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Altercation leads to brief delay

Updated: September 2, 2010, 11:30 PM ET
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Police escorted three fans out of Arthur Ashe Stadium after a fight in the upper stands that caused a short delay in Novak Djokovic's match against Philipp Petzschner at the U.S. Open.

U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier says it was a "disagreement over verbiage" that took place Thursday night during the first set of the second-round match.

Third-seeded Djokovic and Petzschner stopped playing and looked up into the stands while New York police handcuffed ...

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