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.

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

Her play sparkling as much as her sequined dress, Venus Williams easily eliminated 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1 on Friday night at the U.S. Open.

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.

18-year-old Beatrice Capra, a wild-card entry ranked 371st, upset 18th-seeded Aravane Rezai of France 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Thursday to keep her Grand Slam debut on track. Next up is a third-round match against former No. 1 Maria Sharapova.

Andy Roddick found it infuriating that a lineswoman who called him for a foot fault was wrong about which of his shoes touched the line.

Victoria Azarenka collapsed and fell to the ground while chasing down a ball on the baseline and had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair Wednesday, 31 minutes into her match on another steamy day at the U.S. Open.

Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova all needed comebacks to advance out of the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

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.

Let others wonder whether Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki merits the No. 1 seeding at the U.S. Open, the first time she's been awarded the top spot at a Grand Slam tournament.

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.