U.S. Open Mens Tennis Finals Today at 5pm ET at Flushing Meadows

Serena Williams wins 2008 U.S. Open title beating Jelena Jankovic 6-4,7-5 in straight sets to win a 1.5 million dollar prize money at the Flushing Meadows, New York, USA.

Having lost to Elena Dementieva at Beijing Olympics in China, she has come back in a big way, and also won against her sister Venus in the quarter finals.

While Jelena Jankovic won a runners up prize money of 750,000 US dollars. It was a close match and at one moment Jelena Jankovic was leading 5-3, 40-0 in the second set, but could not win the set, eventually losing the title to Serena.

Serena having won the US Open title will again become the no:1 Player in the world having won the US Open titles also in 1999 and 2002.

The US Open Mens Final Tennis match between Roger Federer and Andy Murray, who is appearing in his first grand slam final appearance, is to be played at 5 pm ET today.

Andy Murray entered into the final of the U.S. Open defeating Rafael Nadal earlier in the rain interrupted semi-final match. Though Andy Murray has a 2-1 career win record against the Federer, Swiss would be looking for his 13th Major slam title one short of Pete Sampras 14 slams an all time record.

Coin causes one of the biggest upsets in US Open History

New comer, Grand Slam debuter from France Julie Coin cause one of the biggest upsets in the US Open history by defeating the No.1 seed Ana Ivanovic of serbia, 6-3,4-6,6-3 at the Arthur Ashe stadium, New York.

Ranked 188 in the world and thought quitting the game altogether some time earlier defeated the reigning French Open champion out of the tournament.


It is reported to be the earliest exit by a top seed at US Open in 40 years.

While the Rafael Nadal advanced against the qualifier Ryler Deheart(US), while Serena Williams won her match against Elena Vesnina of Russia.

Coin comes from Amiens, 100 KM's 62 miles North of Paris.

Coins contemplate retiring from the game, with a careet purse of $99,563, propmpting her to think about her future few weeks before the US open. But things changed for her from her narrow defeat at the Vancouver tournament of International Tennis Tournament's final again Urszula Radwanska from Poland.

Now she is to play Amelie Mauresmo of France the former World No:1 and Wimbledon Open champion who is from the same area as that of Coin.

She regards Mauresmo very higher and her role model.

In the Mens Tennis Roger Federer is to play Thiago Alves from Brazil and Novak Djokovic is to play Robert Kendrick from US.

Source : www.Bloomberg.com