2010 US Open men's and women's singles draws revealed
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In the men's draw, Nadal will once again have to defeat No. 4 Andy Murray in the semifinals. The two met in the 2008 semifinals, a match Murray won over two days. Nadal is 8-4 overall against Murray but has lost four of their last five meetings on hardcourts. Nadal is looking for his first US Open title, which would give him his third Grand Slam tournament title this year and the career Grand Slam.
On Nadal's way to the semifinals, he could face Fernando Verdasco or David Nalbandian potentially in the quarterfinals.
McEnroe, an ESPN tennis commentator as well as the U.S. Davis Cup Captain and general manager of USTA Player Development, thought it was a good draw for Murray with his success on hardcourts.
"I think the biggest thing was which half Murray and Djokovic came up on. I think Murray is probably happy to be in Nadal's half," he said. "He matches up well with him on this surface."
In Murray's quarter, he could play American Sam Querrey in the fourth round and potentially No. 7 and 2010 Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.
On the other side of the draw, five-time champion Federer has No. 5 Robin Soderling in his quarter as perhaps his likely only real threat to reaching the semifinals. Federer defeated Soderling in the quarterfinals last year.
A tough semifinal match, however, could await him in either No. 9 Andy Roddick or No. 3 Novak Djokovic. Federer defeated Djokovic in the semifinals of the 2009 US Open, in which he made his now-famous 'The Shot' that went between his legs for a winner.
Federer is looking to reach the US Open final for the seventh straight year and win his 17th career Grand Slam tournament title.
In Roddick's quarter of the draw, he could face No. 17 Gael Monfils in the third round and then No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko in the fourth round before a potential quarterfinal meeting with Djokovic.
As a whole, McEnroe thinks there will be a rematch of the 2008 US Open Final on the men's side, although he does think the draw works out well for Roddick, too.
"To me, the two favorites are Murray and Federer. I think Federer found his game again in Cincinnati (winning the title), and I think he will be happy that he has Murray on the other half," he said. "If you look at the draw in Federer's quarter, it looks pretty clear, although Soderling is a guy who could give you some trouble in the quarters. The other guy I think should be happy is Roddick. Roddick avoided Federer, Nadal and Murray - the guys who give him the most trouble - so I think the draw worked out pretty well for him."
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