Five to watch on Day 9: Venus vs. Schiavone
1) Can Schiavone derail Venus Williams?When No. 3 seed Venus Williams and No. 6 basis Francesca Schiavone meet up in the U.S. Open quarterfinals, someone will be losing their first set of the contest. Venus struggled a little early in her last match against Shahar Duchess, needing a tie breaker to win the first set. But then she settled down to eventually win the match, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. Schiavone, who earlier in the meet did her best Roger Federer impersonation with a spectacular stab between her legs, breezed past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-3, 6-0. This is Schiavone's first slip to the U.S. Open quarterfinals since 2003, while Venus has missed the quarterfinals only twice in 12 trips to Flushing Meadows.
2) Nadal's pilgrimage for first U.S. Open continues
No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal's walk towards his first ever U.S. Open continues into the fourth round where he will face boyfriend countryman, No. 23 seed Feliciano Lopez. Lopez needed five sets to loan a beforehand past Benoit Paire in the second round, but he had an effortlessly go of it in the third round when his opponent, Sergiy Stakhovsky retired in the aid set. The short match could serve him well in his match up against the No. 1 young. Nadal, meanwhile, has yet to drop a set in his first three wins. After making the semifinals the last two years, a annihilation here would be devastating for Nadal. With Andy Murray now eliminated, the highest motivation remaining from Nadal's side of the draw is No. 8 Fernando Verdasco.
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