Hello. That's better from Venus. A big forehand is followed by the backhand winner, and she goes 0-30 up.

Suarez Navarro is having none of it. She rescues two points before Williams comes up to the net and hits a backhand volley with pinpoint accuracy onto the baseline. Break point.

And she'll take it with a push out wide that Suarez Navarro can't return.

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There is a collective sigh from the French quarter of the media centre as their man Lucas Pouille's hopes end against Diego Schwartzman on Grandstand.

The 5ft 7in Argentine - nickname "peque" ("small") - has played superbly on his way to the last eight, urged on by a large contingent of compatriots in the crowd. "I think I am 30% and they are 70%," he says on court after a 7-6 7-5 2-6 6-2 win.

Williams lofts the ball into the air, giving herself time to move, and Suarez Navarro responds with a beaut of a winner down the line.

Here's break point - and she'll take it as Williams goes long!

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Williams served up a game of double faults against Maria Sakkari in the third round. Her service game is still a bit off here as she loses sight of the ball toss yet again.

She's moving her feet better though, going deep behind the baseline to keep herself in a fine rally, but eventually she slaps her forehand long. Just the 24 shots in that rally...

Here's deuce, and Williams gets the advantage with a volley. Suarez Navarro isn't giving up that easily, though, and crashes a winner beyond Williams. Back to 40-40.

Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazilian partner Bruno Soares continued the defence of their men's doubles title by defeating Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner in the second round.

Murray and Soares edged a tie-break to take a tight first set and then broke in the eighth game of the second set to win 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.

In the third round, the fourth seeds will face Swede Robert Lindstedt and Jordan Thompson of Australia, who defeated Britain's Ken Skupski and Australian John Millman in round two.

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Another drive volley from Williams and again, she gets her angles wrong, sending the ball soaring between the tramlines.

Suarez Navarro steps in and launches into her backhand to consolidate her break.

Suarez Navarro has won three matches against Williams before - and two of those she came from a set down to win.

There's another double fault from Williams, and in no time at all, Suarez Navarro has brought up three break points.

An ace saves the first, but the Spaniard clatters a forehand past her to break!

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Four double faults from Williams in that set, and all of them came in one game. She's won 91% of the points up at the net, though.

She'll serve to kick-start the second set.

Suarez Navarro saves the first as a Williams backhand goes long.

She can't save the second, though! A whippy forehand is called out, and the first set goes to the American.

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Carla Suarez Navarro is having a rough time with the sun, which has decided to make an appearance. It's right in her eyes as she goes to serve.

Williams, however, has none of these problems. She races to two set points courtesy of a cracking forehand winner at the net.

Williams exhales as a deep backhand from Suarez Navarro takes it to 30-30, before the American moves forward to hammer over a forehand winner.

And now Suarez Navarro has gone long on the forehand. Venus is a game away from taking the first set.

Suarez Navarro comes up to the net and dinks over a drop shot, before she moves to 30-15 with a spinning strike down the line.

However, Williams claws her way to break point with a furious forehand winner - and she gets it as Suarez Navarro errs on the backhand!

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Here's another break point as the Williams backhand finds the net - and Suaraz Navarro will get the break through a wild return from Williams.

What a mess of a game from both players, really.

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The forehand is wild from the Spaniard. Back to deuce.

Into the net goes Suarez Navarro, but a mangled, two handed forehand from Williams just about makes it over the net and bounces out of bounds.

A fine forehand winner thuds on the baseline from Williams, but she coughs up yet another double fault - her third of the game - to take it back to deuce.

And another! Consecutive double faults, and it's advantage Suarez Navarro...

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An ace out wide is followed up by two nasty double faults from Venus. That ball toss is not right.

Ooh, what was that?! Williams has control for a rally, leaps to meet Suarez Navarro's return - and skews the ball into the net as she attempts an overhead. That hands the Spaniard two break points!

The first is saved as a backhand curls wide, and Williams snaffles a deuce as she pushes her opponent right into the corner of the court.

A few tame returns from Williams find the net, before she gets a cheer from the Arthur Ashe crowd with a backhand down the line.

Suarez Navarro keeps her cool, though, and draws the error from Williams to hold serve.

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That's a great shot from Williams, a two-handed backhand, up at the net, and Suarez Navarro slaps her response long.

And there goes the forehand winner. A hold for Venus.

Ooh! That's an almighty backhand down the line from Suarez Navarro, with a whip of the wrists for good measure, to get the first point on the Williams serve.

A fine angled return throws Williams off and she lashes the ball high into the air. In fact, Venus isn't having much fun with the ball toss, and she puts all her frustration into a hammered forehand winner.

Another corker down the line from Suarez Navarro, and we're into deuce.

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Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Flushing Meadows

Denis Shapovalov has not just been wowing the fans on Arthur Ashe Stadium this week, he's also been impressive down in the media room.

"I grew up wanting to play tennis. I want to try to change the sport first of all in Canada, but definitely in America. I think I'm making an impact, and hopefully I can continue to do so, because for me the best thing in life is to see kids looking up to you and just aspiring to be like you."

Michael Downey, who recently left his role in charge of the LTA to rejoin Tennis Canada, must think all his Christmases have come at once.