Defending champion Andy Murray crashed out of the US Open on Thursday as Stanislas Wawrinka pulled a shocker to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final, a matchup with world number one Novak Djokovic.

Leander Paes has eased past the milestone of his 40th birthday, made a car wreck of a Bollywood movie and overcome brain surgery, but nothing beats his 20-year love affair with New York.

Richard Gasquet’s career record against Rafael Nadal shows an embarrassing 10 defeats in 10 matches, but the Frenchman can at least boast one victory over the Spaniard — when he was 13.

India’s Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Jie Zheng stormed into the semi-finals of the women’s doubles with a straight-set victory over fourth seeds Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng here.

New York: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek stunned top seeded and hot favourite pair of Mike and Bob Bryan, who were chasing a rare Calendar Grand Slam, in a gripping contest to storm into the US Open

For close to a decade, the journey of the Bryan brothers has been similar to that of the easy flow of water through rocks. The duo has simply left everyone flabbergasted with their splendid brand of

Merciless Rafael Nadal crushed Spanish compatriot Tommy Robredo, the shock conqueror of Roger Federer, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach a fifth US Open semi-final.

Even the slightest traces of sluggishness that defined his body language in what was, at least as far he was concerned, a forgettable match have vanished and the Rafaela Nadal, who can, with his nimb

World number one Novak Djokovic raced into the US Open quarter-finals for the loss of just three games on Tuesday while defending champion Andy Murray was again involved in a four-set duel.

World number one Novak Djokovic leaped to the defense of Roger Federer on Tuesday, telling critics of the slumping Swiss to give the 17-time major winner a break.