safina survived a rash of unforced errors and 15 DOUBLE FAULTS to sneak into the 3rd round with a dismal 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 win over the 67th ranked Kristina Barrois. The sad truth is that Safina actually played better today than she did in the first round.
The 4th seed Elena Dementieva and the 5th seed Jelena Jankovic were not so lucky. Both players will have plenty of time to explore the Big Apple during the upcoming Labor Day Weekend after being whisked away by a pair of unseeded opponents.
Dementieva ran into an unexpected challenge from a scrappy powerhouse named Melanie Oudin and Jankovic says she was emotionally drained by the death of grandmother the night before the match.
Jankovic looked confused for most of the day as she dropped a 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 decision to Yaroslava Shvedova from Kazakhstan. (cue the theme from Borat)
Two of the top nine seeds on the women’s side held true to their rankings today. #6 Svetlana Kuznetsova and #9 Caroline Wozniacki both cruised into the 3rd round with a pair of straight set victories.
Maria Sharapova also continued her dominating comeback with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 thumping of Christina McHale from Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Day 4 was a good day for American tennis on the men’s side. Andy Roddick was the last of the red, white and blue victors winning a convincing match over the Frenchman, Marc Gicquel 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
Other Americans moving into the 3rd round on Day 4 included James Blake, Sam Querrey, John Isner and even the 276th ranked player in the world, Jesse Witten.
4th seeded Novak Djokovic had no problem toppling his 6-foot, 6-inch opponent, Carsten Ball in straight sets. Joko still remains on a collision course with Andy Roddick in a potential quarterfinal clash next week.
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