US Open 2010: Three things to watch on the sixth day in New York
The sixth day of the United States Open tennis tournament 2010 is full of excitement and thrilling clashes from both the men as well as women’s side in New York. Given below are the three most important things to watch as the action begins at the Flushing Meadows on Saturday.
1) Beatrice hopes to become the new Cinderella
The Russian tennis player, Maria Sharapova made a surprising third round exit at the United States Open tennis tournament back in 2009 at the hands of 17-year-old American, Melanie Oudin in a three-setter clash. This time however, the sizzling beauty from Russia has to avoid another similar upset by a local teenager, Beatrice Capra if she wishes to reach the later stages of the year’s final major event, the United States Open tennis tournament 2010.
Beatrice Capra so far has showed great potential and talent in her previous two victories at the United States Open tennis tournament. All she needs to do is to continue her winning momentum at the Arthur Ashe Stadium against Sharapova on Saturday as well.
2) Which local player will progress?
Now that the 29-year-old Roddick is out of the 2010 United States Open tennis championship at the Flushing Meadows, which local player from the men’s side is capable of reaching the later rounds of the championship? James Blake although has performed quite well in his U.S Open matches so far in New York, however due to his shaky form, the American is still doubtful of surpassing the third-seeded Novak Djokovic on Saturday, which is going to be one of the toughest battles for sure.
The nineteen-ranked Mardy Fish is a player to watch at the Flushing Meadows beyond any doubt. After his wacky first round five set clash, he has come out as a more composed player in his next round match against Pablo Cuevas in straight sets. Mardy next will meet Arnaud Clement from Veteran in the third encounter of the sixth day on Louis Armstrong on Saturday.
After upsetting the sixteen-ranked Marcos Baghdatis in a five-setter clash, Arnaud should be well prepared coming into his sixth day battle against Mardy. Clement is at 2-1 lifetime against Mardy, although they have not faced each other since 2008.
Only one of four local players remaining in the United States Open men’s singles section, Mardy will definitely be hoping to tie that record on Saturday.
3) Caroline looks impressive
Seeded first at the United States Open tennis tournament on the very first occasion in her career without winning a single major so far, Caroline Wozniacki has to show her talent and class to the world in order to prove that she is well deserved to be seeded number one in New York. She has so far played only two clashes at the US Open and won both of them in a convincing manner. The Danish tennis player will play her third round match of the season’s final major on Saturday against Yung-Jan Chan who is ranked number seventy seven in the world by WTA. Caroline has not shown any weaknesses so far in her first two clashes at the Flushing Meadows. She lost just a total of two games in her opening match and whitewashed her second round foe, Chang from Taiwan in a total of two sets. However, a serious challenge for the top-seeded Caroline will be against Yung in her today’s third round clash of the U.S Open and who knows it turns out to be the biggest upset of the sixth day in New York.
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