Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Birthday boy Andy Roddick and fourth- seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko were among Thursday's second-round winners at the 2007 U.S. Open.
Celebrating his 25th birthday, the fifth-seeded Roddick got past an injured Jose Acasuso 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in 90 minutes at Ashe Stadium, as the Argentine quit after three sets due to a left leg injury that required treatment on a few occasions on Day 4. A hobbled Acasuso uncorked 27 unforced errors before his exit.
Roddick, who fired 12 aces in his three sets against Acasuso, was last year's U.S. Open runner-up to Roger Federer and captured his lone major title here in New York four years ago.
The French Open semifinalist Davydenko dispatched oft-injured German Nicolas Kiefer 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in 1 hour, 45 minutes. The gritty Russian broke Kiefer's serve a whopping six times and will now meet Spaniard Nicolas Almagro here on Saturday.
Ninth-seeded Czech slugger Tomas Berdych breezed into the third round with a 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Italian Simone Bolelli, while an upset came when Korean Hyung-Taik Lee took out 14th-seeded Argentine Guillermo Canas 7-5, 7-5, 6-3 on the grounds at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
American Donald Young advanced to the round of 32 when his scheduled opponent, 13th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet, pulled out of their match due to a fever and sore throat. The promising 18-year-old Young, who received a wild card for this particular fortnight, recorded his first career Grand Slam event victory here on Monday. The talented Gasquet was a Wimbledon semifinalist last month.
Nineteenth-seeded Brit Andy Murray needed all five sets to overcome 35-year- old Swede Jonas Bjorkman 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 on the Grandstand court, while a 28th-seeded Almagro defeated Luis Horna 6-4, 6-2, 2-1, as the Peruvian retired in the third set. Murray recently returned to the tour after being sidelined for several weeks with a wrist injury.
Spain's Fernando Verdasco vaulted past Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-0, 6-4, 6-3, while France's Sebastien Grosjean grounded Belarusian Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-3 and Spaniard Feliciano Lopez outlasted Russian Igor Andreev 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Roddick, Davydenko move on at the Open
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2007 U.S Tennis Open,
Andy Roddick,
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Nikolay Davydenko
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