NEW YORK – A look at Thursday’s play in the $46.3 million U.S. Open tennis championships:
WEATHER: Mostly cloudy with periods of rain. High of 82.
ATTENDANCE: Day: 35,715.
MEN’S SEEDED WINNERS: Second Round: No. 2 Andy Murray, No. 6 Kei Nishikori and No. 8 Dominic Thiem.
MEN’S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 16 Feliciano Lopez.
WOMEN’S SEEDED WINNERS: Second Round: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 5 Simona Halep, No. 6 Venus Williams, No. 10 Karolina Pliskova, No. 11 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 17 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, No. 19 Elena Vesnina, No. 25 Caroline Garcia and No. 31 Timea Babos.
WOMEN’S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 16 Sam Stosur.
TOP PLAYERS ON COURT FRIDAY: Third Round: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Mikhail Youzhny, No. 4 Rafael Nadal vs. Andrey Kuznetsov, No. 7 Marin Cilic vs. No. 26 Jack Sock, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. No. 23 Kevin Anderson, No. 10 Gael Monfils vs. Nicolas Almagro. Women: No. 2 Angelique Kerber vs. CiCi Bellis, No. 7 Roberta Vinci vs. Carina Witthoeft, No. 8 Madison Keys vs. Naomi Osaka, No. 12 Dominika Cibulkova vs. Lesia Tsurenko.
STAT OF THE DAY: 3 hours, 2 minutes – The length of the match between No. 17 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Kristina Mladenovic, won by Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5). It equaled the fifth-longest U.S. Open women’s singles match on record.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I really enjoyed those moments today when the crowd was like, get it back, get it back. That felt nice.” – Venus Williams, who defeated Julia Goerges 6-2, 6-3.
FRIDAY ON TV (All TimeS): 11 a.m.-4 p.m., ESPN; 4-9 p.m., ESPN2.
ON THIS DATE (Sept. 2, 1924): Bill Tilden defeats Bill Johnston in straight sets to win his fifth straight U.S. men’s singles title.
