Venus and Roger Move On: Nighttime Session Wrap-up

Venus Williams cruised past Samantha Stosur, 6-2, 6-3, and Roger Federer had just as easy a time with Maximo Gonzalez, winning 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 on the second night of the 2008 U.S. Open.

Mardy Fish, one of a crop of promising young American players, also moved on to the second round, defeating Australian Robert Smeets, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. He will meet Paul-Henri Mathieu, who won in another four-setter with two early tiebreakers against fellow Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2.