Sweden's Richard S Johnson and Americans Brett Quigley and Scott Verplank are a shot further back at four-under 140.

BBC: SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD

He will face either French 13th seed Richard Gasquet or U.S. collegiate champion Steve Johnson, who were playing later at Flushing Meadows.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

We should remember that Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon wanted the U.S. to build a supersonic transport (SST) plane because the British and French were doing so.

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