Follow live coverage of day six at the 2024 US Open
Day six of the U.S. Open concludes the third round in the singles draws.
In the men’s draw, the elimination of Carlos Alcaraz has created a huge opportunity in this half, while Iga Swiatek remains the favorite on this side of the women’s draw.
Here’s what to watch on the three show courts and around the grounds:
Arthur Ashe
Start time: Noon ET, 9 a.m. PT
TV: ESPN, Tennis Channel
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Jessica Pegula (6)
Jessica Pegula came through a tricky assignment against Sofia Kenin to reach the last 32, and now she faces one of the year’s highest-profile giantkillers. Bouzas Maneiro knocked defending Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova out of this year’s tournament in the first round. This is the Spaniard’s first appearance in the main draw at the U.S. Open.
Jannik Sinner (1) vs. Chris O’Connell
After a shaky opening set against Mackenzie McDonald in his opening match, Jannik Sinner steadied himself and blew the American off the court. He did it again in the next round against Alex Michelsen, this time without the shaky part. Australian Chris O’Connell isn’t likely to take much confidence from those results, but the world No. 87 has two gutsy four-set wins to his name in New York, upsetting No. 26 seed Nicolas Jarry of Chile in the first round.
Iga Swiatek (1) vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25)
Iga Swiatek and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova have played one match against each other on the WTA Tour, and the Russian is yet to win a game. They met at the Masters 1000 tournament in Rome in 2023, where Swiatek won 6-0, 6-0.
Flavio Cobolli (31) vs. Daniil Medvedev (5)
When Flavio Cobolli played Rafael Nadal in Madrid, he wilted at the first sight of the headband he’d seen on TV for so many years. A few months on, he is in the top 30 and has a puncher’s chance against a player who won it all here just three years ago. Ever since a late-night thriller with Holger Rune at the French Open, which Cobolli lost having led 5-0 and 6-2 in the match tiebreak, he has joined the ranks of players that no-one in the top 10 wants to have to deal with. Medvedev is one of them. He will have his hands full.
Louis Armstrong
Start time: 11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT
TV: ESPN, Tennis Channel
Yulia Putintseva (30) vs. Jasmine Paolini (5)
This should be a thrill ride. Paolini smiles and bounces no matter what is going on in front of her. Putintseva fizzes when she’s on and crackles when she’s off, zipping around with a lead to force her opponent to play quickly and raging against herself when she’s behind. Paolini has been the more consistent through the season, with her two Grand Slam finals, but Putintseva is 13-2 since tennis took its annual six-week detour to the lawns.
Yulia Putintseva is on a run of 13 wins in 15 (Jamie Squire / Getty Images)
Sara Errani vs. Diana Shnaider (18)
Gabriel Diallo (Q) vs. Tommy Paul (14)
Alex de Minaur (11) vs. Dan Evans
Beatriz Haddad Maia (22) vs. Anna Kalinskaya (15)
Grandstand
Start time: 11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT
TV: ESPN, Tennis Channel
Karolina Muchova vs. Anastasia Potapova
Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Jack Draper (25)
Two of the three players to deal Carlos Alcaraz a chastening defeat this season meet for a chance to get into the last 16. The U.S. Open is the site of Draper’s best Grand Slam run, but he comes into it as a kind of avatar for all the nasty, grubby bits of on-court tennis that players hate and fans love to hate. His part in a contentious decision by umpire Greg Allensworth, on match point against Felix Auger-Aliassime in Cincinnati, saw him labelled a “cheat,” in his words, despite the fact that players don’t call their own shots on the ATP Tour and never will. For Van de Zandschulp, lost for words after playing the best tennis of his life to knock out Carlos Alcaraz, it’s another chance to show off his speed and all-court tennis.
Jack Draper and Felix Auger-Aliassime’s controversial match point in Cincinnati (Jamie Squire / Getty Images)
Jessika Ponchet vs. Caroline Wozniacki
Matteo Arnaldi (30) vs. Jordan Thompson
Stadium 17
Start time: 11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT
TV: ESPN, Tennis Channel
David Goffin vs. Tomas Machac
The funny thing about tennis is that you can go all your career never playing somebody, then play one match that writes itself into your brain and won’t go away. For David Goffin, that match is the first round of this year’s Wimbledon, and that player is Olympic gold medallist in mixed doubles Tomas Machac. Goffin was up 5-0 in the final set against the Czech, and he lost it 7-6. Now they face each other in the most open quarter of a men’s Grand Slam draw for some time.
Ashlyn Krueger (Q) vs. Liudmila Samsonova (16)
Nuno Borges vs. Jakub Mensik
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(Top photo: Daniil Medvedev; Matthew Stockman / Getty Images)
