US OPEN
Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Date: 31 August - 13 September
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 Dementieva is still searching for her first Gland Slam victory
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Russia's Elena Dementieva became the first big name casualty of the US Open as the fourth seed lost her second-round match to Melanie Oudin.
Dementieva lost 5-7 6-4 6-2 as American Oudin, ranked number 70 in the world, survived a thigh injury in the third set to close out a famous victory.
Top seed Dinara Safina continued to struggle as she defeated Germany's Kristina Barrois 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-3.
Former champion Maria Sharapova plays her second-round match on Thursday.
The 2006 champion, seeded 29, takes on Christina McHale under the floodlights, with the winner meeting Oudin in the third round.
Safina survived a huge scare to beat Australian world number 167 Olivia Rogowska 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-4 in her first-round match.
And she again looked out of sorts against Barrois, particularly with her brittle serve.
Safina, who has never won a Grand Slam, made 15 double faults during a match that lasted more than two hours.
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Barrois looked set to pull off a real upset when she took a 2-0 lead in the third set but Safina showed great determination to win four of the next five games.
The German then had four break points to level at 4-4 but Safina held her nerve to move two games clear and broke Barrois to take the match.
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, the runner-up in 2008, takes on Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova later on Thursday.
Sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia is also in action as she takes on Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova in her second-round match.
Thirteenth seed Nadia Petrova of Russia eased into the third round with a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) victory over France's Julie Coin.
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