Hands up if you're through to round two of the US Open... former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova gets day two of the season's final Grand Slam under way with a 6-2 4-6 6-1 victory over 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm
Jelena Jankovic is one of many players to struggle in the blistering New York temperatures and 18-year-old opponent Simona Halep serves for the match before the fourth seed comes through to win 6-4 4-6 7-5
As the sweltering conditions continue to affect the players, Cypriot 16th seed Marcos Baghdatis is finally blown away by France's Arnaud Clement after a titanic struggle over five gruelling sets
After 11th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova sees off Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm, who turns 40 in four weeks, the Russian says: "I have a lot of respect for her coming back. But I hope I will be home at 40."
Anne Keothavong looks set to join fellow-Brit Elena Baltacha in the second round after cruising in the first set before losing 12 of the next 14 games as world number 77 Chan of Chinese Taipei wins 2-6 6-1 6-1
It's a cracking day for France's Jeremy Chardy who knocks out Latvian Ernests Gulbis in straight sets. Yet another seed (24th) tumbling at Flushing Meadows
Kateryna Bondarenko, ranked 59th, causes a massive upset on day two as last year's US Open quarter-finalist loses the first set before storming back to dump out Chinese eighth seed Li Na
It's the battle of the Serbs as Davis Cup team-mate Viktor Troicki takes on best mate Novak Djokovic and it's looking good for the underdog as he takes the second and third set
Djokovic, known to struggle in the heat, looks beaten but he stays strong to come through a decider and says: "Somebody from the stands kept on saying 'Hold on and hang in there' and that's exactly what I did."
The seeds have had a topsy-turvy day and Spain's eighth-ranked star Fernando Verdasco is pushed all the way by Italian Fabio Fognini before going through in five sets
The 2006 US Open champion comes to Flushing Meadows in fine form but the 23-old Russian struggles in the first set against Aussie Jarmila Groth before hitting back to win in three
Former semi-finalist David Nalbandian endures an unexpectedly tough match against Rik de Voest before coming through 7-6 3-6 6-4 6-7 6-4
World number one Rafael Nadal begins his campaign for a first US Open title against Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first of the night session matches
It's a tougher test than expected but after just under three hours, Nadal wraps up a 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) victory
Caroline Wozniacki begins a Grand Slam as the top seed for the first time and beats American Chelsey Gullickson 6-1 6-1 in the last of the matches on day two
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