Roger Federer successfully defended his title, becoming the first man in the open era to win four consecutive US Open titles. Maria Sharapova was unsuccessful in defending her 2006 title, being upset in the third round by 18-year-old Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland. Justine Henin, the runner-up to Sharapova in 2006, won her second US Open title, this year without losing a set. It was the second Grand Slam she won in the year without losing a set, having also won the 2007 French Open earlier in the year. It was also her last Grand Slam title.
Timeline
2007 US Open Timeline
Day
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Q1.
No play was possible due to rain.
Q2.
Rain again was a factor in delaying play, however some of the qualifying was possible. After a rain delay, play resumed in many matches. Main draws for Men's and Women's singles were mostly ready aside from qualifiers' names, however spaces where qualifiers will go was indicated.
Q3.
The first round of qualifying was completed and second round matches began. In form Frank Dancevic came through in the men's draw; whilst French Open girls' singles champion Alizé Cornet came through in the women's.
Q4.
Players began qualifying for the main draw; the first on the men's side being Pablo Cuevas and the first on the women's, Renata Voráčová. Scoville Jenkins was the first American qualifier to reach the main draw.
Kids Day was full of singing and special events. Charities were raised and matches with both professional (for example, Andy Roddick) and non-professional tennis players (for example, Tony Hawk), were played.
Roger Federer and Nikolay Davydenko have set up a match to earn a spot in the title match. In the women's draw, the semifinal line-up was complete with three matches taking the court. Anna Chakvetadze and Svetlana Kuznetsova will face off in the semifinals, and Venus Williams beat Jelena Janković in a thrilling encounter, with Venus having to come from a set down to eventually win 4–6, 6–1, 7–6.
Justine Henin came through in straight sets and defeated the Williams sisters in the same tournament. Only Martina Hingis has done this. Henin and Williams battled a classic, while Anna Chakvetadze at first dominated by errors of Svetlana Kuznetsova, but then Chakvetadze had errors and Kuznetsova got by 3–6, 6–1, 6–1.
Day 13: Novak Djokovic for reaching his and Serbia's first (men's) Grand Slam final.
Day 14: Roger Federer for winning his 12th career Grand Slam and 4th consecutive U.S. Open title.
Important matches
Rafael Nadal, seeded and ranked second, was tested by Alun Jones, who broke him in the first set before Nadal came back to break back and take the set 7–5. Jones, however, won the second set 6–3, and Nadal, more at ease, won the next two sets, finally advancing, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1.[2]
Fernando Verdasco rallied in coming from two sets down to defeat Paul-Henri Mathieu, the 22nd seed. Verdasco was ahead 5–1 in the third set and 5–3 in the final set. He won a dramatic game and thus match in the fifth set.[4]
Ahsha Rolle continued her run at the 2007 US Open after coming from a set and a break down to defeat Italian Karin Knapp.[6]
James Blake defeated Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 to achieve his first ever victory in a match that went to 5 sets, having gone 0–9 previously. He saved 3 break points at 4–4 in the final set.[7]
Novak Djokovic defeated Radek Štěpánek in five sets, where neither player won a set with a score of 6 games—Djokovic won the match 6–7 (4), 7–6 (5), 5–7, 7–5, 7–6 (2). After his victory, Djokovic fell to the ground[8] and the players embraced each other.[9] The match lasted four hours, 44minutes and 63 games, equalling a record set in 1979.[10][11]
Maria Sharapova, the defending champion, was dumped out in the third round by Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwańska. After losing the first set, Sharapova responded by winning the second, 6–1. However, Radwańska was undeterred and broke Sharapova thrice in the final set, 6–2. This was the first time the number 2 women's seed had lost before Round 4 since Andrea Jaeger in 1981.[12][13]
Roger Federer defeated John Isner, making a run of 105 consecutive points without an unforced error during the second and third sets.[14]
Tommy Haas beat James Blake, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 7–6 (4), despite winning 7 straight games and broke Blake in his first service game in the fifth set. Blake broke back and eventually had match points, but Haas saved them and had three match points. The first was saved by Blake with an in call that Haas incorrectly lost a Chase review. Blake went on to challenge, but the call was in and Haas won the match. Haas also was ahead in the tiebreak, but Blake edged back until Haas was ahead and won the match.[15]
Roger Federer was a set down, but came to set up a showdown with Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, beating Feliciano López, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4. Towards the end of the match, Federer won 35 consecutive points on serve.[16]
David Ferrer beat No.2 seed Rafael Nadal 6–7(3), 6–4, 7–6(4), 6–2 in a match that finished at 1:51a.m. local time. This was the third latest finish in US Open history.[17] Ferrer admitted to having a McDonald's meal afterwards.[18] The match itself lasted 3hrs, 28mins and was preceded by the Justine Henin–Serena Williams tie.
