After her fourth-round win over Petra Kvitova, Wickmayer explained the move to Tampa. "I wanted to get away from home," she said. "I loved playing tennis, I really enjoyed it, but I wanted to get away from home ...be around other people. That's why we left."
Bondarenko, 23, came here ranked 52nd, which was 20 spots worse than her younger sister, Alona. Kateryna will leave ranked higher than Alona and with the feeling she played well in the quarterfinals.
"Even if I had a break point, Yanina just didn't give me a chance to win," Bondarenko said. "When she was break points down, she hit winners. I cannot tell you I was playing bad. She was playing good."
Bob Bryan spoke for himself and his brother and he had to actually answer questions about whether the team had spent too much time giving interviews and promoting a CD they are releasing called "Let It Rip."
"Can that be the excuse?" Bob said. "No, it isn't."
Today's featured matches
At Arthur Ashe Stadium
Beginning 11 a.m.: : Fourth-seeded Venus and Serena Williams against 13th-seeded Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the women's doubles semifinals; Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott against second-seeded Cara Black and Leander Paes in the mixed doubles final; sixth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina against 16th-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia in men's singles quarterfinals.
Beginning at 7 p.m.: : Third-seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain against 11th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in men's singles quarterfinals.
