It was a big surprise to see Maria Sharapova at the US Open 2007 men’s final sitting in Novak Djokovic’s box, and clearly rooting for him.

Everyone was perplexed, but luckily, we didn’t have to wait long for an explanation from the Serb himself: “No, let’s not go too much with Maria. It’s just a friendship we have. It was nice for her to come and support me. As well, Robert, he was yesterday on the match, and today. I mean, it’s amazing feeling to see such successful people, you know, in my box supporting me, playing with me I can say, living every emotional moment. It’s great. It’s great.” Read more »

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In their first tournament together, Dinara Safina of Russia and Nathalie Dechy of France won the US Open women's doubles title on Sunday. The seventh-seeded duo beat Taiwanese fifth seeds Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung 6-4 6-2.

However, Dechy said she and Safina had not yet talked about playing together in the future.

"We have time," she said. "But definitely, the way we played, it means we can do some great things also in the future."

Dechy also won last year's doubles championship at Flushing Meadows, but with Vera Zvonareva as her partner - and Safina was the runner-up, pairing with Katarina Srebotnik. (via Fox Sports, photo via BBC)

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Maria Sharapova attended the 2007 US Open men’s final on Sunday, and was sitting in the box of Novak Djokovic! Wow, it seems that she’s not at all angry at Nole for all the hilarious impersonations he has done of her. Additionally, not only was she sitting in the Serb’s box, but she was eagerly rooting for him. By the way, you can see legendary actor Robert DeNiro in the picture too.

At this year’s US Open, Maria Sharapova suffered a surprising loss to Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round.

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Justine Henin beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-3 in the women’s final on Saturday to clinch her second US Open title. Here’s a video of the post-match ceremony (it’s in Spanish).

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Belgian Justine Henin claimed her seventh Grand Slam title with a 6-1 6-3 victory over former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia at the US Open.

Top-seeded Henin opened the match with a break, and added two more to take the first set. Fourth-seeded Kuznetsova didn’t use her opportunities, and that’s a must if you want to defeat a number one. For example, Kuznetsova wasn’t able to break Henin even in the games in which the Belgian double-faulted two times.

I had expected a closer match even though I knew that Justine Henin plays by far the highest quality of tennis. At this moment, with players such as Sharapova and Jankovic achieving less than they could, Henin's brilliance is evident more than ever. Another fact that shows Henin's dominance is that she won the US Open 2007 without losing a set. (photo via BBC)

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