NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Highlights of the ninth day at the U.S. Open on Sunday (times GMT): 0048 GAUFF INTO QUARTERS Fourth seed Coco Gauff eased into the quarter-finals with a straight sets win over her American compatriot and 14th seed Iva Jovic, 6-1 6-4. The 2023 U.S. Open champion faces French Open winner Mirra […]
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NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Highlights of the ninth day at the U.S. Open on Sunday (times GMT):
0048 GAUFF INTO QUARTERS
Fourth seed Coco Gauff eased into the quarter-finals with a straight sets win over her American compatriot and 14th seed Iva Jovic, 6-1 6-4. The 2023 U.S. Open champion faces French Open winner Mirra Andreeva in the next round.
2125 CERUNDOLO STUNNED BY BLOCKX
Belgian 28th seed Alexander Blockx stunned Argentina’s 24th-seed Francisco Cerundolo 6-3 4-6 7-5 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals.
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2122 RYBAKINA ELIMINATES OSAKA
Kazakh second seed Elena Rybakina defeated four-times Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka 6-1 6-4. The Australian Open champion will face Paris Olympics 2024 gold medallist Zheng Qinwen from China in the quarter-finals.
1740 ANDREEVA ADVANCES, SWIATEK OUT
Wimbledon champion Mirra Andreeva defeated Anastasia Potapova 5-7 6-4 6-3 to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the first time.
China’s Zheng Qinwen came back from 5-0 down in the first set to upset six-times Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek 7-5 6-3.
1510 PLAY BEGINS
World number five Mirra Andreeva began her fourth-round match against Austria’s Anastasia Potapova.
U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET)
8-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Zheng Qinwen (China)
24-Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) v 28-Alexander Blockx (Belgium)
14-Iva Jovic (U.S.) v 4-Coco Gauff (U.S.)
1-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v 21-Luciano Darderi (Italy)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/1100 ET)
5-Mirra Andreeva (Russia) v 24-Anastasia Potapova (Austria)
13-Naomi Osaka (Japan) v 2-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
Karen Khachanov (Russia) v 14-Learner Tien (U.S.)
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, Nicole Fernandes in Toronto and Angelica Medina in Mexico City)