US Open - Day Three

Thursday 28 August 2014 10:33, UK

Image: World No 39 Shuai Peng provided the first upset of the day as she beat fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska6-3 6-4
Image: Despite suffering an early slip, Alize Cornet recovered to beat Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 6-3
Image: American Sloane Stephens claimed a tie-break victory in the first set against Johanna Larsson...
Image: ...But the Swede continued to battled hard against the home favourite and won the next two sets to book her place in the third round
Image: Kurumi Nara may have been stretched in the first set against Belinda Bencic but she battled back to win the second and force a deciding set...
Image: ...However, Swiss 17-year-old Bencic held her nerve to claim the decider and a notable win
Image: Serbian Jelena Jankovic saw off the threat of Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets
Image: Fifth seed Maria Sharapova lost the first set of her match with Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru
Image: Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli was also in New York City on Wednesday to sign autographs
Image: In the men's draw, Croatian Ivan Dodig raced to a 6-1 victory in the first set of his first-round match against 19th seed Feliciano Lopez
Image: However, it was Lopez who advanced after Dodig retired with the match locked at two sets and one game apiece
Image: Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas showed his skills to come from a set down to take South Africa's Kevin Anderson to a deciding set
Image: In the end Anderson edged out the Uruguayan, winning a fifth set tie-break to reach the second round
Image: Croatian Marin Cilic was in jubilant spirits as he claimed a place in the next round as Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis was forced to retire
Image: Czech Tomas Berdych raced to a straight sets victory over Lleyton Hewitt
Image: Defeat means Australian Hewitt has been knocked out in the first round in three of the year's Grand Slams