Tim Henman, playing his last Grand Slam, tries to dig out one final effort to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

But Tsonga is too strong, winning in four sets to bring the curtain down on the 32-year-old's Grand Slam career

Henman waves goodbye to the US Open and will end his career at Wimbledon in Britain's Davis Cup tie

Third seed Novak Djokovic finds himself in a marathon struggle against wily Czech player Radek Stepanek

But despite being two sets to one down, Djokovic comes through after nearly five hours on court

Stepanek still has the energy to give Djokovic a hug after their titanic tussle

Top seed Justine Henin wastes little time in reaching the fourth round, dropping just two games

Her opponent Ekaterina Makarova is able to see the funny side, despite losing the first nine games in a 6-0 6-2 defeat

Next up for Henin is 15th seed Dinara Safina of Russia, who beat American Ahsha Rolle 6-4 6-3

But it's not such a good day for Safina's brother Marat - the 2000 champion loses in straight sets to Stanislas Wawrinka

Mardy Fish gets the crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium excited as he takes eighth seed Tommy Robredo into a fifth set

But Robredo dashes Fish's hopes with a 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-7 6-4 victory in the second round

Serena Williams has to dig very deep to see off a brave challenge from Russia's Vera Zvonareva 6-4 7-6

But Venus has a far easier time of it, thrashing Alona Bondarenko 6-1 6-2 in 58 minutes

Lleyton Hewitt contemplates his earliest-ever exit from the tournament as he loses to Agustin Calleri in round two

Rafael Nadal was well in control of the match when opponent Janko Tipsarevic retired injured