U.S. Open women's final postponed

The women's final of the U.S. Open scheduled for Saturday evening, has been postponed to Sunday at a time yet undetermined, due to bad weather expected at New York on the evening of Saturday, organizers said. "Storms with heavy rains and strong winds are expected for Saturday night. For this reason, the women's final postponed to Sunday, September 9 at a time to be confirmed within 23h GMT tonight", said the organizers in a statement. should oppose the final Belarussian Victoria Azarenka, world No.1 at the American Serena Williams, World No.4. The men's singles final is still scheduled for Sunday. The smooth running of the U.S. Open has been disrupted by rain in recent years: the final men could not take place on the scheduled day during the four previous editions, and the women's final will not be played on the scheduled day for the fourth time in five editions since 2008. Saturday, the first semi-final between gentlemen Andy Murray (N.3) and Czech Tomas Berdych (N.6) began with nearly 1:30 behind. Heavy showers had fallen on New York in the morning and the weather service (NWS) had decreed a notice of vigilance ("tornado watch") on the area until Saturday 21h local time. The second semi-final between Novak Djokovic (N.2) and Spaniard David Ferrer (N.4), was to follow on center court. "We continue the program of the day session as planned and we continue monitor the weather for the day ", said the organizers, while others showers are expected in the afternoon.traditionally organizes the U.S. Open semi-finals and finals ladies gentlemen the same day in the As part of its "super saturday", forcing players to play their semi-final and final day without rest. This unique program in Grand Slam will be removed from the next edition of the U.S. Open in 2013.