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Federer, Henin loom large as US Open tennis begins
by Delia Cruceru

The first day at the year's final Grand Slam tennis tournament has its winner: Roger Federer and Justine Henin. Federer played against Scoville Jenkins and defeated him with 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York Monday. He needed about 92 minutes to beat Jenkins, who had 31 unforced errors to Federer's 12. The 26-year-old Swiss is trying to become the first player to win the U.S. Open men's title in four straight years since professionals were admitted in 1968. "I'm more concentrated on the fact that I'm trying to defend my title really,'' Federer said at a news conference. "It happens to be four, so it's obviously more special.'' Henin defeated the German Julia Goerges with 6-0, 6-3 on the main court at the National Tennis Center. She won the French Open in June, faced only one break point in beating the 145th-ranked Goerges. Eight-time Slam champion Serena Williams and six-time Slam winner Venus Williams were set to play evening matches following a ceremony to honor the late Althea Gibson, the first black player to win a Slam title. "I thank everyone for coming out and supporting such an amazing champion like Althea Gibson,'' Serena Williams told the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium after her match. "If it wasn't for her, it's hard to believe that I could even be out here.''

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