(Reuters) – Highlights of the third day at the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday (times GMT): 0245 PAUL THRASHES MOLLER American 14th seed Tommy Paul made light work of Elmer Moller, beating the Dane 6-3 6-3 6-1. 0214 GAUFF SURVIVES TOMLJANOVIC SCARE American third seed and 2023 U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff recovered […]
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(Reuters) – Highlights of the third day at the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday (times GMT):
0245 PAUL THRASHES MOLLER
American 14th seed Tommy Paul made light work of Elmer Moller, beating the Dane 6-3 6-3 6-1.
0214 GAUFF SURVIVES TOMLJANOVIC SCARE
American third seed and 2023 U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff recovered from a second-set blip to beat Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5.
2257 TSITSIPAS PASSES MULLER TEST
Greek 26th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas shrugged off an early setback to move past Frenchman Alexandre Muller 4-6 6-0 6-1 7-6(5).
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2208 AUGER-ALIASSIME BEATS HARRIS
Canadian 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Britain’s Billy Harris 6–4 7–6(8) 6–4.
2203 SIEGEMUND STUNS SHNAIDER
Unseeded German Laura Siegemund knocked out Diana Shnaider after a gruelling three-set battle, beating the Russian 20th seed 7–6(3) 2–6 6–3.
1919 ANISIMOVA CRUSHES BIRRELL
American eighth seed and Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova carved out a comfortable 6-3 6-2 victory against Australian Kimberly Birrell.
1904 CERUNDOLO STAGES STUNNING COMEBACK V ARNALDI
Argentine 19th seed Francisco Cerundolo made an impressive comeback, battling from two sets down to beat Italian Matteo Arnaldi 3-6 2-6 7-5 6-4 6-3 in a three-hour-and-44-minute contest.
1900 SINNER OFF TO FLYING START
Top seed Jannik Sinner began his title defence with a comfortable 6-1 6-1 6-2 win over Czech Vit Kopriva.
1750 MUSETTI THROUGH AFTER BEATING MPETSHI PERRICARD
Italian 10th seed Lorenzo Musetti bounced back from a first-set stumble to beat Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the first round.
1726 HADDAD MAIA KNOCKS OUT KARTAL
Brazilian 18th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Briton Sonay Kartal 6-3 1-6 6-1 in the first round.
1701 SABALENKA MEETS KUDERMETOVA ON WEDNESDAY
Wednesday’s order of play has world number one Aryna Sabalenka continuing her title defence against Russian Polina Kudermetova in the evening session at Arthur Ashe Stadium after men’s second seed Carlos Alcaraz meets Italian Mattia Bellucci.
Novak Djokovic, chasing a record extending 25th Grand Slam title, faces American Zachary Svajda in the morning, while American fourth seed and last year’s finalist Jessica Pegula plays Anna Blinkova.
1644 SWIATEK BEATS ARANGO
Polish second seed and 2022 U.S. Open champion Iga Swiatek eased past Emiliana Arango 6-1 6-2.
Swiatek will face 66th-ranked Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens in the second round.
1504 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under clear, bright skies in New York, with the temperature around 23 degrees Celsius (73 degrees Fahrenheit).
U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON TUESDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 AM ET)
Emiliana Arango (Colombia) v 2-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Vit Kopriva (Czech Republic)
Ajla Tomijanovic (Australia) v 3-Coco Gauff (U.S.)
3-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/11 AM ET)
10-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France)
8-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.) v Kimberly Birrell (Australia)
Greet Minnen (Belgium) v 23-Naomi Osaka (Japan)
Elmer Moller (Denmark) v 14-Tommy Paul (U.S.)
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha and Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge and Toby Davis)