U.S. Open 2012: Andy Roddick Lives To Play Another Day

U.S. Open 2012 Schedule And TV Coverage: Serena Williams, Roger Federer Headline Day 6 Action

Top-seeded Roger Federer and No. 4-ranked Serena Williams will highlight the Day 6 action of the 2012 U.S. Open on Saturday at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Federer will face No. 25-ranked Fernando Verdasco of Spain at 11 a.m. at the tournament's center stage. Williams will face unseeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the afternoon after 1 p.m.

Other third-round matches of note are American Sloane Stephens facing No. 12-ranked and former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic at 7 p.m. American No. 23-ranked Mardy Fish will take on No. 16-ranked Gilles Simon of France on the men's side.

Here are more notable third-round scheduled matches:

Arthur Ashe Stadium, 11 AM:

Women's Singles:

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [30] vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [2]

Louis Armstrong Stadium, 11 AM:

Men's Singles:

Andy Murray (GBR) [3] vs. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [30]

Sam Querrey (USA) [27] vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE) [6]

Women's Singles:

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [13] vs. Roberta Vinci (ITA) [20]

Angelique Kerber (GER) [6] vs. Olga Govortsova (BLR)

CBS Sports Network along with CBS Sports will be broadcasting all of the action from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The evening matches can be seen on the Tennis Channel from 7-11 p.m.

All times are Eastern.

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U.S. Open 2012 Results: Top Seeds Play Well On Day 5

The fifth day of the 2012 U.S. Open is in the books and Day 5 proved to be another strong one for the top seeds.

On the women's side of the draw, No. 1 seed Victoria Azarenka cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory against No. 28 seed Jie Zheng. No. 3 seed Maria Sharapova was also dominant, dropping just games points during her 6-1, 6-1 win against Mallory Burdette. No. 5 Petra Kvitova and No. 7 seed Samantha Stosur also advanced to the fourth round. No. 9 seed Na Li was the only top 10 seed to lose.

Five top 10 seeds were in action on the men's side and all five advanced. No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic knocked off Rogerio Dutra da Silva 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 while No. 4 seed David Ferrer also advanced in three sets. Other top 10 seeds advancing Friday included No. 7 seed Juan Martin del Potro, No. 8 seed Janko Tipsarevic and No. 9 seed John Isner.

No. 20 seed Andy Roddick, playing in the final tournament of his career, lived to play another day with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 victory against Bernard Tomic. On Thursday, Roddick announced he would retire following the 2012 U.S. Open. He played well on Friday and will now face Fabio Fognini in the third round.

For the complete scoreboard, head on over to the U.S. Open website. They have the latest scores for both men and women's action, including doubles play.

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2012 U.S. Open Scores: Victoria Azarenka Defeats Jie Zheng In Two Sets

Victoria Azarenka, the world's No. 1 ranked player, cruised to a two-set victory on Friday night at the 2012 U.S. Open. Azarenka faced off with Jie Zheng, the world's 28th-ranked player, who did not put up much of a fight. Azarenka simply dominated every facet of the match.

Azarenka had 18 winners, while Zheng had only six. And while Azarenka committed 12 unforced errors, her opponent had 22. Both players had their serves top out at 102 mph.

The first set was a clean 6-0 sweep for Azarenka. She won the second set 6-1, clinching a third round victory to advance to the quarterfinals. She will face unranked Anna Tatishvili on Sunday.

For the complete scoreboard, head on over to the U.S. Open website. They have the latest scores for both men and women's action, including doubles play.

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2012 U.S. Open Scores: Andy Roddick Wallops Bernard Tomic In Three Sets

Andy Roddick's final tour will continue for one more day after Roddick handled Australian Bernard Tomic in three sets on Friday, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-0.

The win comes a day after the 30-year-old Roddick held a news conference and surprisingly announced that the 2012 U.S. Open will be the last tournament of his career.

The 2003 U.S. Open champion cited injuries and poor showings in Grand Slam tournaments as the reason for an early retirement, but Roddick looked on point against Tomic. Roddick served up 13 aces against Tomic and completely overwhelmed him in the final set, where Tomic only won a total of five points. Roddick's serve was its usual self, topping out at 139 m.p.h.

