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Men's U.S. Open August 31, 2010 6:53 AM by GT Staff
2010 Men’s U.S. Open
Sunday, September 12, 2010
c/o M Resort & Las Vegas Hilton
 
M
Hilton
Roger Federer
5-2
9-4
Rafael Nadal
2-1
2-1
Andy Murray
3-1
9-2
Novak Djokovic
12-1
10-1
Robin Soderling
20-1
15-1
Tomas Berdych
20-1
15-1
Andy Roddick
25-1
20-1
Nikolay Davydenko
45-1
40-1
Marin Cilic
55-1
40-1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
60-1
50-1
Fernando Verdasco
80-1
60-1
Ernests Gulbis
30-1
60-1
John Isner
60-1
60-1
David Nalbandian
15-1
10-1
Sam Querrey
65-1
50-1
Lleyton Hewitt
80-1
100-1
Richard Gasquet
100-1
100-1
Fernando Gonzalez
100-1
100-1
Gael Monfils
20-1
100-1
David Ferrer
150-1
10-1
Mikhail Youzhny
150-1
10-1
James Blake
150-1
10-1
Stanislas Wawrinka
200-1
10-1
Jurgen Melzer
200-1
10-1
Marcos Baghdatis
100-1
10-1
Field
20-1
10-1
Odds subject to change
 
 
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