Tennis:Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo crashed out of the US Open in the second round, beaten 6-4 6-0 by Aleksandra Wozniak on Arthur Ashe court.
The former Australian Open and Wimbledon champion had been in good form during her first round match but produced a below-par display today, collecting 31 errors in the 62-minute contest.
Wozniak, who also looked impressive during her opening clash, was much more consistent than her opponent and progressed to the third round with an impressive array of shot-making, including 15 outright winners.
The unseeded Canadian can expect a much tougher test in the next round where she will meet 10th seed Flavia Pennetta, who dished out the first whitewash of this year's tournament demolishing India's Sania Mirza 6-0 6-0.
Pennetta, the first Italian woman to reach the world's top 10, raced to victory in just 50 minutes and while she has been riding a hot streak, winning the title in Los Angeles last month, world number 74 Mirza has been playing most of her tennis on the ITF circuit, a level below the main tour.
And it told - the first set was over in 22 minutes and though Mirza had a game point in the first and fifth games of the second, she could not get on the scoreboard as Pennetta romped to victory.
No problems at all for Venus Williams, who convincingly saw off Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4 6-2 to progress into the third round.
The number three seed struggled under the floodlights in her opening match, but the two-times US Open winner fared much better in Wednesday's encounter, recording a straights sets victory in an hour and 31 minutes.
Williams' opponent and fellow American Mattek-Sands walked onto the court sporting a pair of knee-high gym socks - the 24-year-old was hoping the retro look would help inspire her to victory.
But the unseeded player was under the cosh in the third game as the world No. 3 broke to love, but Mattek-Sands quickly responded by taking the following game with a deft drop-shot/lob combination.
Williams soon wrestled back the break of serve and closed out the 48 minute set on the second time of asking before taking a crucial advantage at the start of the second set.
The 29-year-old, who's heavily-strapped knee occasionally affected her movement, managed to secure another break of serve in game seven and despite three break points, clinched the match with a trademark booming serve.
Williams, who won back-to-back titles at New York in 2000 and 2001, will play Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova for a place in the last 16 after she beat qualifer Kai-Chen Chang 4-6 6-2 6-2.
The 20th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues has been sent packing out of this year's tournament after Belgian Kirsten Flipkens took out the Spanish hope 6-1 6-3 in their second round clash.
But the No 18 seed Na Li disposed of the noisy Michelle Larcher de Brito 6-1 6-3.
But No7 seed Vera Zvonareva dropped the first set 6-3 to Anna Chakvetadze before hitting back for victory 6-1 6-1.
In the men's section the 13th seed Gael Monfils was barely extended as he romped to a 6-1 6-4 6-3 first-round victory over Jeremy Chardy
But another former world No1 Marat Safin confirmed he is now a light of former days by crashing out in four sets to Jurgen Melzer.
The Russian, a former US and Australian Open champion, is unseeded and cantered through the first set 6-1.
But the Austrian showed greater resolve afterwards and ran out with the next three sets 6-4 6-3 6-4 to leave Safin exiting the arena a sad figure.