NEW YORK – A look at Wednesday’s play at the $38.3-million U.S. Open.

Weather: Mostly sunny and very warm. High of 91.

Men’s Seeded Winners: First Round – No. 6 Tomas Berdych, No. 7 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 14 Marin Cilic, No. 18 Kevin Anderson and No. 19 Feliciano Lopez.

Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 27 Santiago Giraldo.

Women’s Seeded Winners: Second Round – No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 5 Maria Sharapova, No. 6 Angelique Kerber, No. 9 Jelena Jankovic, No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 14 Lucie Safarova, No. 18 Andrea Petkovic, No. 22 Alize Cornet, No. 26 Sabine Lisicki and No. 28 Roberta Vinci.

Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 21 Sloane Stephens and No. 31 Kurumi Nara.

Top Players on Thursday’s Court: Men, Second Round – No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu, No. 5 Milos Raonic vs. Peter Gojowczyk, No. 8 Andy Murray vs. Matthias Bachinger, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; Women, Second Round – No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Vania King, No. 3 Petra Kvitova vs. Petra Cetkovska, No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard vs. Sorana Cirstea, No. 8 Ana Ivanovic vs. Karolina Pliskova.

Stat of the Day: 63 – the number of unforced errors committed by Sloane Stephens in her loss to Johanna Larsson.

Quote of the Day: “Think about this as a little speed bump, and work through it, and I will get better,” said Sloane Stephens, who lost her second-round match to Johanna Larsson.

Thursday on TV: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tennis Channel; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., ESPN; 4-9 p.m., ESPN2.

On This Date (Aug. 28, 1990): Stefan Edberg loses to Alexander Volkov, becoming the first No. 1 seed since 1971 to lose in the first round.

Associated Press