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  • HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day 13 at the U.S. Open

    Sept 10 (Reuters) - Latest news from the 13th day of the U.S. Open tennis championships on Saturday (all times GMT):

  • Tennis-U.S. Open women's singles final result

    Sept 10 (Gracenote) - Result from the U.S. Open Women's Singles Final on Saturday

  • FACTBOX-Tennis-U.S. Open finalist Novak Djokovic

    Sept 10 (Reuters) - Factbox on Serbia's Novak Djokovic, who will play Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in the final of the U.S. Open on Sunday.

  • Murray and Soares sweep to U.S. Open doubles title

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares swept the Spanish duo of Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2 6-3 to win the U.S. Open doubles on Saturday for their second grand slam title of the year.

  • FACTBOX-Tennis-U.S. Open finalist Stanislas Wawrinka

    NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Factbox on Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka who will play Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final on Sunday: GRAND SLAM TITLES (2): Australian Open (2014); French Open (2015) U.S. OPEN * Saved match point against Britain's Daniel Evans in the third round * Has reached semi-finals three times in last four years but made finals only once (2016) * Owns a 9-6 record in U.S. Open five-setters, second most five-setters in Open Era at Flushing Meadows. * Competed in 47 straight grand slams since made major debut at the 2005 French Open THIS SEASON * Won three titles this season (Chennai, Dubai, Geneva) * On a 10 match winning streak in finals after winning title in Geneva in May * Looking to become the fifth man in the Open Era to win two or more grand slam single titles after turning 30. MAKING HIS NAME Born: Lausanne on March 28, 1985. * Began playing at age eight * Left school at 15 to play tennis fulltime and won the junior French Open title in 2003 and two Challenger level titles in San Bendetto and Geneva. * Was included in Switzerland's Davis Cup squad as an 18-year-old, beginning his long association with Roger Federer. PLAYING CAREER * Captured his first ATP tour level title in 2006 at Umag, Croatia, when Novak Djokovic retired with breathing difficulties in the final. * Broke into the world top 10 for first time in 2008 by reaching two ATP Tour finals and winning the gold medal in doubles with Federer at the Beijing Olympics. * Beat Federer for the first time, a third round victory at Monte Carlo in 2009. * After beating defending champion Djokovic in quarter-finals of 2014 Australian Open, he defeats Rafa Nadal in the final to win his maiden major title. * Wins two rubbers as Switzerland win their first Davis Cup title against France in 2014. * Overcomes overwhelming favorite Djokovic to win on the clay of Roland Garros in 2015 to seal his second grand slam title. (Compiled by Steve Keating in New York. Editing by Andrew Both)

  • Tennis-Road taken to U.S. Open men's final

    New YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia will take on Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka in Sunday's U.S. Open final. The following is the road to the final taken by each player (*) denotes seeding.

  • Tennis-U.S. Open men's doubles final result

    Sept 10 (Gracenote) - Result from the U.S. Open Men's Doubles Final on Saturday

  • Wawrinka tops Nishikori to reach final versus Djokovic

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stan Wawrinka outslugged Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 in energy-sapping humidity at Flushing Meadows on Friday to set up a U.S. Open final against world number one Novak Djokovic.

  • Tennis-'Tired' Nishikori takes positives out of Open despite loss

    NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Kei Nishikori notched one of the biggest wins of the year's grand slam with his five-set upset of world number two Andy Murray in the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open but that four-hour victory took its toll on him on Friday.

  • Tennis-Tortured artist Monfils searches for grand slam masterpiece

    NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Gael Monfils to some is a quitter but to others the enigmatic Frenchman is a bold, unconventional thinker willing to try anything to get to his first grand slam final.

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