US Open Tennis Schedule for Friday, September 8
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Sep 7, 2006 | Print
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It is ladies semifinal day at the US Open and today’s action will feature world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 2 Justine Henin-Hardenne, No. 3 Maria Sharapova, and surprise semifinalist, world No. 20 Jelena Jankovic.
CBS Sports will be airing coverage from Flushing Meadows starting at 11:00AM ET, but the first semifinal of the day, Jankovic vs. Henin-Hardenne, will not begin at least until 1:30PM followed by Sharapova vs. Mauresmo.
You can read On the Baseline’s previews of the action by clicking below:
Amelie Mauresmo vs. Maria Sharapova
Justine Henin-Hardenne vs. Jelena Jankovic
You can see the complete schedule of play by clicking here.
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Brant | Sep 8, 2006 | Reply
The Amelie v Maria semi should be closer than their Wimbledon match as the hards courts of the US Open are more suited to Sharapova’s game and I think Amelie will find it much more difficult to mix it up compared to the grass… and that is after all how Amelie has beaten Maria in their past meetings! In the end I believe, Amelie will pull through in three very tight sets.
The Jelena v Justine match is an interesting one, purely based on the outstanding players Jankovic has beaten on her way to her first Slam semi. If you had told me two weeks ago that Jankovic would beat Vaidisova, Kuznetsova AND Dementieva at the US Open, I probably would have laughed in your face! But she really has played fantastic and I think she will give Justine some trouble, especially off her backhand side. I’ll give Justine the edge… With one-set a piece, Justine will lift here game and crush Jelena in the third set, sending her into yet another Grand Slam final!
sapphisto | Sep 8, 2006 | Reply
I have only one thing to say:
ALLEZ AMELIE!!!!
Nexty | Sep 8, 2006 | Reply
alllllez Ame