Stosur and Arthurs in day two action

Wayne Arthurs and Samantha Stosur are the only Australians in action on day two of the US Open with Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis not scheduled to get their 2005 campaigns underway until day three.

Samantha Stosur will be looking to join Nicole Pratt in the second round when she takes on Chinese qualifier Tiantian Sun whom Stosur has already met twice this year, emerging victorious on both occasions.

Wayne Arthurs takes on Italy’s Davide Sanguinetti in his opening match, with the pair’s last encounter back in 2002 when the big serving Victorian took the honours on grass at Nottingham. Arthurs reached the fourth round at the US Open back in 2000 but has been unable to recapture that form, going out in the first round in the past four years.

In day one action, Nicole Pratt advanced to the second round when her opponent Akiko Morigami retired, clearly in distress, with the match poised at one set apiece. Pratt, who lost the first set in a tiebreaker, now faces the USA’s Laura Granville who convincingly eliminated the No.22 seed Silvia Farina Elia 6-2 6-1.

Alicia Molik was not so lucky, with the effects of her lack of match practice and prolonged layoff through an inner ear infection, clearly showing. This was only her third match since April and the former world No.8 was defeated in straight sets by American wildcard Shenay Perry 6-4 6-4.

In the men’s draw, Peter Luczak, who came through qualifying to make his first Grand Slam appearance outside Australia, got off to a flying start taking the first set off Tommy Haas before the former World No.2 showed the form that took him to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows last year when he took the next three sets to win 36 63 62 63.

US Open - Day One

Men's singles - First round

2-Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Bobby Reynolds (US) 6-3 6-3 6-4
7-Andre Agassi (US) bt Razvan Sabau (Rom) 6-3 6-3 6-1
8-Guillermo Coria (Arg) bt Felix Mantilla (Spa) 7-6 (7/5) 6-1 6-3
Brian Baker (US) bt 9-Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 7-6 (11/9) 6-2 6-4
10-Mariano Puerta (Arg) bt Noam Okun (Isr) 7-6 (7/4) 6-7 (3/7) 6-4 6-0
13-Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Alberto Martin (Spa) 6-2 6-3 1-6 6-7 (4/7) 6-4
14-Thomas Johansson (Swe) bt Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 6-3 6-4 6-3
18-Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Tobias Summerer (Ger) 6-3 7-6 (7/4) 6-3
19-Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Daniele Bracciai (Ita) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
23-Jiri Novak (Cze) bt Dick Norman (Bel) 6-4 6-4 6-2
24-Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-1 6-0 6-2
29-Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Peter Luczak (Aus) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-3
32-Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-6 (8/6) 7-6 (7/4) 6-4
Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Gilles Elseneer (Bel) 6-4 6-4 6-2
Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Tomas Behrend (Ger) 6-3 6-3 6-0
Giorgio Galimberti (Ita) bt Donald Young (US) 7-6 (7/4) 6-1 6-2
Scoville Jenkins (US) bt George Bastl (Sui) 7-6 (7/4) 6-0 6-7 (4/7) 4-6 7-6 (7/5)
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Mardy Fish (US) 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7/4)
Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Jan Hernych (Cze) 6-2 7-5 6-2
Nicolas Massu (Chi) bt Jan-Michael Gambill (US) 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 6-3
Ricardo Mello (Bra) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-7 (2/7) 6-2 6-1 6-4
Cyril Saulnier (Fra) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Sem) 6-7 (7/9) 7-6 (7/3) 6-4 6-3
Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-7 (3/7) 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 6-4

Women's singles - First round

1-Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-1 6-1
4-Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Martina Muller (Ger) 6-1 6-2
Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus) bt 5-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-3 6-2
8-Serena Williams (US) bt Chan Yung-Jan (Tpe) 6-1 6-3
9-Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Eva Birnerova (Cze) 6-4 6-4
10-Venus Williams (US) bt Rika Fujiwara (Jpn) 6-3 6-1
Shenay Perry (US) bt 14-Alica Molik (Aus) 6-4 6-4
18-Ana Ivanovic (Sem) bt Lindsay Lee-Waters (US) 7-6 (7/5) 6-3
20-Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 6-3 6-1
Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) bt 21-Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-3 6-7 (5/7) 6-3
Laura Granville (US) bt 22-Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) 6-2 6-1
25-Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Jelena Kostanic (Cro) 6-2 7-5
26-Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Kveta Peschke (Cze) 6-3 6-1
Julia Schruff (Ger) bt 28-Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-4 3-6 7-5
30-Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 5-7 6-4 6-3
33-Vera Douchevina (Rus) bt Tiffany Dabek (US) 6-1 6-2
Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Barbora Strycova (Cze) 6-3 6-0
Catalina Castano (Col) bt Alina Jidkova (Rus) 6-4 6-3
Zheng Jie (Chn) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-3 3-6 6-0
Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Laura Pous Tio (Spa) 6-2 6-3
Emma Laine (Fin) bt Peng Shuai (Chn) 3-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-2
Ivana Lisjak (Cro) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 1-6 6-4 6-3
Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Mashona Washington (US) 7-6 (8/6) 6-7 (6/8) 6-4
Akiko Nakamura (Jpn) bt Marissa Irvin (US) 6-3 6-3
Michaela Pastikova (Cze) bt Rita Grande (Ita) 3-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-3
Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 7-5 7-5
Nicole Pratt (Aus) bt Akiko Morigami (Jpn) 6-7 (0/7) 6-0 ret
Dally Randriantefy (Mad) bt Mary Gambale (US) 6-3 6-1
Lisa Raymond (US) bt Anne Kremer (Lux) 6-4 3-6 6-2
Maria Emilia Salerni (Arg) bt Jessica Kirkland (US) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7/0)
Maria Vento-Kabchi (Ven) bt Sandra Mamic (Cro) 1-6 6-3 6-3
Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) bt Ashley Harkleroad (US) 6-0 3-0 ret