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NEW YORK -- A look at Friday's play at the $38.3 million U.S. Open tennis championships: WEATHER: Mostly sunny and comfortable. High of 79. ATTENDANCE: Day: 38,470. Night: 24,688. Total: 63,158. MEN'S SEEDED WINNERS: Second Round: No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 4 David Ferrer, No. 6 Tomas Berdych, No. 7 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 12 Richard Gasquet, No. 14 Marin Cilic, No. 17 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 18 Kevin Anderson, No. 19 Feliciano Lopez, No. 20 Gael Monfils and No. 26 Gilles Simon. MEN'S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 11 Ernests Gulbis, No. 15 Fabio Fognini, No. 25 Ivo Karlovic and No. 32 Joao Sousa. WOMEN'S SEEDED WINNERS: Third Round: No. 5 Maria Sharapova, No. 9 Jelena Jankovic, No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 13 Sara Errani and No. 14 Lucie Safarova WOMEN'S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 6 Angelique Kerber, No. 18 Andrea Petkovic, No. 19 Venus Williams, No. 22 Alize Cornet, No. 26 Sabine Lisicki and No. 28 Roberta Vinci. TOP PLAYERS ON COURT SATURDAY: Men, Third Round: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Sam Querrey, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka vs. Blaz Kavcic, No. 5 Milos Raonic vs. Victor Estrella Burgos, No. 8 Andy Murray vs. Andrey Kuznetsov, Women, Third Round: No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Varvara Lepchenko, No. 3 Petra Kvitova vs. Aleksandra Krunic, No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard vs. No. 30 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, No. 16 Victoria Azarenka vs. Elena Vesnina. STAT OF THE DAY: 52 -- Unforced errors by Venus Williams in her loss to Sara Errani. QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I feel like a little kid, like this is the first time ever happening." -- Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 15 years. SATURDAY ON TV (All Times EDT): CBS, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tennis Channel, 7-11 p.m. ON THIS DATE (Aug. 30, 1988): Teenagers Pete Sampras and Jim Courier make their U.S. Open debuts. Sampras loses to Jaime Yzaga while Courier beats Horst Skoff.
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