The Women's Singles draw:

On paper Andy Murray will meet Novak Djokovic in the semi-final. The winner of that will meet the eventual winner Rafael Nadal in the final. Rafael Nadal will regain the number one in the world rankings with Novak Djokovic slipping to second with Andy Murray remaining in third though David Ferrer will be extremely close.

The women's final will be between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, a repeat of last year's final which Serena won and must be favourite to win again.

Dan Evans won through the qualifying rounds and faces the number 11 seed.

Laura Robson, confirmed as the number 30 seed, should, on paper, get through the first round, but this will be her first match since recovering from her wrist injury. Although she is optimistic, only once the match is under way will she know how fully recovered she is.

Heather Watson is lacking in confidence since her bout of glandular fever and has been knocked out in the first round in competions in the run up to the Open. She is drawn against the number 21 seed and she could find this too much.

I‘m tipping No.6 seed Caroline Wozniacki to win the US Open – and without dropping a set!

I could tell from her second round exits at Wimbledon and Paris that her first GS title was just around the corner!

Seriously though, I don’t think Caroline has won any ranking point tournament this season and has disappointed for a second year at all of the slams – yet her world ranking has recently improved.

I just read a tweet saying that in practice Laura Robson still had her right wrist bandaged.

Let's hope it's worn as a precaution only.

Dan Evans has won the first set of the match against the 11th seed.

Laura Robson's lack of matches is showing with an error strewn first set (by both her and her opponent)

Laura Robson has won the first set so no immediate concerns as far as her wrist is concerned.

More convincing from Laura Robson in the second set currently leading 4 -0

And Dan Evans has won the second set.

And Laura Robson sailed through the second set and proceeds to the second round.She beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino (who is ranked 52 in the world) 7-5, 6-0.

Dan Evans has done it. He's beaten the 11th seed Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Nishikori was in a state of bewilderment as to what was going on and had no answer.

Heather Watson's match is the last one on Court 11 so likely to be after midnight tonight in UK time. That's subject to rain which affected yesterday's matches.

She is drawn against the 21 seed Simona Halep and knows this will be a tough test. She has admitted that she came back too soon after glandular fever. She did not progress further than the first round last year or the previous year.

Earlier on I heard Halep described as being "on fire" at the moment having won 4 WTA singles titles so far this year.

A big ask for Heather Watson you would think...

Simona Halep did beat Heather Watson 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Heather Watson had a good start to the match winning the first set and at one stage in the second when the set was 4 games each she was 40-0 but then it all went wrong.

In the first set in particular, there was a new Heather Watson, much more agressive and dominant than in the past. This is what she is aiming for and why she very recently changed her coach. Simona Halep has had a string of successes recently and is likely to go quite far in the Open.

Andy Murray made a good start in the second round beating Michael Llodra 6-2 6-4 6-3. He moves on to face Argentina's Leonardo Mayer on Friday.

Laura Robson won her second round beating Caroline Garcia 6-4, 7-6 (7-5 in the tie break). Her third round match will be against the fifth seed Li Na who she beat last year. There is still concern over her wrist injury and she did have to call a medical timeout after the first set to have her wrist re-wrapped and to take painkillers.

Dan Evans has his second round match against Bernard Tomic today. It's the third match on court 17 this evening.

British number three Dan Evans extended his superb run at the US Open with a four-set victory over Australia's Bernard Tomic in the second round.

Evans, ranked 179, won 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to reach the last 32, where he will face 19th seed Tommy Robredo of Spain.

Dan Evans's ranking will improve from 179 by about 40 places if Robredo beats him, and a lot more if he wins.

Laura Robson's third round match against the fifth seed Li Na is the first match today starting at about 3 pm UK time.

Andy Murray's match against Leonardo Mayer will start at around 11pm.

Laura Robson's first set against Li Na was over far too quickly in 30 minutes with Li Na winning it 6-2

And Laura Robson has been beaten with Li Na winning 6-2, 7-5.

Defending champion Andy Murray withstood some heavy hitting from Argentina's Leonardo Mayer to reach the third round of the US Open in four sets.

Murray, seeded third, dropped his first set of the tournament as he came through 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-1 in two hours and 41 minutes.

He will face Germany's Florian Mayer, the world number 47, in the last 32 on Sunday.

Dan Evans's third round match against Tommy Robredo (seeded 19th) is expected to start about 9pm UK time this evening. The winner is likely to face Roger Federer in the 4th round.

