Sports Scene moves along to tennis, and the U-S Open. China's Zhang Shuai, heading into the tournament on a high, the world number 26 coming off a victory in Astana, Kazakhstan, last month, claiming her 8th career ITF title, that is the one below the WTA. And she would face Germany's Sabine Lisicki in her first round match, a foe she had never played before.

 

Lisicki held in her first service game, and then breaks Zhang, ripping a forehand winner. The Chinese breaks back, and then holds, as the German fires long. 2-2 in the opener. The set would need a tiebreak -- and it is Lisicki that fares better, whipping a forehand up the line to seal the extra session and the first frame.

 

The German unable to control Zhang's serve in the second, finding the net in the opening game. The Chinese would use another serve to help her claim the frame 6-3, and force a decider. The final set was a cake walk -- Zhang did not drop a game, and seals a three-set victory, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0, and progresses.

 

U.S. OPEN: SHARAPOVA FIGHTS BACK TO BEAT BABOS 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 Russian wins nine of final 11 games to claim victory The always audible Maria Sharapova at the bottom of your screen, would drop the opening set of her match with Timea Babos. The Hungarian fired up.

 

But the Russian would be able to take control of things in the second, this drop shot leads to her opponent firing long. The five-time grand slam winner takes the set 6-4, and we need a third. And that belonged to the former world number one, who cruised to a 6-1 triumph, victory sealed, when Babos fires wide. Sharapova is off to the third round.

 

As for other results -- Julia Goerges beat China's Zheng Saisai easily. Russian Daria Kasatakina beats Wang Qiang in three sets. Venus Williams, former champ Svetlana Kuznetsova, Agnieszka Radwanska, and Petra Kvitova were also winners.

 

U.S. OPEN: MILLMAN UPSETS KYRGIOS 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 Australian 14th seed hampered by shoulder injury in loss That is the bad boy of tennis, Nick Kyrgios letting out a scream during his match with John Millman. And he gets a warning, the ump saying he swore. The Aussie denying it, the official then saying your opponent heard you. Kyrgios then sprays water from his water bottle in disgust. He is entertaining, but he was also hurt in this match, a shoulder injury hampering him, and he falls in four sets to his countryman.

 

As for other results, Dominic Thiem and Grigor Dimitrov were straight sets winners. Ninth seeded David Goffin needed four sets to win his match. American John Isner, Thomas Berdych and former champ Juan Martin del Potro were also victorious.