USA Hang OUT

Kim Clijsters marked his brilliant return to Grand Slam spotlight by throwing out Venus Williams yesterday, while younger sister Serena picked up the slack by digging in a long New York resident.


There was no shortage of drama in the middle of the ideal weather at Flushing Meadows, with Rafael Nadal on to the fourth round with more than normal eyes focused on his abdominal muscles.

She took a bite of Big Apple Venus’s experience with a wacky 6-0 0-6 6-4 victory in one hour, 42 minutes theatrical adventure in a position to compete with anything on nearby Broadway.

Second seed Andy Murray joined the men’s clique are still alive to the Open’s second week, with sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, French seventh seed Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Juan Carlos Ferrero from Spain and Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez.

The assessment of ticket-holders streaming to a sold out National Tennis Center correctly noticed that Day Seven of the year’s last Grand Slam would be something special.