What did you make of Anne Keothavong's defeat by Elena Dementieva?

I said that if she got six games it would be a very good display, she got seven so one better than that. But when she looks back on it in days to come she will be kicking herself, because she had some tremendous opportunities especially at the start of the second set where she had two or three chances to take the Dementieva serve.

But against the very best players in the world, if you have an opportunity you really can't squander it and it was a combination of some poor tennis from Keothavong and some inspired strokplay by Dementieva that decided the match.

Where do you think Keothavong's career can go from here?

Overall when she looks back on the experience she has had one extremely good win over a top 30 player, and has given the No 5 player in the world and run for a money and you can only hope that she will takes advantage of this experience and go on and improve and break into the top 40 barrier before the end of the year - which I don't think is impossible.

Clearly her confidence levels are high, the game is falling into place and things look encouraging.

Rafael Nadal came through his match late last night, what did you make of his performance?

I think it was one of those colourful cameos because he played an American qualifier Ryler De Heart who was clearly just delighted to be there, and he played the game in a bit of a trance, just thrilled to have a chance to play the world No 1 at the US Open. Nadal looks pretty comfortable to me, his game is sharp and in place and he did a very good job.

What did you make of Andy Murray's defeat in the doubles?

He and Ross Hutchins are two good friends they gel well together, clearly there is a good rapport there between the two for them to be able to take Nestor and Zimonjic, the No 1 seeds and Wimbledon champions to a third set tie-break shows what good players they are.

Murray played some brilliant stuff, there was a huge crowd on an outside court that was tucked away in one of the corners of the ground and it was packed with people, and I think most of them had come to see Andy Murray and he played some great doubles tennis.

What are you looking forward to seeing over the weekend?

Clearly the Murray/Meltzermatch is the one that is going to captivate the British audience. Murray's back on the big stage and if he comes through that there is the possibility that he will play Juan Martin del Potro, who has won four tournaments in a row, in the quarter-final. That would be a wonderful match. Murray, who really feels he has a chance of doing something here against a man who has won two clay court tournaments and two hard court tournaments in a row.