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Two breaks she nearly did not survive Naomi Osaka is into the US Open last 16. The 13th seed got past Belgium’s Elise Mertens, seeded 23rd, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in a third-round match that finished in the small hours of Sunday morning. The start could hardly have been cleaner. Osaka took the opener 6-3 without…

Thirty-three games, three hours, no let-up Iva Jovic came through in the small hours of Sunday morning. The 14th-seeded American beat the Philippines’ Alexandra Eala 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 at Flushing Meadows, a match that ran past the three-hour mark. One number tells the story. Thirty-three games. Serve meant almost nothing across the three sets, with…

The top seed had spent two rounds trapped in five-set marathons. Against Alejandro Tabilo he needed 2 hours 26 minutes and never trailed by a set.

Three hours on Arthur Ashe, a crowd that had picked a side, and a decider that changed hands four times. Iva Jovic came through it and gets Coco Gauff next.

Learner Tien needed five sets and three and a half hours to get past Jakub Mensik. The crowd inside Louis Armstrong stayed until 1:30 a.m. to watch him do it.

Not before 8pm CEST, and that is only a guideline The round-of-16 clash takes place on Sunday, September 6 at Flushing Meadows. Tommy Paul meets Carlos Alcaraz on Arthur Ashe Stadium. The American has the crowd behind him and gets to play on the surface that suits him best. The reigning champion, meanwhile, has already…

Day session gets under way at 5:30pm CEST Aryna Sabalenka begins her last-16 tie against Taylor Townsend on Sunday, 6 September, kicking off the day session on Arthur Ashe Stadium. The match starts at 5:30pm CEST, which is 11:30am on the East Coast. Nothing is scheduled before it on centre court, so the start time…

Taylor Fritz led by two sets on Arthur Ashe and lost. Francisco Cerundolo broke him six times and walked into the second week of a US Open for the first time.

Svitolina led by a break in the deciding set on Louis Armstrong. She did not win another game. Kalinskaya takes the ninth seed out and moves into the last 16.