For the second consecutive day, one of the top three seeds in the women’s draw of the U.S. Open fell from the major tournament. On Saturday, No. 2 Petra Kvitova was veiled by a loss to qualifier and 145th-ranked Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia.
For the second consecutive day, one of the top three seeds in the women’s draw of the U.S. Open fell from the major tournament. On Saturday, No. 2 Petra Kvitova was veiled by a loss to qualifier and 145th-ranked Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia.Kathy Willens/Associated Press

Weather: Breezy and partly cloudy with more humidity. High of 78.

Attendance: NA.

Men’s Seeded Winners: Third Round – No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, No. 5 Milos Raonic, No. 8 Andy Murray, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and No. 10 Kei Nishikori.

Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 23 Leonardo Mayer.

Women’s Seeded Winners: Third Round: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 11 Flavia Pennetta, No. 16 Victoria Azarenka, No. 17 Ekaterina Makarova and No. 29 Casey Dellacqua.

Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 3 Petra Kvitova and No. 15 Carla Suarez Navarro.

Top Players on Sunday’s Court: Men (Third Round) – No. 2 Roger Federer vs. Marcel Granollers, No. 4 David Ferrer vs. No. 26 Gilles Simon, No. 6 Tomas Berdych vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili, No. 7 Grigor Dimitrov vs. David Goffin; Women (Fourth Round) – No. 5 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 9 Jelena Jankovic vs. Belinda Bencic, No. 13 Sara Errani vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, No. 14 Lucie Safarova vs. Peng Shuai.

Stat of the Day: 2 – the number of women’s qualifiers (Aleksandra Krunic and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni) to reach the fourth round of the main draw.

Quote of the Day: “I’m afraid that I’m going to have so much emotion. So I’m trying to keep it all together. My coach is already screaming and jumping, and I’m trying to stay away from him so I don’t listen,” said 145th-ranked Aleksandra Krunic, who upset No. 3 Petra Kvitova to advance to the fourth round.

Sunday on TV: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., KCNC, KREZ; 5-9 p.m., Tennis Channel.

On This Date (Aug. 31, 1999): Patrick Rafter became the first defending champion to lose in the first round, retiring in the fifth set against Cedric Pioline because of a shoulder injury.

Associated Press