Ireland’s James McGee makes his grand slam debut against Kazakh Aleksandr Nedovyesov at the US Open today after brilliantly fighting his way through qualifying.

Weather continued to play havoc with the US Open schedule as rain forced a delay for the second day in succession.

Andy Murray’s bid for a first Grand Slam title came to an end tonight after an extraordinary match with Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka at Flushing Meadows.

Top seed Rafael Nadal was made to work hard before finally breaking the resistance of world number 93 Teymuraz Gabashvili to book his place in the second round of the US Open.