NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Highlights of the fifth day at the U.S. Open on Thursday (times GMT):
2104 MUSETTI SHOCKED BY SWEENY
The Italian 13th seed, Lorenzo Musetti, suffered a second-round exit at the hands of Australian Dane Sweeny, who claimed a 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 victory.
1954 EALA TRIUMPHS OVER OLIINYKOVA
Philippine 17th seed and Washington Open champion Alexandra Eala secured a spot in the third round after beating Oleksandra Oliinykova from Ukraine 6-1 6-4.
1948 FRITZ ADVANCES
American ninth seed Taylor Fritz cruised past Mattia Bellucci 6-0 6-1 6-1 to advance to the third round. The Washington Open winner will face Argentinian 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo who survived a five-set thriller against German Jan-Lennard Struff to clinch a 5-7 7-5 4-6 6-2 6-3 win in a nearly four-hour contest.
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1842 ANISIMOVA BEATS TAGGER
American 10th seed Amanda Anisimova was taken the distance before defeating Austrian Lili Tagger 6-3 3-6 6-1.
1827 AUGER-ALIASSIME OUT
Canadian third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, a semi-finalist last year, was stunned by Karen Khachanov as the Russian recovered from losing the first set to claim a 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 6-2 win and reach the third round.
1745 OSAKA ADVANCES
The 13th seed Naomi Osaka looked set for a comfortable victory after racing through the opening set and moving within a game of the match at 5-3 in the second, but Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova fought back to force a decider before Osaka regained control to seal a 6-2 5-7 6-1 win.
1730 MERTENS THROUGH TO THIRD ROUND
Belgium’s Elise Mertens endured a tough second-set battle against Uzbekistan’s Maria Timofeeva, but the 23rd seed managed to book a spot in the third round with a 6-2 7-6 (5) victory.
1620 SWIATEK DOMINATES
Iga Swiatek displayed complete control as the 2022 champion dispatched Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-3 6-2 to advance to the third round. The Polish eighth seed sealed the victory in one hour and 10 minutes.
1510 PLAY BEGINS
Play began in New York under mostly clear skies, with temperatures hovering around 22 degrees Celsius.
U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON THURSDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET)
13-Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic)
9-Taylor Fritz v Mattia Bellucci (Italy)
Paula Badosa (Spain) v 4-Coco Gauff (U.S.)
1-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Quentin Halys (France)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/1100 ET)
3-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) v Karen Khachanov (Russia)
Oleksandra Oliynykova (Ukraine) v 17-Alexandra Eala (Philippines)
Gael Monfils (France) v 14-Learner Tien (U.S.)
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain) v 2-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru and Angelica Medina in Mexico City; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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