Top seeds Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko and Andy Roddick eased into the third round of the men's draw at Flushing Meadows, while Florent Serra and Marc Gicquel were the latest Frenchmen to crash out.
Britain's Andy Murray defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6 of France and Juan Martin del Potro ousted Andy Roddick in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup on Saturday 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Last year's winner Juan Martin Del Potro has defeated US top seed Andy Roddick in the ATP Washington Classic final. The title is the sixth ATP trophy of his career and his second this year.
After his victory over fellow countryman Sam Querrey (7-6, 6-4) in Washington, American tennis ace Andy Roddick reached the 500th match victory of his career. He becomes the 36th Open-Era player to reach this landmark.
Briton Andy Murray's Wimbledon dream has ended at the hands of Andy Roddick in the second men's semi-final (6-4, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6). The American sixth-seed will face Roger Federer on Sunday for the championship title.
Second seed Andy Murray followed Andy Roddick, Martin Del Potro and French veteran Fabrice Santoro into the second round at the All England Club, though the home crowd's favourite had to battle hard to overcome US rival Robert Kendrick.
The women's top seed, Dinara Safina (pictured,) battled past Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino in the first round at the All England Club, as Andy Roddick and Juan Martin Del Potro dispatched Frenchmen Jérôme Chardy and Arnaud Clément.
Top seed Andy Murray eased past Spain's Juan-Carlos Ferrero (6-4, 6-2) to reach the final at Queen's, where he will face the United States' James Blake after Andy Roddick pulled out with an ankle injury, casting doubt over his presence at Wimbledon.
Andy Murray (photo) and Andy Roddick are both through to the semi-finals at Queen's after Roddick got the better of Croatia's Ivo Karlovic and Murray beat America's Mardy Fish. It will be Murray's first ever semi-final appearance at Queen's.