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.
Tennis stars reveal their go-to tracks simply earlier than they stroll on courtroom at Flushing Meadows
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.
Marta Kostyuk and staff battle off the New York warmth in fashion with matching ice packs throughout the US Open match in opposition to Harriet Dart
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.
Olympic gold medallist Qinwen Zheng, together with Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud are a few of the different massive names that includes on Friday.
Casper Ruud gained this superb rally within the tie-break to defeat Gael Monfils in US Open
Order of Play (all occasions UK – British gamers in daring)
Arthur Ashe Stadium
5pm
Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (27) vs Coco Gauff (USA) (3)
Ben Shelton (USA) (13) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA) (20)
12am
Alexei Popyrin (Aus) (28) vs Novak Djokovic (Srb) (2)
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) (29) vs Aryna Sabalenka (Srb) (2)
Louis Armstrong Stadium
4pm
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Rom) vs Paula Badosa (Esp) (26)
Emma Navarro (USA) (13) vs Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) (19)
Francisco Comesana (Arg) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) (12)
12am
Madison Keys (USA) (14) vs Elise Mertens (Rus) (33)
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg) vs Alexander Zverev (Ger) (4)
Grandstand
4pm
Qinwen Zheng (Chn) (7) vs Jule Niemeier (Ger)
Victoria Azarenka (Blr) (20) vs Yafan Wang (Chn)
Andrey Rublev (Rus) (6) vs Jiri Lehecka (Cze) (32)
10pm
Casper Ruud (Nor) (8) vs Juncheng Shang (Chn)
Stadium 17
4pm
Doubles Match tbc
Donna Vekic (Cro) (24) vs Peyton Stearns (USA)
Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) vs Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) (9)
Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) (18)
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