French fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became the first major casualty of the US Open on Thursday while women's second seed Agnieszka Radwanska teetered on the brink before staging a dramatic comeback.

Former world number one Andy Roddick will retire after this year's US Open, the American star announced on Thursday, the day of his 30th birthday.

Roddick won the US Open in 2003 but never managed to

Top seed and five-time champion Roger Federer reached the US Open third round on Thursday with an easy 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 win over Germany's Bjorn Phau.

World number one Federer will tackle Spain's Fernan

When Federal Reserve policymakers meet next month to decide whether to take action to boost the economy, it will be a 'close call,' a top Fed official said on Thursday on the eve of a speech by chairm

Several people, including the gunman, were killed on Thursday in a shootout in a New Jersey supermarket, the fourth such incident in the US in over a month.

Authorities were called to the Pathmark on

Citigroup said on Friday it had agreed to pay $590 million to settle a suit by investors who accused the bank of misleading them on its mortgage-based security losses in 2007-08.

The agreement settle

World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer advanced at the US Open with straight-set victories on Wednesday at the season's final Grand Slam event.

Azarenka reached the third

British teen Laura Robson ended the singles career of three-time US Open champion Kim Clijsters on Wednesday with an emotional 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) victory in the second round of the US Open.

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Britain's Andy Murray backed compatriot Laura Robson to reach the top of the sport after the teenager's stunning US Open victory over three-time champion Kim Clijsters.

Robson, 18, the youngest playe

Sania Mirza entered the mixed doubles second round with a new partner, but the Mahesh Bhupahti-Rohan Bopanna combo made a shock first-round exit from the men's doubles event of the US Open here.

Sani