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Stefanos Tsitsipas served his way past Jiri Lehecka overnight in New York. The Greek is into the US Open fourth round for the first time, and into his deepest Grand Slam run in more than two years.

Two rounds gone, barely a scare Coco Gauff has made the US Open third round look routine so far. The fourth seed is through without any real alarm, playing in front of a home crowd that never needs asking twice, and Spain’s Cristina Bucsa now stands between her and the last 16. Arthur Ashe Stadium,…

A lucky loser two wins into a Grand Slam Arthur Gea lost in qualifying. He is still playing. The Frenchman got into the US Open main draw as a lucky loser, won twice, and has now reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Waiting for him is…

Two meetings, two defeats, one set won Benjamin Bonzi has never beaten Karen Khachanov. They met in Lyon in 2021 and again at the Australian Open the following year, and the Frenchman came away with a single set from the pair of them. Now the last 16 of the US Open is on the line,…

Four hours 33 minutes of tennis already banked Alexander Zverev has taken the scenic route to the US Open third round. Five sets against Lorenzo Sonego. Five more against Quentin Halys. That is 4 hours and 33 minutes on court before he has even reached the business end of the draw, and now the top…

An hour of real tennis, then nothing The 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 scoreline is misleading. Both of the first two sets sat level at 3-3 before Carlos Alcaraz found another gear. The third barely happened: five straight games, and the whole thing done in 2h20. Wu Yibing hung around on his serve, saving 8 of the…

Sixteen straight points behind her first serve, ten aces, 29 winners. Aryna Sabalenka is two weeks from something no woman has managed in a decade.

Two sets to one down and drifting, Tommy Paul turned his third round on its head at Flushing Meadows. Alexander Bublik never found his way back.

2:15 in the morning, again Two matches, nine and a half hours, two finishes after 1:30am. Alexander Zverev is not making this easy on himself in New York. The German, top seed at the US Open, got past Quentin Halys 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-3 in a second round that ran four hours…