Summary

  • Use audio icon at top of page to listen to BBC Radio 5 commentary (UK only)

  • LIVE: Serena Williams loses 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 to Ajla Tomljanovic in US Open third round

  • Defeat is last match of 23-time Grand Slam single champion's career

  • Andy Murray loses 6-4 6-4 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 to Matteo Berrettini

  • Jack Draper retires injured in third set against Karen Khachanov

  • Top seeds Joe Salisbury & Rajeev Ram reach men's doubles third round but Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares lose

  • Day five of final Grand Slam of year at Flushing Meadows

Live Reporting

Katie Falkingham and Amy Lofthouse

  1. 'Lendl wants more aggressive Murray'

    Murray 1-0 Berrettini*

    Naomi Broady
    British player on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is exactly how Lendl wants Murray to play. He wants him to be more aggressive.

  2. Berrettini taken to deuce

    Murray 1-0 *Berrettini

    Matteo Berretini looks a little chunkier than he did when he made his breakthrough a couple of years back. All muscle I am sure.

    Maybe Andy Murray is seeing if the extra load has slowed him down though as he teases over a little drop-shot. Berrettini gets to it but can only clump his reply into the top of the net. 40-30.

    And then a less forgiveable error from the Italian, swatting into the net under no pressure, gives Andy Murray an early pass to deuce.

  3. Filling up slowly on Arthur Ashe

    Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport at Flushing Meadows

    US OpenBBC Sport

    Sparse in Ashe at the moment, like it always is for the first few games of the day session.

    The American sports fans don’t care too much for start times and there was a long line at the East Gate of Flushing Meadows when we darted past them about 20 minutes ago.

    US OpenBBC Sport

  4. Murray holds

    Murray 1-0 *Berrettini (denotes NEXT to serve)

    Andy Murray is serving out of the Arthur Ashe shade, a region darker than Mordor.

    Matteo Berrettini peering into the gloom struggles to get a read on it and bows out of the first game to love.

    The Italian looks like he is having a rummage in his racquet bag for a miner's light to affix to his baseball cap.

  5. 'Lendl will check stats during a match'

    Murray v Berrettini

    Naomi Broady
    British player on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Before Andy's first-round match, I was sat with Leon Smith and Ivan Lendl came past. I hung around and listened in to their chat about the on-court coaching that is allowed here. Ivan said he will check stats on his phone during the match and, if there's something glaring, he will try and communicate it.

    He also said he had been yelling at Andy on the practice court that he has to start hitting these out wide forehands, rather than just chipping it. Overall, he said Andy is moving like he usually does.

  6. Here we go...

    Murray v Berrettini

    Right, Andy Murray ready to launch the first serves of the match.

    Let's play ball.

  7. Berrettini en route back to the big time?

    Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport at Flushing Meadows

    It will be interesting to see how Matteo Berrettini is shaping up against someone of Murray's calibre.

    It has been a stop-start few months for the 26-year-old Italian, who had hand surgery and then missed Wimbledon - where he was among the favourites - after testing positive for Covid-19 on the eve of the tournament.

    A booming serve and hefty forehand are his biggest weapons, working well on both grass and hard courts.

    In 2019 he reached the US Open semi-finals and, if he can get past Murray, you would fancy him to do the same this year.

  8. 10,000 steps and counting

    Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport at Flushing Meadows

    Flushing MeadowsBBC Sport

    Interesting journey in for those of us coming to Flushing Meadows from Manhattan.

    Traffic meant a long detour and left half a dozen members of the British media jumping off the bus to briskly walk towards the BJK Tennis Center.

    It was a tight one to make sure we didn’t miss the start of Murray’s match, but it was an opportunity to see Citi Field - home of MLB side the New York Mets - close up.

    The 40,000-seater stadium is adjacent to the tennis site (you can just about see Ashe in the bottom below) and makes for a great double-header for sporting tourists.

    US OpenBBC Sport

  9. Warm-up under way

    Murray v Berrettini

    BerrettiniReuters

    The players are have strolled out into the stark New York midday light.

    Arthur Ashe is the biggest tennis stadium in the world. It does not have the biggest tennis crowd in the world in it just yet.

    A lot of empty blue seats as the knock-up gets under way. And it sounds like there could have been some empty seats in the media section had the British press corps not taken matters into their own hands...

  10. Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport at Flushing Meadows

    Flushing MeadowsBBC Sport

    Another very pleasant day in the Big Apple.

    Temperatures are expected to be hovering in the early 20Cs with humidity below 50%.

    That means it will be hot but not too sticky.

    Should be ideal conditions for both players and hopefully will make for an engaging contest.

  11. Head-to-head

    Murray v Berrettini

    Matteo BerrettiniGetty Images

    The head-to-head record favours Matteo Berrettini.

    The Italian has won two of their three meetings, including the last two.

    Interestingly though, Berrettini's two wins have come on grass - at Queen's and Stuttgart - while Murray's success was on the hard courts of Beijing back in 2019.

  12. Murray not worried about body letting him down

    Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport at Flushing Meadows

    After being hampered by a catalogue of niggles following major hip surgery in 2019, Murray has reached the last 32 of a major for only the second time since.

    The only major setback this year has been an abdominal injury picked up during the Stuttgart Open final in June against 26-year-old Berrettini, which contributed to a final-set defeat and damaged his Wimbledon preparations.

    In recent weeks, Murray has been suffering from cramps towards the end of matches but they have not affected him so far in New York.

    "I'm not having to worry about waking up the next day with something that is going to really impact me or hamper my tennis," said the 35-year-old Scot.

    "Being able to compete consistently, you know, barring the little sort of setback in the final in Stuttgart, has been good."

  13. 'The best I have felt in the last few years'

    Andy MurrayUSA Today

    For those at the back, this is how Andy Murray has hacked a path to the last 32 of the US Open.

    In the first round, he dispatched 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 6-3 6-3, before bouncing back from the loss of the opening set to see off American wildcard Emilio Nava 5-7 6-3 6-1 6-0 in the second round.

    “Physically this is the best I’ve felt in the last few years," Murray said after that latter win.

    "My movement is by far the best it has been in a long time. That’s always been a really important part of my game, and nowadays especially with a lot of the guys now hitting a huge ball, you need to be able to defend well.

    "I feel like I’m doing that just now, I’m getting closer to where I want to be and hopefully I can have a deep run here.”

  14. Murray v Berrettini - coming up

    Andy MurrayEPA

    Beauty against the bionic beast.

    A third-round clash with more sub-plots than noughties mind-bender Lost.

    Andy Murray is tasting the third-round air at Flushing Meadows for the first time since 2016.

    Matteo Berrettini, a semi-finalist three years ago, is looking to shake off the niggles and rust and re-establish himself as one of the least appetising draws in Grand Slam tennis.

    We are go in just five minutes time...

    mateo BerrettiniEPA