A look at Thursday's play at the $20.657 million U.S. Open tennis championships:

WEATHER: Mostly sunny and comfortable. High of 85.

ATTENDANCE: Day: 36,874.

MEN'S SEEDED WINNERS: No. 4 David Ferrer, No. 6 Andy Murray, No. 7 David Nalbandian, No. 9 James Blake, No. 10 Stanislas Wawrinka, No. 14 Ivo Karlovic, No. 16 Gilles Simon and No. 32 Gael Monfils.

MEN'S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 24 Paul-Henri Mathieu and No. 25 Philipp Kohlschreiber.

WOMEN'S SEEDED WINNERS: No. 6 Dinara Safina, No. 7 Venus Williams, No. 9 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 16 Flavia Pennetta, No. 17 Alize Cornet, No. 18 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 19 Nadia Petrova, No. 20 Nicole Vaidisova, No. 27 Alona Bondarenko, No. 30 Ai Sugiyama and No. 32 Amelie Mauresmo.

WOMEN'S SEEDED LOSERS: No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and No. 13 Agnes Szavay.

TOP PLAYERS ON COURT FRIDAY: Men: No. 2 Roger Federer vs. Thiago Alves, No. 3 Novak Djokovic vs. Robert Kendrick, No. 8 Andy Roddick vs. Ernests Gulbis. Women: No. 2 Jelena Jankovic vs. Zheng Jie, No. 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Katarina Srebotnik (28), No. 5 Elena Dementieva vs. Anne Keothavong, No. 12 Marion Bartoli vs. No. 23 Lindsay Davenport.

STAT OF THE DAY: Ana Ivanovic is the first women's No. 1 seed to lose before the third round in the Open era. Of the 40 prior No. 1's, 36 reached the semifinals.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I guess when it was over.” – Julie Coin, when asked when she believed she might beat top-ranked Ana Ivanovic.

FRIDAY ON TV (All Times EDT): USA, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (live), 7-11 p.m. (live), 2-4 a.m. (match of the day).

ON THIS DATE: Aug. 29 1978: The USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows opened. Bjorn Borg beat Bob Hewitt in straight sets to win the first match played at Louis Armstrong Stadium.