Flushing Meadows, New York (GenevaLunch) - World number one Roger Federer beat Leyton Hewitt for the 14th time in a row, but dropped a set before he managed to pull away from the Australian 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4. Another Swiss, Marco Chiudinelli, lost to 8th seed Nikolay Davydenko. Novak Djokovic  came through in four sets, beating Jesse Witten 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-4. Andy Roddick, who reached the Wimbledon final was the shock loser in the men’s draw, going out to 55th-ranked John Isner who has played most of his tennis for the University of Georgia.

In the women’s draw the top seed Dinara Safina, who has never won a major tournament, lost to Czech teenager Petra Kvitova 6-4 2-6 7-6(5). The result casts further doubt over the accuracy of the WTA rankings. Another once-top player, Maria Sharapova, lost to an American teen, Melanie Oudin, managing to serve 21 double faults in the process.

Details: New York Times

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