Defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka progressed alongside other top seeds in Fridays third-round matchesLeylah Fernandez has broken Pegula early, taking a 2-0 lead in the first. You might recall that Fernandez was Emma Raducanus opponent in the 2021 US Open final; since losing that match, the Canadian has only gone past the third round at a slam once (the 2022 French Open, where she made the quarter-finals) but has won five WTA Tour titles and is a consistent presence in the wo...
US Open tennis: Alcaraz, Sabalenka, Pegula and Medvedev advance on day six - as it happened
The Guardian - 4 Sep 2026 22:24
Defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka progressed alongside other top seeds in Fridays third-round matchesLeylah Fernandez has broken Pegula early, taking a 2-0 lead in the first. You might recall that Fernandez was Emma Raducanus opponent in the 2021 US Open final; since losing that match, the Canadian has only gone past the third round at a slam once (the 2022 French Open, where she made the quarter-finals) but has won five WTA Tour titles and is a consistent presence in the wo...
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