![]() ![]() “Once I got a set up I felt my game got better and better,” said Henman, who admitted that Rusedski’s hip injury had been a factor. ![]() ![]() Henman broke twice in the 2nd set and then again at 3-all in the 3rd to wrap up a comfortable victory. Rusedski went 3:0* up but Henman soon leveled before edging the tie-break. ![]() Henman came through 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-3 in 1 hour 55 minutes for his seventh straight win over Rusedski, setting up a clash with top seed Federer. All scorelines First round: Howard Fendrich Tim Henman extended his good run against long-time rival and fellow Briton Greg Rusedski with victory in their first-round match at the US Open. Guillermo Coria – 11 years younger than Agassi – retired for the third time in his last four tournaments, and his career was actually over at the time as well… Roger Federer collected his third consecutive US Open title Jimmy Connors came back professionally to the US Open after 14 years, this time in a new role – as a coach of Andy Roddick – whom he couldn’t help regaining the title lost in 2004 though… The 2006 US Open was the first Grand Slam event to feature the Hawk-Eye system. August 28-Septem128 Draw (32 seeds) Surface – Hard This is a tournament broadly known as Andre Agassi’s farewell (the American played three matches on cortisone injections), but last appearances in Grand Slams delivered also other distinctive players: hard-serving former runners-up Greg Rusedski & Mark Philippoussis and Australian Open semifinalist Jiri Novak. ![]()
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