US Open 2010 Men’s 2nd Round

Last updated at 2:30am New York time on Saturday 4 September. See the latest results and scores below…

The 2010 US Open men’s main draw 1st round singles matches are now complete. The 2nd round began on Wednesday 1 September and will be completed over three days. We will keep you updated throughout the US Open and right here on this post at OCA we will by add the 2nd round results and scores once the matches are completed. After which we will update the draw for the 3rd round.

Pictured above is 26 year old Robin Soderling of Sweden captured just as he is swinging his racquet towards the ball for this forehand drive. The 1.93m Soderling uses the HEAD YouTek Radical Midplus tennis racquet. If you are in Hong Kong and want one of Robin’s racquets or advice on which racquet would be the best for you to use, just email info@oncourtadvantage.com.

Last year Soderling made the quarter finals of the US Open in his best result in New York before losing in 4 close sets to Roger Federer. This year Soderling was a runner-up at Roland Garros for a second straight year after defeating Federer in the quarter finals before losing to Rafael Nadal in the final. Soderling as the No.5 seed has a dangerous next match against big serving American Taylor Dent and will be doing his best to stay in contention for the men’s title.

For further details about the men’s event you can visit -> US Open 2010 Men’s Schedule of Play and US Open 2010 Men’s Singles Draw.

The player’s name that is bolded in the 2nd round singles draw below is OCA’s prediction of who will win each match.

The 2010 US Open men’s singles draw for the 2nd round is:

(1) Rafael Nadal versus Denis Istomen
Gilles Simon v. (29) Philipp Kohlschreiber
(23) Feliciano Lopez v. (Q) Benoit Paire
Sergiy Stakhovsky v. (Q) Ryan Harrison (15) Ljubicic
(10) David Ferrer v. Benjamin Becker
Daniel Gimeno-Traver v. Jeremy Chardy (24) Gulbis
(31) David Nalbandian v. Florent Serra
(Q) Adrian Mannarino v. (8) Fernando Verdasco
(4) Andy Murray v. Dustin Brown
Juan Ignacio Chela v. (25) Stanislas Wawrinka
(20) Sam Querrey v. Marcel Granollers
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez v. (14) Nicolas Almagro
(12) Mikhail Youzhny v. Dudi Sela
Marco Chiudinelli v. (18) John Isner
(28) Stepanek Julien Benneteau v. Tommy Robredo
Victor Hanescu v. Michael Llodra (7) Berdych
(6) Nikolay Davydenko v. Richard Gasquet
Kevin Anderson v. (26) Thomaz Bellucci
(17) Gael Monfils v. Igor Andreev
Janko Tipsarevic v. (9) Andy Roddick
(16) Baghdatis Arnaud Clement v. Eduardo Schwank
Pablo Cuevas v. (19) Mardy Fish
(30) Monaco (Q) Peter Polansky v. (WC) James Blake
Philipp Petzschner v. (3) Novak Djokovic
(5) Robin Soderling v. Taylor Dent
Thiemo de Bakker v. (Q) Ivan Dodig (27) Gonzalez
(21) Albert Montanes v. (WC) Carsten Ball
(Q) Kei Nishikori v. (11) Marin Cilic
(13) Jurgen Melzer v. (Q) Ricardas Berankis
Ricardo Mello v. (22) Juan Carlos Ferrero
(32) Hewitt Paul-Henri Mathieu v. (WC) Guillaume Rufin
Andreas Beck v. (2) Roger Federer

Thus far the completed 2nd round matches at the 2010 US Open are:

(2) Roger Federer defeated Andreas Beck 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
(3) Novak Djokovic def. Philipp Petzschner 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
(5) Robin Soderling def. (Q) Taylor Dent 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Richard Gasquet def. (6) Nikolay Davydenko def. 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Janko Tipsarevic def. (9) Andy Roddick 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
(Q) Kei Nishikori def. (11) Marin Cilic 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
(13) Jurgen Melzer def. (Q) Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
(17) Gael Monfils def. Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
(19) Mardy Fish def. Pablo Cuevas 7-5, 6-0, 6-2
(21) Albert Montanes def. (WC) Carsten Ball 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
(22) Juan Carlos Ferrero def. Ricardo Mello 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Kevin Anderson def. (26) Thomaz Bellucci 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
Paul-Henri Mathieu def. (WC) Guillaume Rufin 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-3
Thiemo de Bakker def. (Q) Ivan Dodig 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-3, 3-2 retired
(WC) James Blake def. (Q) Peter Polansky 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Arnaud Clement def. Eduardo Schwank 6-3, 5-5 retired

The US Open schedule of play for Friday 3 September is:

(1) Rafael Nadal def. Denis Istomen 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5
(4) Andy Murray def. Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3, 6-0
(8) Fernando Verdasco def. (Q) Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
(10) David Ferrer def. Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
(12) Mikhail Youzhny def. Dudi Sela 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
(14) Nicolas Almagro def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 7-6 (7-4)
(18) John Isner def. Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
(20) Sam Querrey def. Marcel Granollers 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
(23) Feliciano Lopez def. (Q) Benoit Paire 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
(25) Stanislas Wawrinka def. Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
(29) Philipp Kohlschreiber lost to Gilles Simon 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 1-6, 3-6
(31) David Nalbandian def. Florent Serra 7-5, 6-4, 6-2
Sergiy Stakhovsky def. (Q) Ryan Harrison 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver def. Jeremy Chardy 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2)
Julien Benneteau lost to Tommy Robredo 4-6, 6-6 (1-2) retired
Victor Hanescu lost to Michael Llodra 6-7 (2-7), 4-6, 2-6

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