Isner hits out at home crowd in Monfils win

Top US player John Isner blasted New York fans for their support of French showman Gael Monfils at the US Open,admitting it felt like he was playing in Paris and not on home ground. Isner,the highest seeded American in the draw,defeated Monfils 7-5,6-2,4-6,7-6 7/4 to reach the third round in a match which finished just before midnight on a packed Louis Armstrong Court. But the majority of the spectators got behind the Frenchman,who served up his trademark repertoire of leaps,bounces,flashy razor-sharp groundstrokes and smiling one-liners with the crowd. By contrast,Isner was all business,never managing more than a discreet fist-pump to accompany a winner as the crowd opted prefereed chants of 8220;Monfils,Monfils8221; rather than 8220;Isner,Isner.8221;

Hingis doesn8217;t quite serve it up on return

Martina Hingis ended the first match in her return to Grand Slam tennis with back-to-back double faults in a 6-3,7-5 doubles loss to top-seeded Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. Trailing 6-5 in the second set,Hingis served three double faults,including the last two of the match. Later,partnering Mahesh Bhupathi,she lost in the first round of the mixed doubles as well.