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Third round: 2-Kim Clijsters (Belgium) beat 27-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-0; 12-Elena Dementieva (Russia) beat 24-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 7-5 6-2; 5-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Sara Errani (Italy) 6-2 6-3; 16-Shahar Peer (Israel) beat 19-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 6-4 6-4

Third round: 3-Venus Williams (US) beat Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) 6-2 6-1; Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Virginie Razzano (France) 7-5 6-0; 6-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat 29-Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine) 6-1 7-5; 20-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Gisela Dulko (Argentina) 6-1 6-2

Second round: 4-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Dustin Brown (Jamaica) 7-5 6-3 6-0; Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) beat Ryan Harrison (US) 6-3 5-7 3-6 6-3 7-6(6); Michael Llodra (France) beat Victor Hanescu (Romania) 7-6(2) 6-4 6-2; Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 6-4 6-6 (retired)

Second round: Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) bt Jeremy Chardy (France) 4-6 6-2 6-0 7-6(2); 12-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) bt Dudi Sela (Israel) 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3; 10-David Ferrer (Spain) bt Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-3 6-4 6-4; 18-John Isner (US) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Switzerland) 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) 6-4

Her play sparkling as much as her sequined dress, Venus Williams easily eliminated 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1 on Friday night at the U.S. Open.

Maria Sharapova exited in the third round of last year's U.S. Open, falling in an upset against a 17-year-old American. Now she'll have to avoid getting knocked out by a similarly surprising American teen if she wants to continue her U.S. Open run into the fourth round.

American teenager Ryan Harrison wasted three match points in a fifth-set tiebreaker to lose to 36th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round of the U.S. Open on Friday. The 18-year-old qualifier led 6-3 in the tiebreaker but lost the next five points.

Take a look at all of the action from the 2010 U.S. Open.

Tennis.com: Fighting her way into the third round at the U.S. Open, 18-year-old Beatrice Capra has shown remarkable composure and skill. If she can beat Maria Sharapova in the next round, she'll be fully embraced as the next Melanie Oudin.

NEW YORK (AP)—American John Isner served 24 aces and maxed out at 144 mph to win his second-round match at the U.S. Open.

The 18th-seeded Isner, the highest ranked U.S. man left in the tournament, defeated Switzerland’s Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Friday.

Isner, who defeated Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set of the first round at Wimbledon, has spent just under five hours on the court in his two wins at Flushing Meadows—still six hours less than he spent in the history-making win over Mahut.

He needs one more win to match his best showing ever at the U.S. Open or any Grand Slam tournament.

NEW YORK (AP)—Britain’s Andy Murray has defeated Jamaica’s Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to move into the third round of the U.S. Open.

The fourth-seeded Murray is seeking to make his second U.S. Open final in three years. He won this year’s U.S. Open Series title, which means he could earn up to an extra $1 million in prize money if he wins the tournament.

Brown pushed him to 5-5 in the first set of the match Friday, but Murray won 14 of the next 17 games. The entire match lasted 1 hour, 25 minutes and the third set went 18 minutes.

NEW YORK (AP)—Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain briefly suspended play at the U.S. Open.

The forecast from the tournament’s meteorologist called for intermittent showers Friday, and officials planned to try to get in the full schedule of matches. The rain delay lasted 25 minutes.

Clijsters, the defending champion, won the final 12 games in her 6-3, 6-0 third-round victory over the 27th-seeded Kvitova. The second-seeded Belgian dropped two service games to fall behind 3-0 early.

“A match like this today probably gives me more satisfaction, because I beat a good player without even playing my best tennis,” Clijsters said.

American teenager Ryan Harrison played some of the best tennis of his young life, but he’s still learning how to beat a good player. Harrison wasted three match points in a fifth-set tiebreaker to lose to Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round.

The 18-year-old qualifier led 6-3 in the tiebreaker but dropped the next five points. The 36th-ranked Stakhovsky escaped with a 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory in 4 hours, 13 minutes.

“Obviously I’m not the happiest person in the world right now,” Harrison said. “But looking back on it, it was a great experience. My ranking is 220 in the world right now, and I’m trying to hopefully get to the top 10. So I feel like one match doesn’t make or break that. It’s the experience of playing these type of matches that is really going to help me to get there.”

Harrison, who is based in Bradenton, Fla., upset 15th-seeded Ivan Ljubicic in the first round. Fans packed the grandstand and peered in from neighboring Louis Armstrong Stadium to roar for Harrison, the youngest and lowest-ranked player left in the men’s draw.

“That was incredible,” Harrison said. “They were great. There were some balls that I ran down and was able to scoop up and get back in the point, win some points, just because of the energy and the electricity that I’m feeling because of everything. I can’t remember the last time I was, late in a match like that, jogging off every changeover.”

Fourth-seeded Andy Murray defeated Jamaica’s Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to move into the third round. John Isner is still the highest-ranked American man left in the tournament after defeating Switzerland’s Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4. The 18th-seeded Isner had 24 aces and his serves reached 144 mph.

Venus Williams and Rafael Nadal were to play at night.

Fifth-seeded Samantha Stosur, the French Open runner-up, extended her longest run at the Open, beating Sara Errani 6-2, 6-3. The Australian had never gotten past the second round at Flushing Meadows in six previous tries. But the 26-year-old is in the midst of a career year and has reached the quarterfinals or better in nine of her last 10 events.

Stosur defeated the 37th-ranked Errani for the second time in just over a week. She needed a third-set tiebreaker to defeat the Italian in New Haven, Conn.

Stosur nearly lost in the first round at the U.S. Open, dropping the opening set then going to a tiebreaker in the second. But she has cruised since and had seven aces and 37 winners Friday.

Sixth-seeded Francesca Schiavone, who beat Stosur in the final at Roland Garros, beat 29th-seeded Alona Bondarenko. Elena Dementieva, seeded 12th, defeated 24th-seeded Daniela Hantuchova.

Eighth-seeded Fernando Verdasco, 10th-seeded David Ferrer and No. 12 Mikhail Youzhny also advanced on the men’s side.

NEW YORK (AP)—Play at the U.S. Open has resumed after a 25-minute rain delay caused by one of the outer bands from Hurricane Earl.

As a light rain picked up Friday, players were briefly sent back to the locker room. Among those resuming matches after the short stoppage were 18-year-old Ryan Harrison, who split the first four sets with Sergi Stakhovsky. American John Isner split the first two sets against Marco Chiudinelli and fourth-seeded Andy Murray was in the first set against Jamaican Dustin Brown.

No. 2 Kim Clijsters, No. 5 Samantha Stosur and No. 12 Elena Dementieva wrapped up wins before the rain began.

Venus Williams and Rafael Nadal were on the schedule for Friday night. The forecast called for intermittent showers through the day.