Clijsters, Williams advance to third round, Roddick shown the door

DEFENDING CHAMPION at the 2010 US Open, Kim Clijsters powered her way to a 6-2, 6-1 win against Australian Sally Peers and advanced into the third round of the US Open. 27-year old Clijsters took only 56-minute to win the match against Peers, who is ranked 201.

After winning the match, Clijsters said that she had to find her feet again in the wind as it was never easy. As the game advanced, she went on to read her opponent's game and played better herself.

The second seeded, Clijsters had defeated Caroline Wozniacki for the title in 2009. In the present match, she committed 15 unforced errors in the first set before she went on to win the match against the Sally Peers.

One of America's other sweethearts, Venus Williams too advanced to the third round as she defeated Canadian Rebecca Marino 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. Third seeded Williams took 90 minutes to clinch the game with just one break of serve.

After winning the game, Venus said that it was not easy to get a rhythm today because Rebecca served big and went for the first shot. Matches like this; it’s just good to play as clean as possible, you have to try to hopefully get a break and close it out despite the conditions, she added.

Fourth seeded, Andy Roddick made an untimely exit as he was shown the doors by Serbian Janko Tipsarevic. The battle between Roddick and Tipsarevic, which lasted for over three hours saw the latter defeating Roddick by 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). Roddick, incidently has never been defeated so early in the US Open in eight previous appearances.

Meanwhile, French Open finalist, Samantha Stosur beat fellow Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6-1, 6-4 and Francesca Schiavone defeated fellow Italian Maria Elena Camerin by 6-2, 6-1. In an all French battle, Virginie Razzano put the lights off for 13^th seeded Marion Bartoli by 7-5, 6-4.

Wimbledon finalist, Tomas Berdych too was given a rude shock by Frenchman Michael Llodra as he defeated the former by 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-4. 14^th seeded Spanish player, Nicolas Almagro beat Italian Potito Starace by 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) and 15^th seeded Ivan Ljubicic must have taken the first flight back home as he was pulverised by American Ryan Harrison by 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-4.

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