U.S. Open 2011: Andy Roddick routed by Rafael Nadal and John Isner falls to Andy Murray in quarterfinals

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — After a shaky start, John Isner played some of the best tennis of his career Friday at the U.S. Open. Andy Roddick, hampered by a strained thigh muscle and head-to-toe fatigue, could barely mount a credible fight.

By nightfall, the two remaining Americans were out of the U.S. Open, ceding center stage to the world's top four players — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray — who have used Arthur Ashe Stadium these last two weeks to demonstrate anew how vast the gulf is between their abilities and everyone else's.

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Michael Birnbaum 10 Sep, 2011

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