NEW York, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russian tennis players Yelena Dementyeva and Yelena Likhovtseva will join Maria Sharapova and Nadezhda Petrova in the fourth round of the U.S. Open.
Despite 19 double faults, Dementyeva, who is seeded 6th in New York, defeated Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 6:1, 4:6, 7:6 (7:5).
Likhovtseva, who is seeded 19th, defeated in a tense match another Russian player, Anastasia Myskina (seeded 13th) 0:6, 6:3, 7:6 (8:6).
In men's tournament, Mikhail Yuzhny, who is seeded 24th, lost in the third round match Saturday against Belgian Xavier Malisse 7:5, 6:1, 1:6, 5:7, 6:7 (1:7)
