Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Seven-time major titlist and two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams was ousted from the final Grand Slam event of the season after falling to Chinas Zheng Jie on a rainy Wednesday. Zheng came through for a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) second-round victory in a match that lasted more than three hours. "I want to say sorry guys," Zheng said, referring to Williams not having a chance for her third title in Flushing Meadows before the home crowd. "Today was a tough match for me. In the second set she was playing so great and in the final set we were fighting each other." Several womens matches scheduled for Wednesday were pushed back a day due to the wet weather. Among those included in the postponements was world No. 1 and defending champion Serena Williams. Her second-round match against Kazakhstans Galina Voskoboeva was postponed until Thursday. Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska and fifth-seeded Li Na were a pair of winners. Venus, whose match started late afternoon and lasted into the night at Louis Armstrong Stadium, was delayed a couple of minutes with the third set even, 5-5, due to drizzling conditions. The American rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the tiebreaker, but was set back due to 44 unforced errors. She equaled the tiebreaker, 5-5, when Zheng sent a return long. Venus then tried a backhand at the net, but never got it over. Zheng secured a third-round berth when Venus sent a backhand wide. "Today was tough," Zheng said of the rain. "In the second set I lost my concentration. She played so great." Next up for Zheng will be 18th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, who dropped American Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-4. Meanwhile, last years Wimbledon runner-up Radwanska, of Poland, got past Spaniard Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 6-0, 7-5 at Armstrong Stadium, while this years Australian Open runner-up and the former French Open champion Li, of China, handled Swede Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-2 at Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Radwanska will meet Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Friday. Li was happy to beat the rain on Day 3. "Its tough for them," she said, referring to all the players who still had singles matches to complete. "For me, just relax all day and do whatever I want." American Sloane Stephens, the 15th seed, upended Polands Urszula Radwanska, 6-1, 6-1; and another American, No. 23 seed Jamie Hampton, got by Frances Kristina Mladenovic, 7-5, 6-4. Also Wednesday, No. 30 seed Laura Robson of Great Britain beat Frances Caroline Garcia, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); and a 32nd-seeded Pavlyuchenkova eased past Aussie Ashleigh Barty 6-4, 6-0. Li will face Robson in the third round. The 16-time Grand Slam champion Serena is a four-time U.S. Open champ and two-time runner-up. She beat Victoria Azarenka in last years final in Flushing and is also the reigning French Open champ. In addition to Serenas match against Voskoboeva, officials also postponed matches involving No. 8 seed Angelique Kerber, No. 9 Jelena Jankovic and No. 25 Kaia Kanepi. Jankovic is a former No. 1 who lost to Serena in the 2008 U.S. Open finale. Lebron Basketball Cheap . - Ronda Rousey realizes shes finishing up one of the biggest years for any fighter in the young history of mixed martial arts at UFC 168, and the UFCs bantamweight champion intends to go out on top. Cheap Lebrons From China . -- Top-ranked Stacy Lewis birdied the last three holes and five of the final six Thursday for an 8-under 64 and a share of the lead with Mi Jung Hur in the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic. http://www.lebroncheap.com/ .35 million. The right-hander had agreed last February to a deal that pays him $3.775 million this year and allows him to earn an additional $225,000 in bonuses based on games finished. Cheap LeBron Shoes Outlet . - A mixed martial arts fighter who changed his name to War Machine was ordered Friday to stand trial in Nevada state court on 34 felony charges including attempted murder, sexual assault and kidnapping that could get him life in prison for allegedly attacking his porn star ex-girlfriend and her friend. Clearance Nike LeBron Shoes . - Even with a new coach, the Denver Nuggets still love to push the basketball.TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Cardinals have re-signed centre John Estes and released guard Christian Johnson. The Cardinals had signed Estes on March 4, then released him on May 12. He has appearred in two games for the Jacksonville Jaguars, who signed him as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Hawaii in 2010.dddddddddddd He sat out the 2010 and 2012 seasons due to injury. ' ' '