Brewer told the AP that schedule will remain in place in 2014, but the U.S. Open will shift things in 2015: women's semifinals Thursday, men's semifinals Friday, women's final Saturday, men's final Sunday.
Tournament director David Brewer told the AP that schedule will remain in place in 2014, but the U.S. Open permanently will shift things in 2015: women's semifinals Thursday, men's semifinals Friday, women's final Saturday, men's final Sunday.
Should England reach the quarterfinals, the game would be on the same day as either the men's semifinals or the women's final.
The USTA liked its old "Super Saturday" setup since 1984, both men's semifinals and the women's final were all on that day's schedule at Flushing Meadows but Brewer acknowledged it was time to scrap it.
The five-time Key Biscayne champion advanced to Thursday's semifinals and tied the women's record for career victories in the tournament by beating No. 5-seeded Li Na 6-3, 7-6 (5).
She lost just 15 games all week in South Carolina, crushing world No. 5 Samantha Stosur 6-1 6-1 in Saturday's semifinals to avenge the Australian's win over her older sister Venus in the previous round.
Mexico also qualified for Saturday's semifinals in Kansas City after beating Honduras 3-0 and should qualify top of Group B by winning Tuesday's final game against Panama.
He also possesses a remarkable and unique free-kick technique, managing to bend and swerve the ball to devastating effect, notably with the goal that effectively ended Arsenal's challenge in the semifinals of this year's Champions League.
The Pioneers (14-4) advance to play top-seeded Syracuse in next Saturday's semifinals in Philadelphia.
The Orange (15-3) will face the winner of Sunday's Denver-North Carolina match in next Saturday's semifinals in Philadelphia.
Italy won the title in 2009-10, and also in 2006, but lost to the Czechs in last year's semifinals.
Nadal beat Britain's Murray in last year's semifinals before going on to defeat Serbian Djokovic to claim the title.
Svetlana Kuznetsova gave Russia, beaten by Italy in last year's semifinals, a 1-0 lead when she defeated former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6-1 6-4.
They trail another Australian, Roy Emerson, on 12, American Pete Sampras on 14 and Roger Federer -- beaten by Djokovic in Friday's semifinals -- on 16.
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Meanwhile at the WTA clay-court event in Stuttgart, world number one Victoria Azarenka has reached the final after cruising past Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 6-3 in Saturday's semifinals.
Saint Louis will face fifth-seeded Butler in Saturday's semifinals.
In the men's tournament, Rafael Nadal has reached his fourth successive final since making his comeback from longterm injury after beating sixth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-4 7-5 in the first of Saturday's semifinals.
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Defending champions Serena and Venus are also through to the women's doubles semifinals, where they will face Kirilenko and Petrova following Thursday's 6-1 6-1 romp against Italian second seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.
Even with the men's semifinals on Friday and Sunday, rather than Saturday and Sunday, the tournament could be in line for a significant bump in TV revenue, a fact not lost on the players.
The 31-year-old, who beat older sister Venus in Saturday's semifinals, took her career record to Jankovic to 6-4 and extended her record to 75-4 since the start of the 2012 clay season a year ago.
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"When you look at groundstrokes and all parts of the game, there is not a weakness in Novak Djokovic's technique, movement and recovery, " added Bollettieri, referring to Serbia's 2012 Australian Open champion -- who Federer beat in Friday's semifinals.
Cilic beat 2010 Queen's champion Sam Querrey of the U.S. 6-3 3-6 6-3 in Saturday's semifinals, while 2002 Wimbledon runner-up Nalbandian defeated young Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-4, as both matches were played in strong winds hitting the UK capital.
While the financially challenged club -- who were playing in the Premier League eleven years ago -- will celebrate the vital income that comes from reaching the competition's semifinals, Wenger can expect ever greater scrutiny in a season that goes from bad to worse.
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Benzema did not play in Real Madrid's victory over archrivals FC Barcelona last Tuesday in the semifinals of Spain's Copa de Rey, or King's Cup, but the club spokesman said that was a decision of coach Jose Mourinho and was unrelated to the alleged traffic violation.
The Pacers own the league's best defense and didn't exactly play dead when the teams met in last year's conference semifinals.
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The 5-11 guard averaged a career-high 7.4 points and 4.2 rebounds as a senior while helping the Lady Vols reach NCAA tournament's regional semifinals.
Bayern already have one foot in the semifinals of Europe's top club competition, taking a 2-0 lead to Italy for Wednesday's second leg against Juventus.
That was apparent in the first of Sunday's three semifinals.
He played high-school basketball about 30 minutes from the Georgia Dome, the site of next weekend's Final Four, where Louisville travels this week for the NCAA tournament's national semifinals.
CSKA, seeking to become the first Russian team to reach the semifinals of Europe's premier club competition since Moscow rivals Spartak in 1991, will be without the services of suspended midfielders Evgeni Aldonin and Milos Krasic.
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