. . . maybe it's because he loves being on court longer than any other player. He took the next two sets to progress to the second round.

Henman leads 2 sets to 1. He prolly wants to delay his retirement.

Henman leading Tursunov!!!!

He used to have problems with the brother

doyin13:

Henman leading Tursunov!!!!

He used to have problems with the brother

That's been taken care of. Henman leads the fourth set 4-3.

Gonzo has just lost the first set.

Other Second Round Fixtures(Men):

Tommy Robredo ESP (8 )  vs.  Mardy Fish USA
Michael Berrer GER  vs.  Ernests Gulbis LAT
Carlos Moya ESP (17)  vs.  Igor Kunitsyn RUS
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER  vs.  Mikhail Youzhny RUS (11)
Lleyton Hewitt AUS (16)  vs.  Agustin Calleri ARG
Dudi Sela ISR  vs.  Juan Monaco ARG (23)
Jurgen Melzer AUT (31)  vs.  Juan Martin Del Potro ARG
Radek Stepanek CZE  vs.  Novak Djokovic SRB (3)
Gonzalez/Gabashvili  vs.  Robby Ginepri USA
Stanislas Wawrinka SUI  vs.  Marat Safin RUS (25)
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (20)  vs.  Wayne Odesnik USA
Andrei Pavel ROU  vs.  Ivan Ljubicic CRO (12)
David Ferrer ESP (15)  vs.  Florent Serra FRA
Xavier Malisse BEL  vs.  David Nalbandian ARG (24)
Tursunov/Henman  vs.  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA
Tipsarevic/Sweeting  vs.  Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

I'll like to see Tipsarevic meet Nadal in the second round. That guy played well at wimbledon.

Henman does it. He progresses to the second round.

Federer cruised past Capdeville 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 to progress to the third round.

Serena Wiliams beat Maria Elena Camerin 6-5, 6-2 to move to the next round.

The only african in the men's singles draw has been ousted.  The south african, Rik De Voest was beaten in straight sets (6-3, 6-3, 7-6) by the big-serving american, J Isner. Isner's reward is a meeting with Federer in the third round.

Yet another upset, Gonzalez has crashed out early again. He lost his first round match 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4 to Gabashvili.

Some of the Players in action today:

Vaidisova, Kuznetsova, Hingis, Sharapova, Petrova, Mirza

Haas, Murray, Roddick, Blake, Davydenko, Richard Gasquet

French 13th seed Richard Gasquet has pulled out of the U.S. Open because of fever and a sore throat. The Wimbledon semi-finalist's withdrawal handed American Donald Young a walkover into the third round.

Hingis, Chakvetadze, Peer, Kuznetsova, Schnyder, Mirza are all safely through to the next round.

It's two sets apiece between Murray and Grandpa Bjorkman.

Canas is struggling at the moment. He is trailing by a set.

Murray finally scaled through in 5 sets.

Yea, the dude was lucky.

Blake also survived a 5-set thriller. The US number two was pushed to his limits by the veteran Santoro, playing in his 16th US Open, before concluding the 6-4 3-6 6-2 4-6 6-4 victory to earn the first five-set win of his career.

American number one Andy Roddick, meanwhile, was leading Jose Acasuso 4-6 6-1 6-2 when the Argentine was forced to retire with a knee injury, allowing the fifth seed to move into the third round.

Berdych beat Simone Bolelli 7-5 6-3 6-3. He meets Verdasco next.

Nikolay Davydenko also strolled into the third round with an imposing 6-2 6-2 6-2 win over Germany's Nicolas Kiefer. He meets Nicolas Almagro next.

Lee beat Canas 7-5, 7-5, 6-3; faces Murray next.

Order of Play (Day 5)

1-Justine Henin (BEL) v Ekaterina Makerova (RUS)

8-Tommy Robredo (ESP) v Mardy Fish (USA)

27-Vera Zvonareva (RUS) v 8-Serena Williams (USA)

12-Venus Williams (US) v 21-Alona Bondarenko (UKR)

Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) v 2-Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Radek Stepanek (CZE) v 3-Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Vera Dushevina (RUS) v 5-Ana Ivanovic (SRB)

Tim Henman (GBR) v Jo-Wifried Tsonga (FRA)

16-Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) v Agustin Calleri (ARG)

Ahsha Rolle (USA) v 15-Dinara Safina (RUS)

Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) v 25-Marat Safin (RUS)

Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) v Robby Ginepri (USA)

3-Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v Alize Cornet (FRA)

Marat Safin crashes out!!! He was ousted in straight sets by the Swiss number two, Wawrinka.

Henin breezed into the next round, she plays Marat Safin's sister, Safina, next.

Djokovic is being shaken at the moment by Stepanek, the worm man. It's two sets apiece.

Robredo also leads Fish by 2 sets to 1.

Safin is officially finished

I'm done hoping that guy will become a champion again .

Thank you Stepanek for not ousting me so early

Djokovic won the third set 7-6 to advance to the third round.

Ivanovic joins Henin in the round of 16. Jankovic is struggling; she's lost the first set.

Serena, Henman, Youzhny, Nalbandian are all playing at the mo'.

Jankovic lost the first set now thats shocking.

dinozzo:

Jankovic lost the first set now thats shocking.

i dont think so actually

Jankovic has major weaknesses in her game especially her serve

so she is quite vulnerable.

