Thus former No. 1 and seven-time Grand Slam winner Justine Henin of Belgium, following on the heels of countrywoman Kim Clijsters, has announced she will make a return to the women’s professional tour in 2010.

Former World No. 1 Justine Henin officially announced today that she will return to women’s tennis in 2010.

“Are you scared? Because I said I would hit you? I’m sorry, but there’s a lot of people who’ve said way worse.” — Serena Williams to the US Open linesperson before being defaulted.

The script at this point read that Federer breaks serve early in the fourth set and wins the U.S. Open. Del Potro had other ideas and saved break points in his first two service games of the fourth set. Another tiebreak was upon both players and del Potro took advantage of a Federer double fault to win again on a single mini-break. Despite saving a break point when serving at 2-0 in the fifth set, del Potro basically dominated the final frame of play.

I like to lead by example. We all learn from experiences both good and bad, I will learn and grow from this, and be a better person as a result.”

SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I said something that I guess they gave me a point penalty. Unfortunately it was on match point.

World No. 1 Roger Federer will face an opponent he holds a 6-0 career edge over in the US Open final after edging Novak Djokovic 7-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the rain-delayed Sunday semifinals.
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“I thought conditions were tough,” Federer said. “It was sunny in the beginning from the one end. Hopefully the same thing tomorrow, you [...]

A Serena Williams statement put out by the USTA on Sunday night:

Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki meet for the US Open title tonight.

Serena Williams gets defaulted in the US Open semifinal.