U.S. Open 2009: Women's Quarterfinal Preview and Picks

The defending champion. The Belgian mother of Pearls. The Chinese Prayer. The Great Dane. The Teen. And Yanina Wickmayer? Not your everyday cast of quarterfinalists. Half of them have never even made it out of the first couple rounds of a Slam, let alone into a second week. All the Russians are eliminated. The Serbian one-two punch was done before the tournament even began, or so it feels. But no matter who has gone home, someone has to win the tournament. For the record, here are some numbers that defined the fourth round of play. The Numbers Game from Round Four 47. The number of minutes it took for Kateryna Bondarenko to avenge her sisters' defeat to Gisela Dulko. The 6-0, 6-0 beatdown delivered by the Ukrainian saw Dulko winning 23 points in the match, only 11 of those off her own serve. Her 20 unforced errors nearly matched the amount of points she won. In that amount of time, Rafael Nadal wouldn't have even been ready for the next point. 570. The amount of minutes...