Trying to catch a glimpse of the third round of the U.S. Open, Qiang Wang of China was beaten in the second round by No. 29 Casey Dellacqua of Australia on Thursday at Flushing Meadows, New York.
Trying to catch a glimpse of the third round of the U.S. Open, Qiang Wang of China was beaten in the second round by No. 29 Casey Dellacqua of Australia on Thursday at Flushing Meadows, New York.Kathy Willens/Associated Press

Weather: Breezy, cooler and mostly sunny. High of 81.

Attendance: NA.

Men’s Seeded Winners: Second Round – No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 10 Kei Nishikori, No. 13 John Isner, No. 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber and No. 23 Leonardo Mayer.

Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 28 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

Women’s Seeded Winners: Second Round – No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 3 Petra Kvitova, No. 11 Flavia Pennetta, No. 15 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 16 Victoria Azarenka, No. 17 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 29 Casey Dellacqua and No. 30 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.

Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 8 Ana Ivanovic, No. 23 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, No. 24 Sam Stosur and No. 27 Madison Keys.

Top Players on Friday’s Court: Men, Second Round – No. 2 Roger Federer vs. Sam Groth, No. 4 David Ferrer vs. Bernard Tomic, No. 6 Tomas Berdych vs. Martin Klizan, No. 7 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dudi Sela. Women, Third Round – No. 2 Simona Halep vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, No. 5 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 26 Sabine Lisicki, No. 6 Angelique Kerber vs. Belinda Bencic, No. 13 Sara Errani vs. No. 19 Venus Williams.

Stat of the Day: 24 of 24 – points won at the net by Azarenka in her victory over Christina McHale.

Quote of the Day: “I wanted to get my job done as quick as possible. I don’t feel like I need to play long matches to get into the groove,” said Djokovic, who needed less than 90 minutes to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu and advance to the third round.

Thursday on TV: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tennis Channel; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., ESPN; 4-9 p.m., ESPN2

On This Date (Aug. 29, 1968): Billie Jean King played the first Open era match at the U.S. Open, beating Long Island dentist Dr. Vija Vuskains 6-1, 6-0.