US Open Tennis Championship in New York Day 8
Andy Murray hits a forehand in his match against Stanislas Wawrinka on day eight at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships at the U.S. National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York on September 1, 2008. Murray defeated Wawrinka 6-1 6-3 6-3. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo)
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LONDON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Juan Martin del Potro continued his climb up the world men's tennis rankings, cracking the Top 10 Monday for the first time.
LONDON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Roger Federer won his fifth consecutive U.S. open but lost ground in his attempt to overtake world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the latest tennis rankings.
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal reached the third round of the U.S. Open with ease Thursday, coasting to a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Ryler de Heart.
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal of Spain added an Olympic gold to his amazing season Sunday and Russia swept the medals in women's tennis.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro will play Serbia's Viktor Troicki in Sunday's final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva set up an all-Russian Olympic singles final Saturday and Roger Federer finally won a gold medal.
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in men's tennis doubles.
LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Roger Federer held onto the top spot in the men's world tennis rankings Monday for a record 237th consecutive week but will lose it next week.
TORONTO, July 22 (UPI) -- Feliciano Lopez eliminated 11th-seeded Radek Stepanek, but all the other seeded players came away with first-round wins Monday at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 12 (UPI) -- Unseeded Romanian Victor Hanescu upset top-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Saturday in the semifinals of the Swiss Open.
