Swiss teenager Timea Bacsinszky almost stunned sixth seed Dinara Safina in straight sets, but the Russian recovered in the last moment and continued her successful run on the Tour (since May, in-form Safina has reached six finals in seven tournaments).

World No.60 Bacsinszky, playing in the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time, won the first set, and in the second she was only two points away from victory when scrappy Safina woke up, fought back, and forced the match into a decider. As expected, Bacsinszky wasn’t much of a challenge in the third set after a great opportunity in the second slipped through her hands. Final score: 3-6 7-5 6-2.

Safina will next meet Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany. (photo: safina-dinara.com)

Ashley Harkleroad, most famous for being the first tennis player to pose for Playboy, is not playing the US Open because of pregnancy.

The 23-year-old Harkleroad had an emergency surgery in March when she had to lose one of her ovaries. Harkleroad revealed that she was scared she couldn't have children, so news about her pregnancy are exceptionally good.

The world No.91 is in relationship with coach Chuck Adams. (via Forty Deuce)

Seventh seed Venus Williams moved into the fourth round of the US Open with an imposing 6-2 6-1 victory over No.27 seed Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine.

Williams, the 2000 and 2001 champion, served three aces in the first game and never looked back. The victory came in just 56 minutes. Williams broke Bondarenko twice in both sets, while she herself faced no break points.

In the fourth round Williams will face ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland who advanced with a 6-0 6-3 victory over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.

Venus and Agnieszka have played only once so far, in 2006 in Luxembourg, when the Pole won 6-3 6-0. (photo: Getty Images)

France’s Marion Bartoli defeated local favorite Lindsay Davenport 6-1 7-6 to move into the fourth round of the US Open.

The 1998 champion Davenport was asked whether she believed her defeat to No.12 seed Bartoli might be her US Open farewell and the former number one replied: "I was so ****ed off that I didn't think about anything." Hahaha.

In the fourth round Bartoli will play Austrian 29th seed Sybille Bammer. (photos: Getty Images)

The 2004 champion and last year’s finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova lost 6-3 6-7 6-3 in the third round of the US Open to Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.

Third-seeded Kuznetsova was erratic and made 36 unforced errors, while Srebotnik played consistently on every front and served 13 aces. Kuznetsova said Srebotnik had played an "unbelievable" game.

No.28 seed Srebotnik will play in the fourth round of the US Open for the first time. Her best results at Grand Slams were reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2002 and in 2008.

Srebotnik will face seed No.15 Patty Schnyder for a place in the quarterfinals. (source: Reuters, photo: Getty Images)