MEN'S DRAW SECTION 3
Day 5 saw a few shocks in the men's section but all of the favourites progressed safely. Isner beat fellow American Robby Ginepri in straight sets and will now face another American Alex Bogomolov Jr. But the main interest in this mini section is Del Potro who beat Diego Junquiera to play Gilles Simon in the third round.
Stanislas Wawrinka lost to an American Donald Young in five sets, surely this makes Andy Murray's draw even more simple until the possible match up against Del Potro. However Murray himself nearly got knocked out by Robin Haase who took the first two sets against Murray before Murray fought back in the final three sets. His next opponent is Feliciano Lopez who could test Murray further if he's not in form.
MEN'S DRAW SECTION 4
Another few small shocks came in this section. Ernests Gulbis, who finally made the 2nd Round, lost against Gilles Muller in four sets. He will next face Igor Kunitsyn who beat Jurgen Melzer the 17th seed. Whilst David Nalbandian beat 30th seed Ivan Ljubicic meaning Nadal will not face a seed until the QFs.
MEN'S DRAW SECTION 3
Just when I thought Lucie Safarova had a chance of making her first US Open QF she gets thrashed by Monica Niculescu 6-0,6-1. But the shocks of this section was not Lucie Safarova but the loss of Maria Sharapova, arguably the 2nd favourite. I've been rather disappointed with Sharapova because we have all been hyping her to win another Grand Slam but she hasn't lived up to expectation. This leaves this part of the draw wide open with Shuai Peng or Flavia Pennetta the most likely to benefit.
MEN'S DRAW SECTION 4
However unlike Section 3 Section 4 still has a lot of tough contenders. In the third round Kirilenko will face Stosur after Stosur beat Nadia Petrova in the longest US Open women's match in history. Whilst Lisicki will face 2nd seed Vera Zvonareva which promises to be another tough match.
BIGGEST LOSS OF THE DAY Maria Sharapova
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