NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Eighth seed Dominic Thiem was serenaded by the crowd as he celebrated his 23rd birthday with a grueling 1-6 6-4 6-4 7-5 victory over Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain in the third round at the U.S. Open on Saturday.

Sept 3 (Gracenote) - Results from the U.S. Open Women's Singles Round 3 matches on Saturday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Another win, another milestone for Serena Williams who rolled into the U.S. Open last 16 on Saturday by crushing Sweden's Johanna Larsson 6-2 6-1 to collect grand slam victory number 307 - the most by a woman in the Open era.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Agnieszka Radwanska registered an unusually comfortable third-round win over France's Caroline Garcia at the U.S. Open on Saturday, but the Polish fourth seed hungers for more at Flushing Meadows.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifth seed Simona Halep narrowly avoided a third-round upset with a 6-1 2-6 6-4 win over Hungary's Timea Babos on Saturday to keep her U.S. Open title hopes alive.

NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka admitted she had "freaked out" as her big lead slipped away against Madison Keys at the U.S. Open on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Angelique Kerber, enjoying a breakout season that has her challenging for world number one, crushed 17-year-old American qualifier CiCi Bellis 6-1 6-1 to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Novak Djokovic cannot seem able to get a match in at the U.S. Open, as the world number one was given another rapid advance when Russian Mikhail Youzhny retired due to a leg injury when trailing 4-2 in the first set on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth seed Rafa Nadal showed he is healthy and ready to challenge for a third U.S. Open title as he rolled into the last 16 at Flushing Meadows on Friday with a fist-pumping 6-1 6-4 6-2 win over Russian Andrey Kuznetsov.