Kei Nishikori

Remember Kei Nishikori? The Japanese teenager attracted a lot of attention when he defeated James Blake in Delray Beach in February. …

David Ferrer, Kei Nishikori and Stanislas Wawrkinka each continue their bid at the US Open on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) ? Olympic champions Rafael Nadal and Elena Dementieva showed their mettle at the U.S. Open, overcoming early challenges to win Monday in the start of what?s expected to be a wide-open tournament.

NEW YORK ? It was at last year?s U.S. Open that James Blake finally won a five-set match.

OLYMPIC champion Rafael Nadal got a stiffer test from a German qualifier than many anticipated and shook his head near the end of a match that nearly lasted three hours.

Click here for the U.S. Open. NEW YORK ? Olympic champions Rafael Nadal and Elena Dementieva showed their mettle at the U.S. Open, overcoming early challenges to win Monday in the start of what?s expected to be a wide-open tournament.Former champs Lindsay Davenport and Svetlana Kuznetsova also opened with straight-sets victories. Many of the stars like to hurry through the first round ? it …

Monday Results

Roger Federer, bidding for his fifth straight U.S. Open title, is scheduled to begin Tuesday, as were No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and the Williams sisters.

27 Feliciano Lopez of Spain lost to Jurgen Melzer of Austria 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. The No. 29-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina lost to Kei Nishikori …

29-seeded Juan Monaco was beaten in four sets by Kei Nishikori. The fifth-seeded Dementieva looked like gold while taking the final four games to defeat …