He will go on to play 59th-ranked Fabio Fognini of Italy. Fognini beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain in three sets, 6-4, 6-4 and 6-2.

For the complete scoreboard, head on over to the U.S. Open website. They have the latest scores for both men and women's action, including doubles play.

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U.S. Open 2012 Scores: John Isner Defeats Jarkko Nieminen In Four Sets

John Isner, the highest-ranked American left in the field at the 2012 U.S. Open, defeated Jarkko Nieminen in four sets on Friday to advance to the third round. Isner received quite a challenge from Nieminen, but he managed to rally late and get by the unranked Finnish player with a strong serve and by limiting his unforced errors.

Isner took the first set 6-3. After losing the second set 7-6 on a 7-5 tiebreaker, the world's ninth-ranked player battled back to win the next two sets, 6-4 and 6-3. Isner will face the winner of Philipp Kohlschreiber and Benoit Paire on Sunday. Neither of his possible opponents are ranked.

For the complete scoreboard, head on over to the U.S. Open website. They have the latest scores for both men and women's action, including doubles play.

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2012 U.S. Open Scores: Brian Baker Loses In Three Sets to Janko Tipsarevic

Janko Tipsarevic from Serbia defeated Brian Baker in straight sets on Friday at the 2012 U.S. Open, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

The No. 8-seeded Tipsarevic gave Baker fits throughout the quick match, which lasted only a shade over two hours. He ended up with 14 aces compared to Baker's two. Baker was ultimately done in by unforced errors, racking up a total of 44 compared to just 23 for Tipsarevic. Baker particularly fell apart in the third set, giving up 20 unforced errors during a time when Tipsarevic was struggling to land his first serve. Tipsarevic only landed 36% of his first serves in the third set.

Tipsarevic advances to the third round of the U.S. Open.

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2012 U.S. Open Scores: Lleyton Hewitt Wins Five-Set Marathon

It took Leyton Hewitt around four and a half hours, but he finally bested Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in five sets, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4.

Muller did most of his damage on his first serve, winning 90 of 106 points that way, but Hewitt countered by winning 63 second-serve points to stay on track. Muller outpaced Hewitt on winners, grabbing 95 winners to 69. He even won more points on the match, taking a 188-182 advantage. But Muller was undone by 69 unforced errors, which kept him from pulling away. Those errors allowed Hewitt to recover and win the final two sets.

Hewitt advances to the third round, where he'll take on David Ferrer. Ferrer beat Igor Sijsling 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (14-12) in straight sets.

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2012 U.S. Open Tennis Scores: Del Potro Moves On To Third Round

Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, the 7th seed in the men's draw at the U.S. Open men's singles tennis tournament, advanced to the third round with a victory over unseeded American Ryan Harrison on Friday.

Del Potro won in four sets, 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, in a match that took two hours, 34 minutes. Del Potro won 7 of 10 break points and committed 10 fewer unforced errors than Harrison, a 20-year-old from Austin, Texas who has never gotten past the second round at a Grand Slam event.

Del Potro faces countryman Leonardo Mayer in the third round. Mayer defeated Tommy Robredo of Spain in four sets in their second-round match.

Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, lost in the third round last year and couldn't play in 2010 after surgery. His bracket includes No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic and fourth-seeded David Ferrer. More information and scores can be found at the U.S. Open website.

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U.S. Open 2012 Scores: Maria Sharapova Routs Mallory Burdette

Maria Sharapova wasted no time in dispatching Mallory Burdette of the United States in the third round of the U.S. Open. Sharapova needed only 58 minutes to beat Burdette in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1. Burdette was broken three times during the first set, including on the opening point and on set point, and Sharapova broke her another three times in the second set to pull away.

Sharapova dominated her first serves, winning 72% compared to 43% for Burdette. The totals got even more lopsided for second service, where Sharapova won 10 of 16 points to Burdette's 2 for 11. Sharapova also won 61% of the receiving points, piled up 17 winners, and had only 12 unforced errors, while Burdette took only 29% of the receiving points, committed 18 unforced errors and had only six winners. Perhaps the most crucial distinction came in break points, with Sharapova winning the aforementioned six and Burdette only able to capitalize once in seven tries.

