Under the towel is 24th seed Daniela Hantuchova, who makes a sensational start to the first match on Arthur Ashe on day five, taking a 5-2 lead over Elena Dementieva
But 12th seed Dementieva stages a remarkable comeback, winning the next five games to win the first set 7-5 before wrapping up the second 6-2 to book her place in the next round
Waiting in the fourth round for the 2004 finalist will be Australia's fifth seed and 2010 French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur, who beat Italy's Sara Errani 6-2 6-3
Defending women's champion Kim Clijsters makes a dreadful start by losing the first three games of the first set against the Czech Republic's 27th seed Petra Kvitova, who beat Briton Elena Baltacha in the previous round
But the Belgian soon regains her composure and proceeds to win 12 successive games to wrap up an extraordinary victory, outlining her credentials for a potential third title at Flushing Meadow
Mum Judy and girlfriend Kim Sears take their seats on Arthur Ashe as Britain's number one Andy Murray warms up against the unheralded Jamaican Dustin Brown, although the first set is interrupted by a brief rain shower
Brown's unconventional style of play wins over the neutrals on the showpiece court, although Murray breaks his opponent's whippy serve in the 12th game to wrap up an intriguing first set
Brown's waist-long dreadlocks are as eye-catching as his array of improvised groundstrokes, but Murray is in scintillating form in the second set and the 25-year-old goes 2-0 down
The third set is a procession as Brown wilts under Murray's relentless tirade of strokeplay from all corners of the court, completing a 7-5 6-3 6-0 victory
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova bumps up the Russian contingent in the fourth round following a comprehensive 6-1 6-2 win over Argentina's Gisela Dulko
John Isner, one half of the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon in June, needs considerably less time to overhaul Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli in four sets on Louis Armstrong
Michael Llodra of France, who beat Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych in the first round, continues his progress in the tournament with a straight-sets win over Romania's Victor Hanescu
Fellow Frenchman Julien Benneteau is in the wars however as a wrist injury forces him to concede defeat against Tommy Robredo
Benoit Paire is another of the 12 Frenchman to make the second round and the 21-year-old takes 23rd seed Feliciano Lopez to five sets before eventually succumbing 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 6-2
The fate of American qualifier Ryan Harrison is the big draw for many of the local fans in the day session. But the 18-year-old from Florida squanders three match points to allow Russia's Sergiy Stakhovsky to escape
Venus Williams' fashion sense dazzles, even if her tennis is slightly less sparkling on her way to a 6-2 6-1 win over Mandy Minella of Luxembourg
Sister Serena, ruled out of the tournament with a foot injury, is in the crowd to lend some sibling support
Next up on Arthur Ashe is Rafael Nadal, a semi-finalist in the past two years and the number one seed, against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin
Istomin matches Nadal for much of the match, both for shots and expressiveness
But it is the world number one and top seed who is celebrating at the end of a hard-fought 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 victory that sets up a meeting with France's Gilles Simon
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