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The third round of the US Open begins on Friday with three players in action who have yet to be broken during the tournament: No. 1 Novak Djokovic (24 service games), No. 10 seed Milos Raonic (36 games) and No. 19 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (26 games).
The first day of third-round action at the U.S. Open will be highlighted by a night-session showdown featuring Rafael Nadal and Fabio Fognini.
Starting off Day 3 was Madison Keys, playing on Arthur Ashe for the first time. Fair to say there were no nerves as she dominated Tereza Smitkova in the first set.
The evening hours on Thursday at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center may be the ones to be at, as the action on Arthur Ashe Stadium and the Grandstand look especially intriguing.
Louis Armstrong Stadium was the place to be on Wednesday at the U.S. Open, what with Mardy Fish playing in his last tournament and Rafael Nadal making a rare foray outside of Arthur Ashe.
At the US Open on Wednesday, top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan fell to countrymen Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-3.
Eighth seed Rafael Nadal needed two hours and 41 minutes to turn aside Diego Schwartzman 7-6(5), 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday at the US Open. It was his 750th tour-level match win.
In one of Day 3’s biggest upsets, Mikhail Kukushkin toppled 17th seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 7-6(2), 2-6, 4-6, 6-4 in three hours and 38 minutes.
Click here to see the latest photos of Nick Kyrgios during his match against Andy Murray at the 2015 US Open. Murray defeated Kyrgios 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Fifth seed Stan Wawrinka has shaken off a third-set wobble to claim a second-round berth at the US Open on Tuesday, with a 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(6) victory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
Check out the latest photos of Donald Young Jr. during his match againt Gilles Simon at the 2015 US Open tennis.
Click here to see the latest photos of Roger Federer at the 2015 US Open tennis.
Milos Raonic dominated on serve to dismiss American Tim Smyczek 6-4, 7-6(8), 6-1 in the first round of the US Open on Monday. The 10th seed earned his 200th tour-level win in two hours and 13 minutes by saving all six break points faced.
Novak Djokovic made an explosive start to his mission to win a third Grand Slam title of 2015 with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 win over Brazilian Joao Souza in the first round of the US Open on Monday. And he hopes his fellow title contenders were watching.
The Grandstand is not ready to go away quite yet. Neither is Mardy Fish. Playing in his last U.S. Open, Fish overcame Marco Cecchinato 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 during first-round action on Monday afternoon.
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