NEW YORK (Reuters) – Highlights of the sixth day at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows on Friday (times GMT): 0409 FRITZ PASSES KYM TEST American fourth seed and last year’s runner-up Taylor Fritz continued his hunt for a first Grand Slam title as he recovered from a second-set blip to move past Swiss Jerome […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Highlights of the sixth day at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows on Friday (times GMT):
0409 FRITZ PASSES KYM TEST
American fourth seed and last year’s runner-up Taylor Fritz continued his hunt for a first Grand Slam title as he recovered from a second-set blip to move past Swiss Jerome Kym 7-6(3) 6-7(9) 6-4 6-4.
0352 TOWNSEND UPSETS ANDREEVA
American Taylor Townsend stunned Russian fifth seed Mirra Andreeva 7-5 6-2 to reach the last 16 for the second time.
0208 DJOKOVIC MARCHES ON WITH WIN OVER NORRIE
Serbian seventh seed Novak Djokovic continued his quest for a 25th Grand Slam title and a fifth U.S. Open crown as he beat Briton Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3.
The 38-year-old has now surpassed Roger Federer for the most wins at a hardcourt Grand Slam with 192.
On the women’s side, Belarusian top seed Aryna Sabalenka continued her title defence by beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-3 7-6(2).
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2142 STRUFF TAKES OUT TIAFOE
German Jan-Lennard Struff knocked out American 17th seed Frances Tiafoe 6-4 6-3 7-6(7), clinching the match with a hard-fought tiebreak victory in the third set to reach the fourth round.
2057 SHELTON RETIRES INJURED AGAINST MANNARINO
American sixth seed Ben Shelton retired injured against unseeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino with the pair locked at two sets all.
Mannarino came back from a set down to level at 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-4 when the match was abandoned.
The 37-year-old Frenchman will next face Czech Jiri Lehecka.
1938 PEGULA DEFEATS AZARENKA
American fourth seed Jessica Pegula beat two-times Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka 6-1 7-5.
1907 VONDROUSOVA ELIMINATES PAOLINI
Czech Marketa Vondrousova knocked out Italian seventh seed Jasmine Paolini 7-6(4) 6-1.
The 2023 Wimbledon champion will next take on Elena Rybakina.
1727 ALCARAZ SWATS ASIDE DARDERI
Spanish second seed and 2022 champion Carlos Alcaraz beat Italian Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-4 6-0.
The five-times Grand Slam champion will next face Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech.
1611 DOMINANT RYBAKINA KNOCKS OUT RADUCANU
Ninth seed Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, ruthlessly brushed aside 2021 U.S. Open winner Emma Raducanu 6-1 6-2 to reach the last 16 at Flushing Meadows for the first time.
1501 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under partly cloudy skies in New York, with the temperature hovering around 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit).
U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON FRIDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
Arthur Ashe Stadium (1530 GMT/1130 a.m. ET):
32-Luciano Darderi (Italy) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
4-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
7-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Cameron Norrie (Britain)
Taylor Townsend (U.S.) v 5-Mirra Andreeva (Russia)
Louis Armstrong Stadium (1500 GMT/11 a.m. ET):
9-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v Emma Raducanu (Britain)
6-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v Adrian Mannarino (France)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v 31-Leylah Fernandez (Canada)
Jerome Kym (Switzerland) v 4-Taylor Fritz (U.S.)
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha and Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru, Trevor Stynes and Angelica Medina)