The sixth-seeded Berdych , runner-up at Wimbledon last year, was another in cruise-control in a straight-sets triumph over Spaniard Verdasco, ranked nine, in a match that last just under two hours.
But while destiny seems to be on her side at Flushing Meadows, Clijsters will be all too aware that world number eight Zvonareva - who earlier upset top seed Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets - has beaten her in their two most recent meetings.
But anything other than a straight in-or-out question may result in a damaging wrangle.
The euro was buffeted by an unseen standstill in second-quarter French growth and a fifth-straight contraction in the Greek economy.
The World No.5 from China beat America's Bethanie Mattek-Sands in straight sets 6-4 6-3.
First the Erie Canal--built straight through town in the 1820s--and then the railroads gave Syracuse the ability to make things and ship them out cheaply to faraway markets.
He will now play American youngster Jack Sock after the 20-year-old defeated Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets, 6-2 6-2 7-5.
Welcome to the world's newest Monaco, a haven for the ultra-rich in what until recently was mocked as one of the most straight-laced, boring cities in the world.
World number 16 Ferrer's straight-sets victory in Logrono extended Spain's unbeaten home run to 19 ties.
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Hardaway finished with 23 points, including five straight 3-pointers in the second half.
"We are very cognizant that this does not mean there's been a straight-up spike in nonbelievers, " said Paul Fidalgo, communications director for the Center for Inquiry, a secular advocacy group.
This is a good thing, because as Paul Tassi mentioned last week, gamers have some serious growing up to do when it comes to the question of not-straight sexuality in games.
In parallel they also think that they can fend off calls from other Eurosceptics for a straight in-out referendum, calling such a vote the wrong question at a time of rapid change to Europe's structures.
Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms and straight-line winds in the counties of Atlantic, Cumberland, and Salem.
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The result won't always conform with a sense of how close the matches were: A winner of a five-setter in which he dropped two sets in tiebreakers and won the other three sets 6-0 probably would have a higher dominance ratio than a straight-sets win in which each set was decided by a tiebreaker.
James has scored in double figures in 472 straight games, sixth-best in NBA history.
In the early matches, fifth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo eliminated Russian Tatiana Panova in straight sets 6-4 6-3.
When Bar-Lev asks Laura and Mark point-blank whether they might have helped Marla a little and got in over their heads, their straight-faced reactions, ending with Laura in tears, do less to alleviate doubts than to add a layer of discomfort, which is all the more dismaying because no one wins.
Safin won seven titles in 2000, including a straight-sets victory over Pete Sampras in the US Open final, but managed just two titles the following year and one in 2002.
But the United States hit back to level the tie as big-serving John Isner fired nine aces in a straight-set 6-3 6-2 7-5 win over Gilles Simon.
Davydenko, seeded sixth, had begun the week with a thrilling three-set loss to Djokovic in round-robin play, but proceeded to rack up four straight victories, culminating in his emphatic win over fifth-ranked Del Potro.
Ridden by Colm O'Donoghue, Black Bear Island (12-1) produced a fine finish in the final straight to pip stablemate Freemantle (13-2) in the Derby trial.
Capriati outplayed her 72nd ranked opponent in every department, reeling off five straight games from 1-1 in the second set to end Marrero's misery with an overhead smash.
That allowed the Pittsburgh Pirates to get the third out of the eighth inning of a 3-2 victory Sunday, sending the Mets to their third straight loss in the four-game series.
They got in after rallying for an extra-inning victory over the San Diego Padres in a one-game tiebreaker, and then proceeded to wipe out the Philadelphia Phillies in three straight opening-round games.
He surpassed the 50-point mark in three straight seasons from 2008-11, and has a pair of 20-goal seasons.
But 30-year-old Llodra took control at the net to claim the next two sets before two straight aces in the fourth-set tie-breaker helped him put France 2-0 up and loosen Spain's two-year grip on the cup.
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