This year's Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva seeks refuge from the unrelenting heat during her second-round victory over Germany's Sabine Lisicki on Arthur Ashe on Thursday
Aravane Rezai suffers a first-set loss to qualifier Beatrice Capra, ranked 371 in the world, but the French 18th seed levels in the second to enforce the deciding third set
But teenager Capra, making her Grand Slam debut, shocks the world number 20 by taking the third set for a 7-5 2-6 6-3 victory, her first ever win against a top-75 player
Kei Nishikori is another player struggling to stay cool in the stifling heat as he ices his neck during a break against 11th seed Marin Cilic
The big-serving Cilic takes the first set 7-5 but then it all goes wrong in the fourth. Nishikori battles back and comes though to win over a gruelling and very sweaty five sets in a match lasting one minute under five hours
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki's luminous nail varnish perfectly complements her outfit as the Dane bosses the first set against Chinese Taipei's Kai-Chen Chang
And last year's finalist needs just 47 to record a thumping double bagel win, setting up another third-round clash with an opponent from Chinese Taipei, Yung-Jan Chan
Sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko does not have a good day at the office. The 2006 and 2007 US Open semi-finalist struggles with Richard Gasquet's serve throughout and is demolished 6-3 6-4 6-2 by the 38th-ranked Frenchman
Eduardo Schwank is another loser on day four but only because of an ankle injury. The Argentine loses the first set to France's Arnaud Clement before a bad fall at 5-5 curtails his involvement at Flushing Meadows
Eyes on the prize for Robin Soderling. The booming Swedish fifth seed fires down 14 aces in a pretty straight foward win over American Taylor Dent in just 91 minutes
Can the German Andreas Beck spring a shock against Roger Federer? He loses the first five games before hitting back with three on the bounce to shock the world number two on Arthur Ashe
Five-time champion Roger Federer recovers from his minor wobbles to take the first set and despite struggling with the wind at times, eases through to win 6-3 6-4 6-3
The Serbian fourth seed Jelena Jankovic is pushed to three sets once again this week but survives. The former Wimbledon semi-finalist Mirjana Lucic makes almost 60 unforced errors as Jankovic wins 6-4 3-6 6-2
Former champion Maria Sharapova plays her first night match of this year's tournament and has no trouble seeing off Iveta Benesova in straight sets
Novak Djokovic steps into the limelight for the final match of the day against Germany's Philipp Petzschner
Djokovic comes through 7-5 6-3 7-6 (8-6) and says: "I played well when I needed to and I was a little bit lucky."
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