Henman is playing too, last I heard it was 5-5 in the first set.

Henman has finally retired. He was thrashed by Tsonga 7-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. Tsonga will now meet Nadal, who advanced to the third round when Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic retired in the third set after receiving treatment for a rib injury. The Spaniard was leading 6-2 6-3 3-2 when Tipsarevic approached him during the changeover, shook his hand and announced he had to quit the match after one hour, 38 minutes.

Hewitt was also thrashed by Calleri. He was beaten 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Calleri faces Juan Monaco next.

Jankovic ultimately won her third round match by taking the next two sets. She said she under-estimated her opponent, Cornet in the first set. She faces Bammer in the round of 16; Bammer thrashed Dementieva 6-1, 6-2.

Ivanovic and Venus will face off in the next round. They both eased into the round of 16 in straight sets. Venus has a 3-0 career record against Ivanovic.

Serena meets Bartoli in the round of 16.

The other eight female players, in the round of 16, will be known today.  Schnyder, Hingis, Petrova, Vaidisova, Peer, Sharapova, Mirza, Chakvetadze, Kuznetsova, Vakulenko would be hoping to be among the players.

Third Round Fixtures (Men):

Roger Federer SUI (1)  vs.  John Isner USA
Feliciano Lopez ESP  vs.  Donald Young USA
Tomas Berdych CZE (9)  vs.  Fernando Verdasco ESP
Thomas Johansson SWE  vs.  Andy Roddick USA (5)
Nikolay Davydenko RUS (4)  vs.  Nicolas Almagro ESP (28)
Andy Murray GBR (19)  vs.  Hyung-Taik Lee KOR
Tommy Haas GER (10)  vs.  Sebastien Grosjean FRA
Stefan Koubek AUT  vs.  James Blake USA (6)
Tommy Robredo ESP (8 )  vs.  Ernests Gulbis LAT
Carlos Moya ESP (17)  vs.  Philipp Kohlschreiber GER
Agustin Calleri ARG  vs.  Juan Monaco ARG (23)
Juan Martin Del Potro ARG  vs.  Novak Djokovic SRB (3)
Robby Ginepri USA  vs.  Stanislas Wawrinka SUI
Juan Ignacio Chela ARG (20)  vs.  Ivan Ljubicic CRO (12)
David Ferrer ESP (15)  vs.  David Nalbandian ARG (24)   
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA  vs.  Rafael Nadal ESP (2)

Nice round up of the championship PDF.

Guess what guys! Defending Champ, Shriekapova has been ousted in the third round by polish number one, Radwanska!!! She was beaten 4-6, 6-1, 2-6.

Another Russian also crashed out - Petrova was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by Szavay.

Davydenko and Chakvetadze gave the russians something to smile about when Davy beat Almagro to advance to the next round. Chakvetadze crushed Indian number one, Mirza to go into the round of 16.

Well I cant say I was expecting Sharapova to be outsted

@PDF can you give any more details on how the match developed

doyin13:

Well I can't say I was expecting Sharapova to be outsted

@PDF can you give any more details on how the match developed

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Sharapova's second serve let her down. She also double-faulted 12 times.  Even though she she hit 36 winners compared with her opponent's 18, she made like more than twice unforced errors (48) than her opponent (23).

Roddick is through to the round of 16. He beat Johansson is straight sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-0).

Federer and Isner are playing at the moment.  Isner has hit more aces (48) than anybody in this tournament so far, 30 more than Federer.

Isner takes the first set 7-6(4).  The 6ft 9in guy has hit 9 aces so far.

this is interesting, when I saw this had to tune in. Federer is leading in the second set 2-0

Federer took the second set 6-2. 2-2 in the third set

Some Third Round Results:

Haas - Grosjean 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3
Lopez - Young 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 7-5
Berdych - Verdasco 7-6, 6-1, 7-6

Murray was beaten by Hyung-Taik Lee in four sets 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5. Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli play Serena williams in the fourth round today.

I'm glad Federer finally found a way to handle the monstrous serve taking the next two sets 6-4, 6-2.
Federer will play Feliciano Lopez in the fourth round, the Spaniard beating Donald Young in four sets to book his own progression.

Blake beat  Koubek 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-1 to progress to the next round.

Unlike the Swiss Master, the female Swiss representatives could not go beyond the third round. Martina Hingis was beaten 6-3, 1-6, 0-6 by Azarenka while Schnyder was also beaten 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 by Paszek.

Other Third Round Results (Women):

Peer - Vaidisova 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
Vakulenko - Kirilenko 6-2, 6-4
Kuznetsova - Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-1

Women's Singles - Fourth Round

Justine Henin BEL (1)  vs.  Dinara Safina RUS (15)
Marion Bartoli FRA (10)  vs.  Serena Williams USA (8 )
Jelena Jankovic SRB (3)  vs.  Sybille Bammer AUT (19)
Venus Williams USA (12)  vs.  Ana Ivanovic SRB (5)
Agnes Szavay HUN  vs.  Julia Vakulenko UKR
Victoria Azarenka BLR  vs.  Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS (4)
Anna Chakvetadze RUS (6)  vs.  Tamira Paszek AUT
Shahar Peer ISR (18)  vs.  Agnieszka Radwanska POL (30)