US Open 2nd & 3rd Round

2nd round:
Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 7-6 7-6 6-2
Andre Agassi (USA) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-6 7-6 7-6
Roger Federer (Swi) bt Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 7-5 7-5 7-6

BBC: Battling Murray crashes out in US - Teenager Andy Murray made an agonising exit at the US Open, suffering a 6-2 7-6 (7-2) 2-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-0 defeat to Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
BBC: Inspired Blake ends Nadal hopes - James Blake produced an electrifying display to shatter Rafael Nadal's title dreams in front of a raucous crowd packed inside Arthur Ashe stadium.

It's really disappointing to see Nadal's defeat. I thought he could bring some threat to Federer or Hewitt in competing for the title this year. On the other hand, Blake did a great job! He defeated Rusedski in the fist round and then the tough Nadal. Maybe he can creat more surprise in the tournament. As for Murray, the only hope of briton, I think he's still young while has many potentials. But first of all, he needs to improve his fittness. He threw up in the first-round match. Some reports says:

"However Murray may be following in the puddles of giants. In 1996 Pete Sampras vomited on court in the middle of a fifth-set tiebreaker, also at the US Open, and went on to win the match. In 2004 Todd Reid, an Australian, threw up while competing in the Australian Open, and in 1993 Goran Ivanisevic, from Croatia, vomited during the French Open."

In the second round, he had cramp problem again, just like at Wimbledon last time during the five-set defeat by Nalbandian. He's just US Open junior champion last year, and now he goes into the professional. There are still a lot of things he needs to adapt and learn. Who knows if he could become the next Tim Henman.

3rd round:
Andre Agassi (USA) bt Tomas Berdych (Cze) 3-6 6-1 6-4 7-6
Roger Federer (Swi) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-3 7-6 6-2

BBC: Hewitt sinks Dent in epic match - Third seed Lleyton Hewitt teetered on the brink of defeat before finally seeing off Taylor Dent 6-3 3-6 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 7-5.