- NEW YORK: Sixth-seeded Robin Soderling withdrew from the US Open because of illness.
- The Swede was scheduled to face Irish qualifier Louk Sorensen in the first round on Wednesday.
Soderling had not played since withdrawing from Montreal with a wrist injury in early August. He won at Bastad in his last tournament in mid-July.
The two-time French Open runner-up reached the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows last year to equal his best result.
Sorensen is ranked 618th. Dutra da Silva is ranked 114th.