Justine Henin defeated Venus Williams 7–6 (2), 6–4 to reach the final. This match marked the first time since 2001 (Martina Hingis; Australian Open) that someone had defeated both Williams sisters in the same tournament. Henin did not lose a set on her way to the final.
Novak Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam final, and in doing so became the first Serbian man to become a Grand Slam finalist. He beat David Ferrer 6–4, 6–4, 6–3.
Day-by-day summaries
Qualifying day 1
Qualifying was impossible due to rain.
Qualifying day 2
Qualifying Day 2 saw much rain. However, according to this link, players such as Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Pablo Cuevas, Jamie Baker, Steve Darcis, Alina Jidkova and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were winners to the following round of qualifying. In addition, main singles draws for men and women were released, except qualifiers' names; however the draw shows where qualifiers will go. Roger Federer, seeded first, will play a qualifier for the first two rounds, and possibly three consecutive rounds.[19]
Qualifying day 3
The first round of qualifying was completed and second round matches began. In-form Frank Dancevic came through in the men's draw; whilst 2007 French Open Girls' Singles champion Alizé Cornet came through in the women's qualifying.
Qualifying day 4
Players began qualifying for the main draw; the first on the men's side being Pablo Cuevas and the first on the women's, Renata Voráčová. Scoville Jenkins was the first American qualifier to reach the main draw.
Coverage found on CBS or possibly other channels: Matches, songs and other events were held and played at the 2007 US Open Kids Day. Matches were held; including with non-professional tennis players Rob Thomas, Tony Hawk and John Cena, along with others who competed in non-match activities.
Home favorite James Blake was the biggest seed to fall as the quarter-final draw was completed on the women's side. Shahar Pe'er put a stop to Agnieszka Radwańska's run, but Julia Vakulenko was unable to halt Ágnes Szávay, a player who had previously never gone past the second round of a grand slam. Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze progressed with relative ease. James Blake threw three match points in his thriller with Tommy Haas, unable to repeat the previous year's showing of a quarterfinal. Andy Roddick was leading when a second opponent, Tomáš Berdych, retired on him in a week. Roger Federer lost the first set but ultimately had a comfortable victory and Nikolay Davydenko progressed, still the only player on the men's side not to drop a set. In men's doubles, the top seeded Bryan brothers were upset by tenth-seeded Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle 7–5, 6–4. It was Aspelin's first time in a Grand Slam semifinal and Knowle's second. In women's doubles, second-seeded Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur were shocked by sixteenth-seeded Bethanie Mattek and Sania Mirza 2–6, 7–5, 7–5.
Novak Djokovic needed four sets to overcome Juan Mónaco after having a match point in the third set, and set up a meeting with Carlos Moyà who beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis. Juan Ignacio Chela survived unseeded Stanislas Wawrinka in five sets to advance to the quarterfinals. Number one Justine Henin beat Serena Williams to make the women's semifinals, and in a match that ended at 1:50a.m. local time, David Ferrer caused the biggest upset in the men's draw so far by taking out second-seeded fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal in a thrilling four-set match.
The men's semifinals began to take shape as Roger Federer overcame Andy Roddick in a thrilling 7–6, 7–6, 6–2 encounter to move through to the semifinals, where he will face Russian Nikolay Davydenko who beat Tommy Haas earlier in the day, also in straight sets. In the women's draw, the semifinal line-up was complete with three matches taking the court. Anna Chakvetadze was first, cruising past Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 6–1, and will meet compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the last four for a place in the final. In the women's night match, Venus Williams beat Jelena Janković in a thrilling encounter, with Venus having to come from a set down to eventually win 4–6, 6–1, 7–6.
Justine Henin came through in straight sets and defeated the Williams sisters in the same tournament. Only Martina Hingis has done this. Henin and Williams battled a classic, while Anna Chakvetadze at first dominated by errors of Svetlana Kuznetsova, but then Chakvetadze had errors and Kuznetsova got by 3–6, 6–1, 6–1.
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