Sam Querrey was ousted from the U.S. Open on Tuesday, meaning no American man will make the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows for the second straight year.

When No. 3 seed Venus Williams and No. 6 seed Francesca Schiavone meet up in the U.S. Open quarterfinals, someone will be losing their first set of the tournament.

Venus Williams struggled with her serve. She kept tugging at her dress. Every bit as big a nuisance was her opponent, Shahar Peer.

John McEnroe wants a hand in reviving American tennis. He wants to do it his way.

Petra Kvitova knocked the No. 1 seed out in the third round at last year's U.S. Open, but upsetting No. 2 seed Kim Clijsters in 2010 will be more of a challenge.

Five-time champion Roger Federer breezed into the third round at the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in beating 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday.

Kim Clijsters said she saw Serena Williams' foot lacerations and "it's not something that she's making up or that it's a small cut or anything."

Just a few months ago very few people would have brought up Mardy Fish, David Nalbandian or Marcos Baghdatis as being any real threat to surprise the field with deep U.S. Open runs. But their summer performances have made them U.S. Open sleepers to watch.

Tennis returns to New York with a number of interesting Day 1 storylines: America's sweetheart Melanie Oudin is back in action, Kim Clijsters is starting her title defense, Roger Federer is looking to make a run to reclaim his title and more. Take a look at five matches to watch.

Roger Federer ended his mini-vacation with another Masters title.

Unseeded Mardy Fish survived triple-digit temperatures and two tiebreakers to edge fourth-seeded Andy Murray and move into the Cincinnati Masters semifinals with a grueling 6-7 (7), 6-1, 7-6 (5) win Friday.

Thanks to players such as Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, then Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, and, lately, Andy Roddick, there always has been at least one man from the United States in tennis' top 10 since the computer rankings began in 1973.