US Open: Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic proceed their title defences on Friday, as Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton face off | Tennis Information

Defending champions Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic are again in motion on Friday on the US Open, dwell on Sky Sports activities.

Gauff kicks off the motion on Arthur Ashe Stadium from 5pm together with her third-round match in opposition to twenty seventh seed Elina Svitolina, a three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist – together with on the US Open in 2019.

Djokovic, in the meantime, headlines the night time session as he takes on Alexei Popyrin, the twenty eighth seed from Australia, from midnight, with two-time Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka to comply with when she faces Ekaterina Alexandrova, seeded twenty ninth.

Earlier on Arthur Ashe, from roughly 7pm, there is a mouth-watering all-American conflict between Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe in a repeat of final yr’s quarter-final which Shelton gained.

Additionally in motion on Friday is one other US males’s hopeful in thirteenth seed Taylor Fritz, who faces Francisco Comesana from roughly 8pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Earlier on that courtroom, Marta Kostyuk – contemporary from beating Britain’s Harriet Dart – takes on America’s Emma Navarro, whereas Paula Badosa and Elena-Gabriela Ruse, who knocked out Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova within the second spherical, kick off proceedings from 4pm.

Within the night session on Louis Armstrong, two former US Open finalists are in motion as Madison Keys first faces Elise Mertens, earlier than former males’s fourth seed Alexander Zverev goes in opposition to Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg) vs Alexander Zverev (Ger) (4)