Sharapova moves on to face the winner of the matchup between Nadia Petrova and Lucie Safarova in the fourth round.

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U.S. Open 2012 Scores: Novak Djokovic Cruises Into Third Round

Novak Djokovic needed just 99 minutes to beat Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil in his second-round matchup at the U.S. Open. Djokovic won in straight sets, winning 6-2, 6-1, 6-2. Djokovic broke Dutra Silva on his first serve to go up 2-0 in the first set, and then an unforced error by the Brazilian forced a second break point. Dutra Silva then got broken on his first serve in the second set and fell behind 3-0 in the third set, as Djokovic never let up throughout the match.

Djokovic won a dominant 90% of his first service points, compared to 54% for Dutra Silva. Djokovic also managed to land six break points (although it did take 16 attempts) to swing the match decisively in his favor. Dutra Silva also committed 36 unforced errors to Djokovic's 14 and managed only 17 winners to Djokovic's 29.

Djokovic will move on and face the winner of Julien Benneteau of France and Dennis Novikov of the United States in the third round.

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U.S. Open 2012 Tennis Scores: Steve Johnson Wins Again

In an extremely close match, American Steve Johnson edged out Ernests Gulbis of Latvia to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open.

After dropping the first set 6-7 (3-7), Johnson won the next three 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-4.

Johnson upset Rajeev Ram in the first round on Wednesday in straight sets. Gulbis was also coming off a big upset on Wednesday, knocking off Tommy Haas of Germany in five sets.

The Orange County, California native was a star at USC, becoming just the second person in history to win three national collegiate singles titles. He made his U.S. Open debut last year, losing in the first round of the men's singles tournament to Alex Bogomolov Jr.

Steve Johnson is also competing in the mixed doubles tournament with Irina Falconi.

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2012 U.S. Open Tennis Scores: Laura Robson Beats Na Li, Advances To Round Of 16

18-year-old Laura Robson of Great Britain continues her unlikely charge through the U.S. Open, besting No. 9 Na Li of China, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2. The victory sends Robson on to advance to the Women's Round of 16.

Robson won the match with a third-set rally that saw the youngster win five straight games, overcoming a 2-1 deficit in the third set on the strength of four aces in the final four games. Robson won just 6-of-17 break points in the match but won an incredible 83 percent of first-serve points.

The surprising young player had progressed past the first round only once so far in her career and has now beaten two top 25 players, No. 23 Kim Clijsters and No. 9 Li on her way to an incredible berth in the Round of 16. She'll have an even tougher test there, however, as she is scheduled to face No. 7 Samantha Stosur of Austrailia, who bested No. 31 Varvara Lepchenko in the third round.

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2012 U.S. Open Scores: David Ferrer Bests Igor Sijsling In 3 Sets

Spaniard David Ferrer needed a tiebreaker in the third set of his match against Netherlands' Igor Sijsling, but hung on to to advance to the next round at the 2012 U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows by the score of 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(12).

Ferrer was in total control of the match during the first two sets, needing just 26 minutes to beat Sijsling in the first set. He cruised through the second as well, but began to struggle in the third, needing an hour and five minutes to complete the tiebreaker 14-12.

Ferrer finished the day winning four of the 13 break points he faced. He had and up-and-down day with his serve as well, scoring six aces on the day but added five double faults. Ferrer also had 20 unforced errors compared to 43 from Silsling.

Ferrer will now face the winner between Australia's Lleyton Hewitt and Luxembourg's Gilles Muller.

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2012 U.S. Open Tennis Schedule And TV Coverage: Andy Roddick Returns to Action Following Retirement Announcement

On Thursday, Andy Roddick announced he will retire from tennis after the U.S. Open. On Friday, he plays to keep his career going a couple of days longer. The No. 20-ranked Roddick can advance to the third round with a win over Bernard Tomic of Australia Friday night. Roddick and Tomic are scheduled to start at 7:00 ET on Arthur Ashe Court with television coverage on ESPN2.

