John Isner is great

Despite lost in the third round of the U.S. Open to Roger Federer on Saturday but John Isner the 22-year-old American wildcard could not remember having a better time. It looks like Federer has to struggle more before beat him for 6-7 6-2 6-4 6-2 on Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Federer is defending champion.

Isner, who registered a 140 mph serve against Federer, has been an instant hit on tour, reaching the final this summer in Washington where he won five matches -- all in final set tiebreaks -- before falling to Andy Roddick in the final.

Isner said playing Federer was a learning experience.

Djokovic past De Porto

Third seed and 3 world Novak Djokovic of Serbia stormed into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday by sweeping past Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina 6-1 6-3 6-4. Djokovic fired a forehand that handcuffed Del Potro at the net to end the one hour, 42-minute match and advance to the round-of-16 against another Argentine, 23rd seed Juan Monaco.Monaco beat Agustin Calleri 7-6 6-2 6-4 in his third-round match.


The easy victory in Djokovic's first match on Arthur Ashe Stadium court was in sharp contrast to his five-set marathon victory over Czech Radek Stepanek in the second round.
Djokovic landed 74 percent of his first serves including seven aces and was broken only once by 18-year-old Del Potro.

Nadal and Djokovic is out

Rafael Nadal is out for U.S Open today after beaten by Argentine Juan Monaco to recordhis second loss with a 7-6 (7-5), 4-1 lift into the third round in just over 90 minutes. He had lost to Djokovic before

Nadal had said he was feeling the pace of his switch over to hardcourt after losing a Montreal semi-final last weekend against Djokovic.

Suprisingly,Roger Federer steadied the seeded ship with his 6-3, 6-3 demolition of France's Julien Benneteau, first match for the Swiss since losing the Montreal final on Sunday to Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic also lost to Carlos Moya, 6-4, 6-1. Fourth-seeded Djokovic, who beat Andy Roddick, Nadal and Roger Federer on the way to winning the Rogers Cup in Montreal did not played so well while he was easy beaten by Carlos with straight set.

Amelie Maurismo withdraw from challenge

Two-time Grand Slam champion Amelie Mauresmo pulled out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, citing a groin injury and the need to recover fully from the appendectomy she had in March.

Mauresmo hasn't played in a tournament since losing in the fourth round at Wimbledon did participate in France's Fed Cup semifinal July 14-15.She blamed for her third-round loss at the French Open in June on the groin problem. She also claimed that her doctor needs her to rest and recover from this injury so that it is completely healed

Mauresmo, formerly ranked No. 1 and now No. 7, won the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2006. She reached the quarterfinals or semifinals at the U.S. Open each of the past six years.

Justine Henin played as no.1

Justine Henin won the Rofers Cup to record her straight three wins away from her sixth WTA Tour title of the season. The world's no. 1 player who beat China's Peng Shuai 7-5, 6-2 is trying to finish in what has considered as difficult year.

She won the French Open in June, was upset in the semifinals at Wimbledon and had to pull out of a recent tournament in San Diego with injuries to both her wrists. However, she's playing well as she prepares for the U.S. Open.

Other seeded players to advance included No. 2 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, No. 6 Nadia Petrova of Russia and No. 12 Tatiana Golovin of France. Seventh-seeded Marian Bartoli beat No. 9 Dinara Safina of Russia 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-0 in the late match