Anne Keothavong becomes the first British women since Jo Durie in 1991 to reach the US Open third round, beating Francesca Schiavone Romanian teenager Sorana Cristea gives third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova an early scare in their second-round match But Kuznetsova recovers to take the first set on a tie-break and overpowers her opponent in the second set Nikolay Davydenko comes to Flushing Meadows on the back of a poor run of form but crushes Dudi Sela in their first-round match World number two Jelena Jankovic looks in control against Sofia Arvidsson, winning the first set 6-3 But the Swede battles to take the second set on a tie-break to take their match to a deciding set, which Jankovic eventually wins Jo-Wilfried Tsonga returns to action for the first time since May after a knee injury and beats Santiago Ventura in four sets Last year's runner-up Novak Djokovic begins his campaign against Frenchman Arnaud Clement Djokovic has a scare in the fourth set when he needs treatment on an ankle injury but still sweeps to victory in less than two hours France's Fabrice Santoro, 35, takes on Andy Roddick in the final match of the day in Arthur Ashe Stadium Home favourite Roddick is in scintillating form, powering past Santoro 6-2 6-2 6-2 in just one hour 27 minutes
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