In other important matches, No. 2-ranked Novak Djokovic faces unranked Rogerio Dutra Silva at approximately 1:00 ET Friday. No. 4-ranked David Ferrer will play Igor Sijsling of The Netherlands at 11:00 ET. No. 7-ranked Juan Martin del Potro draws American Ryan Harrison at approximately 1:00 ET. Ninth-ranked American John Isner follows del Potro, taking on Jarkko Nieminen on Louis Armstrong Court in the early afternoon.

The best Friday matchups are in the women's draw, where No. 7-ranked Samantha Stosur faces No. 31-ranked Varvara Lepchenko at 11:00 ET Friday morning. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka will play No. 28-ranked Jie Zheng in Friday's late match. In the other second-round match between ranked players, No. 15-ranked Lucie Safarova and No. 19-ranked Nadia Petrova face off at approximately 3:00 ET. Maria Sharapova, the third-ranked player in the tournament, takes on American youngster Mallory Burdette, set to begin following the Djokovic-Silva match.

Elsewhere, the Williams sisters play Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Kristina Mladenovic, the No. 15-ranked women's doubles team in the Open. The match is scheduled to start at 3:00 ET.

For the complete schedule, go to the U.S. Open website. Television coverage will begin on Tennis Channel at 10:30, moving to ESPN2 at 1:00 ET.

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2012 U.S. Open Tennis Results: Venus Williams Knocked Out of U.S. Open

Venus Williams lost her second-round match at the U.S. Open tonight, falling to No. 6 Angelique Kerber 6-2, 5-7, 7-5. Williams held a 4-2 lead in the third set, but was broken in the eleventh game and failed to force a tiebreak in the twelfth. It was Williams' second loss to Kerber in a month; the German also defeated Venus in the third round of the Olympics.

Williams struggled with her serve throughout the match, successfully playing only 54% of her first serves and recording a staggering 16 double faults. Williams recorded more winners -- 43 to Kerber's 20 -- but played 35 more unforced errors than her opponent. Williams was successful when she could get to the net, but Kerber's baseline effectively game kept her from advancing frequently.

The loss brings Venus' major championship season to a close, a difficult season for the superstar as she returned to action after missing much of 2011 with illness and injury. Venus and her sister Serena will be in action tomorrow in women's doubles.

On the men's side, Roger Federer dominated Bjorn Phau in three straight sets 6-2, 6-3 and 6-2 to advance to the third round. The top-seeded Federer overwhelmed Phau with 15 aces and 44 winners to Phau's total of 16. Federer won nearly 80% of his first serve points and only double-faulted once.

The one hour and a half clinic advanced Federer to the third round for a matchup against Fernando Verdasco. Federer holds a 4-0 record against Verdasco, last beating him in 2009 at the quarterfinals of the ATP World Finals.

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Andy Roddick Will Retire After 2012 U.S. Open

Andy Roddick entered the week ranked No. 22 in the world and the 20th-seeded player at the 2012 U.S. Open, hoping to recapture his former form and once again play deep into the draw in Flushing Meadows. On Thursday, Roddick revealed that this will be his last chance for Grand Slam glory, as the American announced that he will retiring at the conclusion of the tournament.

Roddick made the announcement on his 30th birthday.

Earlier this summer, Roddick was knocked out of Wimbledon in the third round, and bore little resemblance to the former world No. 1 of years past.

"I have decided that this is going to be my last tournament," Roddick said in a news conference on Thursday. "Walking off at Wimbledon, I felt like I knew. I couldn't imagine myself being there another year."

Roddick is still in the mix for the 2012 U.S. Open crown after winning his opening-round match against fellow American Rhyne Williams. He will face Bernard Tomic of Australia in second-round action at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night.

If Roddick can't take home the trophy in his final tournament, he will retire with one Grand Slam title. He won the 2003 U.S. Open at the age of 21 and lost in four other Grand Slam finals over his career, falling to Roger Federer at the 2006 U.S. Open and three times at Wimbledon (2004, 2005, 2009).

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