SuggestedLeadIn: Reaction from day two of the US Open from Flushing Meadows, New York on Tuesday (1st September).

Script: SOUNDBITE: (English) Simona Halep, Defeated Marina Erakovic 6-2, 3-0 (on her form):

"After Wimbledon I took a long break, and then I came to Toronto without expectations. Also in Cincinnati I didn't think that I have to play like semi-finals or finals, because I can say that I was tired after Toronto. And I played well. So here I came very confident, of course, because I feel the game, I feel pretty well the game, but still I have no expectations. I play better when I don't think about results. I play better when I feel a little bit of pressure, because I'm very focused always. Now it's in the middle. I feel pressure, but still I have no expectations. So I feel great, and I just want to take match by match."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Lesia Tsurenko, Defeated Lucie Safarova 6-4, 6-1 (on her upset victory):

"I probably prepared well. I did some good changes in my game. So I think it all worked today and I don't know if she was injured but it probably helped me win today. I know that to have an injury is not good so I want to wish her to get better as soon as she can. I don't know, it's all working for me now, hard courts and balls and everything."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Angelique Kerber, Defeated Alexandra Dulgheru 6-3, 6-1 (on her tempered expectations at the US Open):

"You know, I have not really much expectation, because I came here to really looking from round to round and be ready every single day. So then let's see at the end how far I get here. But I will not make like my expectation too high. So that's not me. I'm here to try to get my practice, like how I practice, trying to make it during my matches, and then let's see how far I can get here."