I knew there must be somewhere you'd have a sport thread that wasn't footie. Glad I navigated myself here EL.  As you're a mod, would you mind posting me a link to the tennis and cricket threads here in a dialog?

So I'm watching the Evans game right now. 

Done

A battling Dan Evans could not take his surprise US Open run into the second week as he lost to Spanish 19th seed Tommy Robredo in four sets.

The Briton, 23, had two set points on his own serve to force a decider but could not convert, and Robredo won the third-round match 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 4-6 7-5 in three hours and 13 minutes.

Robredo, who struggled with a leg injury in the closing stages, fought back superbly from 5-3 down in the fourth set to claim victory.

Andy Murray's match against Florian Mayer is second in the Arthur Ashe stadium today so is likely to be later afternoon UK time. That is followed by the match between Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens. Although Williams is strong favourite to win, Sloane Stephens is the rising star of American tennis.That match is followed by Novak Djokovic's match.

A great effort from Evans this week - and something for him to build upon, hopefully.

Continuing her poor form t(his season), Caroline Wozniacki fails to make the latter stages of a GS tournament; beaten 6-4 4-6 3-6 in the third round by Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi.

This is the first year since 2008 that Wozniacki has failed to make a GS quarter-final – woeful!

Defending champion Andy Murray saw off Germany's Florian Mayer in straight sets on a steamy New York afternoon to reach the last 16 of the US Open.

The third seed, 26, looked out of sorts in the opening stages but found his form to win 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-2.

He moves into the fourth round for the sixth time and will face Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin on Tuesday.

The last 16:

Men's

Women's

Roger Federer's hopes of winning a sixth US Open title ended with a shock fourth-round defeat by Spain's Tommy Robredo in New York.

The 32-year-old Swiss, who lost in the second round of Wimbledon two months ago, went down 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-4 on the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Federer converted just two of 16 break points and made 43 unforced errors - 20 on his favoured forehand side - as he lost in two hours and 24 minutes.

I sense we are coming to the end of the Roger Federer era

Andy Murray's match against Denis Istomin is the last match so won't be until the early hours of tomorrow morning UK time.

If you hear news stories of Dan Evans being charged with hacking phones, it's not Dan Evans the tennis player.

I watching it real time. Just started because I just left the BB forum.  

The game has just started and so far going according to serve. 

Right. I can already tell this is going to be a long drawn out one so I'll depart this thread but thanks to El Loro for giving me the link. 

Andy Murray beat Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in the first New York night session of his US Open title defence to set up a quarter-final against Stanislas Wawrinka on Thursday.

The Briton was irritated by a number of bad line calls and struggled for consistency on a windy evening, but was not seriously threatened in a 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-4 6-4 win.

Murray, 26, was given prime-time billing on Arthur Ashe Stadium and duly delivered the expected victory to reach his 17th Grand Slam quarter-final.

However, it was hard going over three hours and seven minutes after he let a winning position slip in the first set, and it was 11.44pm local time (04:44 BST) by the time he punched away the winning volley.

He will next face ninth seed Wawrinka on Thursday after the Swiss upset fifth seed Tomas Berdych 3-6 6-1 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 on Louis Armstrong Stadium.

The Men's quarter finals:

The Women's quarter finals:

Andy Murray's US Open title defence ended tamely as Swiss ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka outplayed him in the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.

The Briton, seeded third, failed to earn a single break point in a 6-4 6-3 6-2 defeat on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Murray has struggled to find his best form since winning Wimbledon two months ago and his frustration was clear when he was given a code violation for racquet abuse.

"It was a tough day for me," Murray told BBC Radio 5 live.

"He played exceptional tennis and served very, very well. He hit a lot of lines on big points, went for his shots and they all went in today. He played too well."

In a match many had predicted would go to five sets, it took only two hours and 15 minutes for Wawrinka's brilliant attacking game to prevail on a hot and blustery afternoon in New York.

The 28-year-old moves on to his first Grand Slam semi-final, where he will face world number one Novak Djokovic who beat 21st seed Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-0 in the night session.

Men's semi finals tomorrow:

Women's semi finals today:

It looks likely that both men's and women's finals will be the number 1 and 2 seeds with Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams the winners.

Defending champion Serena Williams will face second seed Victoria Azarenka in a rematch of 2012's US Open final after they swept through their semi-finals.

Belarusian Azarenka beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-2 on Arthur Ashe Stadium in a match with 13 breaks of serve.

Williams, the 31-year-old world number one, then needed seven match points before sealing a convincing 6-0 6-3 win in the second semi-final.

Not surprising results and the final should be good. I think that Serena Williams will be the champion.