Fernando Gonzalez

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, chases down a shot from Fernando Gonzalez, of Chile, during their quarterfinals match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Copyright 2009 AP News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It took only 90 seconds and three shanked forehands from Fernando Gonzalez to effectively hand Rafael Nadal a free ticket into the U.S. Open semi-finals on Saturday. The match which had been delicately poised with Nadal leading 7-6 ...

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 12: Fernando Gonzalez of Chile is treated by a trainer during the Men's Singles Quarterfinals match against Rafael Nadal of Spain on day thirteen of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ...

Rafael Nadal avoided straining his sore stomach muscles Saturday by ripping through the completion of his rain-hit US Open quarter-final in only 34 extra minutes to finish off Fernando Gonzalez. After waiting through rain since late Thursday to resume at a tension-packed ...

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns a shot to Fernando Gonzalez, of Chile, during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Copyright 2009 AP News

Nadal wraps up rain-interrupted victory over error-prone Gonzalez to reach US Open semis Rafael Nadal has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the second year in a row by finishing a rain-interrupted victory over Fernando Gonzalez. The No. 3-seeded Nadal — trying ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unrelenting rain washed out play at the U.S. Open on Friday, sending the tournament to a Monday finish for the second year in a row. The final grand slam of the year had been treated to near-perfect weather ...

The US Open men's final will be played on Monday for the second year in a row, tournament officials said Friday after rain washed out all play for the day. Third-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Chilean 11th seed Fernando Gonzalez waited in ...

Rafael Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez waited through a steady rain Friday in hopes of finishing their suspended US Open quarter-final match while the women's semi-finals were postponed to Saturday. After waiting through nearly five hours of downpours, tournament officials moved matches involving ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal will come face-to-face with swashbuckling Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in a quarter-final contest at the U.S. Open on Friday which is likely to turn into a "battle of the forehands." The Spaniard owns one of the most ...