What: The 2014 United States Open (Day Four)
When: Thursday, August 28 at 11:00 a.m. ET
Where: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, New York
TV Schedule: 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.(Tennis Channel); 1 p.m.-7 p.m. (ESPN)
Live Stream: ESPN or Tennis Channel
Notable Second Round U.S. Open Schedule:
Serena Williams (USA) [1] Vs. Vania King (USA)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) [3] Vs. Petra Cetkovska (CZE)
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) Vs. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [8]
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) Vs. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) [7]
Notable Second Round Results:
Angelique Kerber (GER) [6] DEF. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
Shuai Peng (CHN) UPSETS Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4]
Maria Sharapova (RUS) [5] DEF. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU)
Simona Halep (ROU) [2] DEF. Jana Cepelova (SVK)
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska becomes the first woman in the top five to be eliminated from the U.S. Open, but she will certainly not be the last at No. 1 Serena Williams looks to avoid the upset bug Thursday.
The story of day three was watching No. 5 Maria Sharapova struggle to compete, but eventually pull out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory against Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania. Sharapova spoke about the match and potentially being sent home incredibly early.
"Overall I felt like in the end I was in much better shape than she was and I could have played another few sets," Sharapova said. "Mentally that helped me a lot.”
No. 19 Venus Williams advanced with a 6-1, 6-4 victory against 78th-ranked Timea Bacsinszky, but fellow American No. 21 Sloane Stephens fell 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to 96th-ranked Johanna Larsson of Sweden. This was Stephens shortest stay at the U.S. Open in her career.
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