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Weather: Mostly sunny. High temperature of 71.

Attendance: 39,991. Last year’s Day 3: 42,100.

Men’s seeded winners: No. 1 Roger Federer, No. 3 Andy Roddick, No. 4 David Nalbandian, No. 5 Ivan Ljubicic, No. 6 Lleyton Hewitt, No. 7 Mario Ancic, No. 8 James Blake, No. 14 Radek Stepanek, No. 15 Sebastien Grosjean, No. 16 Gaston Gaudio, No. 18 Marcos Baghdatis, No. 19 Tommy Haas, No. 22 Jarkko Nieminen, No. 23 David Ferrer, No. 24 Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 27 Dmitry Tursunov, No. 29 Fernando Verdasco.

Men’s seeded losers: No. 9 Nikolay Davydenko to Alejandro Falla, No. 17 Robby Ginepri to Mardy Fish, No. 30 Kristof Vliegen to Nicolas Mahut.

Women’s seeded winners: No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo, No. 2 Kim Clijsters, No. 3 Justine Henin-Hardenne, No. 4 Maria Sharapova, No. 5 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 6 Venus Williams, No. 7 Elena Dementieva, No. 9 Anastasia Myskina, No. 10 Nicole Vaidisova, No. 12 Martina Hingis, No. 14 Dinara Safina, No. 16 Flavia Pennetta, No. 18 Ai Sugiyama, No. 19 Ana Ivanovic, No. 20 Shahar Peer, No. 23 Anabel Medina Garrigues, No. 25 Elena Likhovtseva, No. 26 Jelena Jankovic, No. 27 Na Li, No. 29 Tatiana Golovin, No. 30 Anna Chakvetadze, No. 31 Gisela Dulko.

Women’s seeded losers: No. 11 Francesca Schiavone to Melanie South, No. 22 Nathalie Dechy to Sybille Bammer, No. 24 Marion Bartoli to Karolina Sprem, No. 32 Mara Santangelo to Amy Frazier.

Suspensions and postponements: Of the day’s 87 scheduled matches, four were postponed because of the congested schedule following Monday’s rain. Five matches were suspended because of darkness.

On court Thursday: Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Amelie Mauresmo, Venus Williams.

Stat of the Day: 23/8: Federer’s winners and unforced errors in his three-set win over Tim Henman.

Quote of the Day: “I should get a medal.” – baseliner Maria Sharapova after she served-and-volleyed once in her win over Anna Smashnova.

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