Tennis

Roger Federer Top seed Caroline Wozniacki takes centre stage on day four at the US Open with Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic in action later.

"I've been known to shed a few tears after defeats but there were no tears this time"

Third seed Venus Williams and former world number one Ana Ivanovic win their second-round matches at the US Open.

British number one Elena Baltacha's run at the US Open ends in round two with defeat by 27th seed Petra Kvitova.

Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych crashes out of the US Open in the first round with a straight-sets defeat by France's Michael Llodra.

Tenth seed Victoria Azarenka collapses during her second-round match against Gisela Dulko, while former world number one Ana Ivanovic thrashes Jie Zheng.

Andy Murray demolishes Lukas Lacko on day three of the US Open to reach the second round, with Venus Williams in action and Elena Baltacha and Kim Clijsters playing later.

"I have no sponsor so I buy the shirts and my mum puts the flags on them"

Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic come through tough opening encounters to reach round two of the US Open.

Pictures from the second day at Flushing Meadows

Fourth seed Novak Djokovic beats fellow Serb Viktor Troicki in five sets to reach round two of the US Open.

Britain's Anne Keothavong loses 2-6 6-1 6-1 to Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei in round one of the US Open.

Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki headline the night session on day two at the US Open, after narrow wins for Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova but defeat for Britain's Anne Keothavong.

Wales select a one-man tennis team of Josh Milton for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi next month.

Five-time champion Roger Federer gets his US Open campaign off to a smooth start as he defeats Argentina's Brian Dabul in straight sets.