10 Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News http://sports.yahoo.com/ten Latest news and information about the Tennis. AP Federer tops Djokovic to make Open final (AP) A spectator watches as officials leave the court following the suspension of play because of rain during the semifinal match between Andy Murray, of Britain, and Rafael Nadal, of Spain, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008.

Ominous clouds overhead, the sort of hard court that troubled him this season underfoot, Roger Federer sensed something Saturday he hadn't in quite a while. He was playing exactly like that guy named Roger Federer. The Federer who has won 33 consecutive matches and four consecutive championships at the U.S.


]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:12:27 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ten,article,ap-usopen:1 Rain pushes women's Open final to Sunday (AP) Serena Williams waited six years to return to the U.S. Open final. What's another day? The title match between two-time champion Williams and first-time Grand Slam finalist Jelena Jankovic was postponed from Saturday until Sunday night because of heavy rain brought by Tropical Storm Hanna. Williams-Jankovic originally was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:14:38 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ten,article,ap-usopen-women:1 Split stadiums for semis ruffle crowd (AP) Dane Schlossberg saw police officers blocking the metal gates, heard other fans shouting obscenities and listened to crowds chanting outside Louis Armstrong Stadium. Hardly what anyone would expect in the genteel world of tennis. The jumbled scene surprised Schlossberg -- in a totally different way. "Actually, I thought it would be more chaotic," he said Saturday at the U.S. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:52:11 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ten,article,ap-usopen-scene:1 Bryans win second US Open doubles title (AP) Twins Mike and Bob Bryan won their second U.S. Open men's doubles title and sixth Grand Slam championship overall, beating Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy 7-6 (5), 7-6 (10) Friday. Doubles partners for more than a dozen years, the 30-year-old brothers won in their 704th career match. The Bryans won the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics and next head to Spain to help the defending champion United... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:04:48 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ten,article,ap-usopen-mensdoubles:1 Retractable roof at US Open possible (AP) In the not-too-distant future, there could be a retractable roof on the U.S. Open's main stadium, and organizers won't have to worry about tropical storms the way they were worrying Friday. "It's a matter of 'when,' not 'if,"' a dome will be added to Arthur Ashe Stadium, said Arlen Kantarian, the U.S. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:04:48 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ten,article,ap-usopen-weather:1 Black, Paes win US Open mixed doubles (AP) Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Leander Paes of India won their first U.S. Open mixed doubles title by beating Liezel Huber of the United States and Jamie Murray of Britain 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the final Thursday. Paes has won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, and Black has won three -- but this was the first for each at Flushing Meadows and the first for them as a team. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:50:55 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ten,article,ap-usopen-mixeddoubles:1 Athens Olympics medalist Molik retires (AP) Australia's Alicia Molik has retired from international tennis after a long run of injuries, including a debilitating inner-ear virus. The 27-year-old Molik peaked at a No. 8 ranking after reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2005, but spent most of the rest of that season off the circuit because she was unable to balance due to the ear virus. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:20:36 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ten,article,ap-australia-molikretires:1 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:14:38 PDT