New York, Aug 31 (IANS): World No.1 Novak Djokovic advanced to the the third round of the US Open at the Flushing Meadows here.
The following are Friday's results (prefix number denotes seeding):
Men's singles second round: 12-Tommy Haas (Germany) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (Chinese Taipei) 6-3, 6- 4, 7-6(3); 21-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) bt Aleksandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) 7-5, 6-1, 6-3; Novak Djokovic (Serbia) bt Benjamin Becker (Germany) 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2; Marcel Granollers (Spain) bt Rajeev Ram (United States) 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5; 31-Julien Benneteau (France) bt Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Women's singles third round: 3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) bt 32-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 6-4, 7-6 (1); 5-Li Na (China) bt 30-Laura Robson (Britain) 6-2, 7-5.