In US Open Tennis, Somdev Devvarman let it slip after a good start to go down in straight sets against fourth seed Andy Murray in the men's singles opening round. However India rounded off a second successive all-win day in the doubles competitions in New York. Somdev, India's lone men's singles competitor, lost 6-7 , 2-6, 3-6 against the British number one in a match lasting two hours and 27 minutes at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. In women's doubles, sixth seeds Sania and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina eased past Americans Samantha Crawford and Madison Keys 6-2, 6-0. In mixed doubles, Vesnia teamed up with Leander Paes to beat the Russian-British combine of Nadia Petrova and Jamie Murray. The seventh-seeded Indo-Russian team won 6-2, 6-7, 1-0.