When does the 2008 US tennis open begin, and who is favored to win?
Nadal, Federer set to duke it out at US Open 49 minutes ago NEW YORK (AFP) — Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have travelled down different roads to get the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season. Nadal is considered the best in the world and now has the ranking to back it up, while Federer heads into the 2008 US Open as a four-time defending champ looking to salvage a frustrating season. Nadal, who is the top seed in a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, opens against a qualifier at the US Open which runs from Monday to September 7 at the National Tennis Center in the New York suburb of Flushing Meadows. The 22-year-old Spaniard’s first real test should come in quarter-finals where he could face Argentina’s David Nalbandian. Nadal is attempting to cap a dynamic season in which he has already won Wimbledon, the French Open and the Olympic gold medal in Beijing. The US Open is the Grand Slam where Nadal has had the most trouble. He has never made it to a final in a hardcourt
