US Open photos

US Open day one photos

Aretha Franklin kicks off proceedings at the night session in a ceremony to celebrate 50 years since Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win the US Open

US Open day two photos

Hewitt's actress wife Bec Cartwright is pleased as punch with her husband's quick win

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Tim Henman, playing his last Grand Slam, arrives on Louis Armstrong Stadium to take on Dmitry Tursunov

And it is the Henman serve that proves to be the key shot as the Briton appears to be over his back problem

Tursunov takes the second set to level the score but cannot handle the Henman serve in the third

And a focused Henman wraps up an unlikely victory 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 to extend his Grand Slam career by another match

Henman then experiences one of the more pleasant grillings from the press he has had to endure in recent times

Second seed Rafael Nadal has both knees strapped as he takes on Australian wildcard Alun Jones in round one

It proves to be a tough day at the office for Nadal, who loses the second set and goes a break down in the third

But Nadal shows his usual fighting qualities to come through 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-1

Ana Ivanovic appears to dislike her early start as she goes 3-1 down before beating Aravane Rezai 6-3 6-1

Marat Safin keeps his eye on the ball as he records a 7-5 7-6 7-6 win over Canadian Frank Dancevic

Venus Williams sends down a serve on her way to a 6-4 6-2 win over Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru

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Andy Murray has an early start on day four of the US Open, and he drops the first set against Jonas Bjorkman

But Murray, the world number 19, reels off nine games in a row to take control of the match

Bjorkman, who is 15 years older than Murray, fights back and looks the fitter man as the match goes into a fifth set

But Murray finds extra reserves of energy to clinch an early break and Bjorkman finally succumbs

American Laura Granville wilts in the 31C heat of New York's Flushing Meadows

India's Sania Mirza blasts 33 winners and 33 errors as she beats Granville 6-3 7-5

American Bethanie Mattek, known for her wacky outfits, doesn't disappoint - but she loses 6-2 6-1 to Shahar Peer

Svetlana Kuznetsova takes a break in the shade as she comes through her second-round match in three sets

Martina Hingis is two points from going into a third set against Pauline Parmentier before she wins 6-2 7-5

Andy Roddick keeps the fans happy after his second-round match is curtailed by Jose Acasuso's injury

Roddick's coach Jimmy Connors shows his approval after the fifth seed moves into the third round

Maria Sharapova makes her point with a 6-1 6-0 win over Casey Dellacqua in 51 minutes

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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

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Korean Hyung-Taik Lee celebrates a four-set win over Britain's Andy Murray, the 19th seed

Murray's familiar temper got the better of him as he lost to Hyung-Taik Lee

Second seed Maria Sharapova struggles with her serve as she drops the opening set against Agnieszka Radwanska

The defending champion levels the match and goes a break up in third set but pays the price for too many unforced errors

Teenager Radwanska can hardly believe it as she beats Sharapova to cause the shock of the tournament so far

And it proves to be a good day for teenagers as 18-year-old Belarussian Victoria Azarenka beats Martina Hingis

Ten years after she won her only title in New York, Hingis is sent packing in the third round

Austria's Tamira Paszek. who is only 16, sends 11th seed Patty Schnyder tumbling out in three sets

But 18-year-old Nicola Vaidisova finds herself on the end of an upset late on Saturday

Vaidisova, the 13th seed, loses a thrilling night match 6-4 3-6 7-6 to Israel's Shahar Peer

Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko breezes into the fourth round with a straight-sets victory over Nicolas Almagro

Former champion Andy Roddick was in fine form, dropping just five games against Thomas Johansson

Anna Chakevetadze looks to the heavens as she seals victory over India's Sania Mirza 6-2 6-3

Top seed Roger Federer struggles to get his racquet on the ball against big-serving American John Isner

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Sunday's most anticipated match sees 19-year-old Serb Ana Ivanovic take on twice former champion Venus Williams

But Williams is not in the mood for hanging around and condemns Ivanovic to a comprehensive 6-4 6-2 defeat

Serena Williams opens up the day's play against Marion Bartoli in the fourth round at the US Open

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Feliciano Lopez makes a fantastic start in the final match of the day against world number one Roger Federer

Federer is in trouble at a set down and on serve deep into the second set against Lopez

But the world number one turns the match around with some breathtaking play to win four sets

Sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze takes the spotlight in the first of Monday's night matches, beating Tamira Paszek 6-1 7-5

Earlier in the day, fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova races through the first set of her match with Victoria Azarenka

Teenager Azarenka beat Martina Hingis in the last round but has no answer against Kuznetsova

Fifth seed Andy Roddick saves a set point to win the first set against Tomas Berdych

Berdych goes 2-0 down in the second set and then retires with sickness, sending Roddick through to the last eight

Britain's Daniel Cox loses in straight sets to 11th seed Thomas Fabbiano in the boys' singles

But there is better news for another British junior, Dan Evans, who wins his first-round boys' match

Teenager Agnes Szavay, playing her first US Open, faces Julia Vakulenko in the fourth round

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Serena Williams fails to convert a set point before dropping the tie-break in her match against Justine Henin

Henin is in top form as she completes a 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 win that takes her into the last four

It is the third consecutive Grand Slam in which Henin beats Williams in the quarter-finals

Ernests Gulbis is one of several surprise players in the last 16 and he faces veteran Carlos Moya on Arthur Ashe Stadium

Moya has been enjoying a good run of form lately and carries that into this match, taking a two-set lead

Moya celebrates his four-set victory as he reaches the last eight of the US Open for the first time since 1998

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Mission accomplished as Anna Chakvetadze beats Shahar Peer 6-4 6-1 to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final

Peer is the first Israeli woman to appear in the US Open quarter-finals but the 20-year-old's run comes to an end

Hungarian Agnes Szavay is through to the US Open quarter-finals on her first visit to New York

But former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova proves far too strong for the 18-year-old, beating the youngster 6-1 6-4

Tommy Haas makes his feelings known to the umpire as he struggles to keep pace with in-form Nikolay Davydenko

Davydenko is still the only man not to drop a set at the tournament after a 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory

The Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd await an enticing evening session, featuring Venus v Jankovic and Roddick v Federer

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Spain's David Ferrer is looking to reach a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time in Thursday's opening match

Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela does not prove much of a challenge for 15th seed Ferrer

Ferrer triumphs 6-2 6-3 7-5 in just over two hours and now faces Novak Djokovic or Carlos Moya

Belarus's Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka win the mixed doubles, beating Leander Paes and Meghann Shaughnessy

Third seed Novak Djokovic starts a strong favourite in his quarter-final against Spanish veteran Carlos Moya

Moya, who last reached the US Open semis in 1998, drops serve at the end of the first set to fall behind

American actor Alec Baldwin is in the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd, hoping for a late-night thriller