NEW YORK – A look at Sunday’s play at the $42.3 million U.S. Open tennis championships:
WEATHER: Mostly sunny. High of 80.
ATTENDANCE: Day: 38,580.
MEN’S WINNERS: Fourth Round: No. 9 Marin Cilic, No. 18 Feliciano Lopez and No. 19 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
MEN’S LOSERS: No. 27 Jeremy Chardy, No. 32 Fabio Fognini and Benoit Paire.
WOMEN’S WINNERS: Fourth Round: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 23 Venus Williams and Roberta Vinci.
WOMEN’S LOSERS: No. 19 Madison Keys, No. 25 Eugenie Bouchard and Anett Kontaveit.
ON COURT MONDAY (Fourth Round): Men: No. 2 Roger Federer vs. No. 13 John Isner, No. 3 Andy Murray vs. Kevin Anderson (15), No. 5 Stan Wawrinka vs. Donald Young, No. 6 Tomas Berdych vs. No. 12 Richard Gasquet. Women: No. 2 Simona Halep vs. No. 24 Sabine Lisicki, No. 5 Petra Kvitova vs. Johanna Konta, No. 20 Victoria Azarenka vs. Varvara Lepchenko, No. 22 Sam Stosur vs. No. 26 Flavia Pennetta.
STAT OF THE DAY: 32 – Serena Williams’ current winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Obviously, that she’s so good. What else can you do except try to win the point and hope she doesn’t hit an ace?” – Venus Williams on the challenge of facing her quarterfinal opponent, her sister Serena.
MONDAY ON TV: 9 a.m.-9 p.m., ESPN2
ON THIS DATE (Sept. 7, 1997): In the first women’s singles final played in Arthur Ashe Stadium, 16-year-old Martina Hingis beats 17-year-old Venus Williams, 6-0, 6-4. It is the youngest final in the Open era.
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