Intro:

Reaction from players after their first round victories on Wednesday (27th August), the third day of the US Open.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Venus Williams, defeated Timea Bacsinszky 6-1, 6-4:

"You know, the last couple years I fought really hard and I really played red-hot opponents, you know, so it wasn't like I didn't try. But my opponents, they played so well. Sometimes you don't win them. That's why you get up and you live to fight another day. So that's really what it's about for me."

Q. That's about the then. What about the now, what are your thoughts about the now?

"Well, now I'm happy. I won a match again. Finally I did something I couldn't do over the last couple years. That's good stuff!"