U.S. Open: Day 9 TV schedule, key matches
- Serena Williams and Andy Murray highlight the night session at Arthur Ashe
- Live TV coverage begins at 11 a.m. on ESPN2 and Tennis Channel
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Ana Ivanovic is first up on Ashe
NEW YORK — Defending champions Andy Murray and Serena Williams try to earn tickets to the quarterfinals on Tuesday, Day 9 of the U.S. Open.
Serena Williams faces Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in the first night match at Arthur Ashe Stadium (7 p.m.).
Murray follows Williams on Ashe against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
Tuesday's TV schedule
6-10:30 a.m., Breakfast at the U.S. Open, Tennis Channel
10:30-11 a.m., Live at the U.S. Open, Tennis Channel
11 a.m.-7 p.m., Men's round of 16 and women's quarterfinals, ESPN2
11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tennis Channel
7-11 p.m., Prime time at the U.S. Open: men's round of 16 and women's quarterfinals, ESPN
11 p.m.-6 a.m., U.S. Open Tonight, Tennis Channel
Key matches Tuesday
•No. 2 seed Victoria Azarenka, the two-time defending Australian Open champ, faces 2008 French Open winner Ana Ivanovic. This fourth-round match was a casualty of the rain delay on Monday ... the only one of the women's fourth-rounders that was postponed. That puts the winner a day behind the other quarterinalists on her side of the draw. They are first up on Ashe.
•Top-seeded Novak Djokovic, who has gotten better as the tournament has progressed, faces Marcel Granollers of Spain. The are the match on Ashe.
•No. 5 seed Li Na of China, who has never fared all that well in New York, looks like she aims to change that this year. She will play Ekaterina Makarova, second on Ashe. The winner gets Serena or Suarez Navarro in the semifinals.
•Quietly working his way through the draw is No. 5 Tomas Berdych. He faces No. 9 Stanislas Wawrinka, last up on Armstrong.
•And 32-year-old Lleyton Hewitt, the 2011 champ, tries to keep his run going against No. 21 Mikhail Youzhny, second on Armstrong.
Main schedule
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Play begins at 11 a.m.
Ana Ivanovic (13), Serbia, vs. Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus
Ekaterina Makarova (24), Russia, vs. Li Na (5), China
Not before 2:30 p.m.: Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, vs. Marcel Granollers, Spain
Night Session (7 p.m.)
Serena Williams (1), United States, vs. Carla Suarez Navarro (18), Spain
Andy Murray (3), Britain, vs. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan
Louis Armstrong Stadium
Play begins at 11 a.m.
Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (15), Croatia, vs. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (4), China
Mikhail Youzhny (21), Russia, vs. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia
Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek (4), Czech Republic, vs. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Jean-Julien Rojer (5), Netherlands
Stanislas Wawrinka (9), Switzerland, vs. Tomas Berdych (5), Czech Republic
Grandstand
Play begins at 11 a.m.
Mixed Doubles - Quarterfinals
Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) /Martin Emmrich (GER) vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)/Daniel Nestor (CAN)
Women's Doubles - Round 3
Sara Errani (ITA) [1] /Roberta Vinci (ITA) [1] vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [16] /Flavia Pennetta (ITA) [16]
Mixed Doubles - Quarterfinals
Abigail Spears (USA) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) vs. Liezel Huber (USA) [8] /Marcelo Melo (BRA) [8]
Women's Doubles - Round 3
Cara Black (ZIM) [13] / Marina Erakovic (NZL) [13] vs. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [2] / Elena Vesnina (RUS) [2]
Court 17
Play begins at noon
Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals
Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) vs. Alexander Peya (AUT) [2] / Bruno Soares (BRA) [2]
Mixed Doubles - Quarterfinals
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) [7] / Max Mirnyi (BLR) [7] vs. Kveta Peschke (CZE) [4] / Marcin Matkowski (POL) [4]
Mixed Doubles - Quarterfinals
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Frantisek Cermak (CZE) vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) [5] / Bruno Soares (BRA)