Five Russians went to the third round of US Open

Five Russians went on Thursday in the third round of the US Open championship on tennis. In the men's tournament, Mikhail Yuzhny, sown under the 24th number, won a confident victory over the representative of Sweden Jonas Bjorkman - 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 3.

Another Russian, Igor Andreev met with American James Blake in the last game day match at the Arthur Ash Central Court and, apparently, could not cope with excitement. With a violent support of almost 20 thousand spectators, Blake won with a score of 6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 4 growing in the vicinity of New York.

In women, the finalist of last year’s draw, Elena Dementyeva, was sown in the current tournament under the 6th number, forced Mariana Dias Oliv from Argentina-7: 5, 6: 1.

The 13th sowing number Anastasia Myskina this time has not experienced big problems in a meeting with an American Amy Fraser, who knocked out a Muscovite from Wimbledon a year ago - 6: 3, 6: 2, RIA Novosti reports.

In the struggle of the veterans of the tour, Elena Likhovtseva (19) without visible efforts prevailed over Magdalena Maleeva from Bulgaria with a score of 6: 2, 6: 1. And Anna Chakvetadze (29) gave only two game Jill Craibas (USA) - 6: 0, 6: 2.

It was not possible on Thursday to overcome the barrier of the second circle of Yevgeny Linetskaya, which was recently beaten by his father . She lost to the 24th number of sowing to Sinobu Asagoe from Japan with a score of 4: 6, 4: 6.