Federer could meet Soderling in US Open quarters

If Roger Federer is going to reach a seventh consecutive U.S. Open final, he might need to get past the man who ended his Grand Slam semifinal streak.



Five-time United States Open champion Federer was given a possible quarterfinal against two-time French Open runner-up Robin Soderling when the draw for this year's US Open was made today.



The Number 5-seeded Soderling upset Federer in the quarterfinals in Paris this year, stopping Federer's record run of reaching at least the semifinals at 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments.



The other men's matchups in the quarterfinals could be Number 1-seeded Rafael Nadal against Number 8 Fernando Verdasco, two-time major finalist Andy Murray against Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych, and Number 3 Novak Djokovic against Number 6 Nikolay Davydenko or Number 9 Andy Roddick.



The top-seeded woman, 2009 runner-up Caroline Wozniacki, could face 2006 champion Maria Sharapova in the fourth round and 2004 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals.



Other possible women's quarterfinals set up are defending champion Kim Clijsters against French Open runner-up Sam Stosur, 2000 to 2001 US Open winner Venus Williams against French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, and 2008 US Open finalist Jelena Jankovic against Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva.



The US Open begins Monday, and Venus Williams will have gone more than two months without a match by the time she meets her first-round opponent, Roberta Vinci of Italy.