Jannik Sinner stored his U.S. Open title defence on observe on Saturday (August 30, 2025) as Iga Swiatek struggled via to the final 16 and residential favorite Coco Gauff booked a blockbuster conflict with Naomi Osaka.
Sinner rallied from a set right down to beat Denis Shapovalov 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 and is making an attempt to grow to be the primary man to retain the title in New York since Roger Federer in 2008.
“I used to be in a really tough second at the moment,” stated Sinner. “The scoreline was a bit towards me at the moment, however I simply tried to remain there mentally.”
World primary Sinner awaits the winner of the night session match between U.S. 14th seed Tommy Paul and Alexander Bublik, the twenty third seed from Kazakhstan.
“Week two is totally completely different. It’s getting harder and harder, additionally bodily and mentally,” stated Sinner.
As an example that time there have been three extra retirements within the males’s draw on Saturday after the injury-induced exit of sixth seed Ben Shelton the day earlier than.
Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti and 435th-ranked Swiss qualifier Leandro Riedi all moved on when their opponents threw within the towel.
Eighth seed De Minaur led Daniel Altmaier 6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 6-4, 2-0 when the German retired, whereas tenth seed Musetti held a two-set lead over Flavio Cobolli earlier than the latter packed it in due to an arm harm.
“I didn’t need to end like that, particularly towards Flavio. He’s most likely certainly one of my finest mates on tour,” stated Musetti.
Riedi grew to become the lowest-ranked man to achieve the fourth spherical of a serious since 2002 as Polish opponent Kamil Majchrzak retired after eight video games attributable to harm.
Unseeded Jaume Munar, 28, additionally superior in what’s his most profitable efficiency at a Grand Slam however Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong noticed his courageous run ended by a five-set loss to fifteenth seed Andrey Rublev.
The 21-year-old Wong had grow to be the primary participant from Hong Kong ever to win a Grand Slam singles match within the Open period.
Zverev knocked out in U.S. Open third spherical
Alexander Zverev crashed out within the U.S. Open third spherical after shedding to Canadian twenty fifth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in 4 units.
Zverev, the 2020 U.S. Open runner-up, claimed the primary set and had a set level within the second however got here unstuck as Auger-Aliassime received 4-6, 7-6 (9/7), 6-4, 6-4 in 3hr 48min.
Germany’s Alexander Zverev in motion throughout his third spherical match towards Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime
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It’s the first time Zverev has failed to achieve the second week in New York since 2018. He suffered his earliest Grand Slam exit in six years at Wimbledon final month after shedding in spherical one.
Auger-Aliassime’s finest run at a serious got here when he reached the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows 4 years in the past.
“This feels good. I’ve been coming right here since 2018. I’m nonetheless younger, it’s been just a few years however I’m working my method,” stated the 25-year-old Auger-Aliassime, who beat a top-five participant at a Grand Slam for the primary time.
“The event’s nonetheless going, the job’s not completed however this implies quite a bit to me.”
Auger-Aliassime advances to a fourth-round assembly with Russian fifteenth seed Andrey Rublev on Monday.
Swiatek fights again
Swiatek confirmed nice resolve to dig herself out of hassle towards Russian twenty ninth seed Anna Kalinskaya underneath the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The world quantity two slid 5-1 behind within the opening set however saved 4 set factors and received a tie-break earlier than ultimately seeing off Kalinskaya 7-6 (7/2), 6-4.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek celebrates successful her third spherical match towards Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya.
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Swiatek, the 2022 US Open champion and six-time main winner, was removed from her finest however scrambled via to a last-16 assembly with Ekaterina Alexandrova.
“I felt like I had nothing to lose as a result of I used to be shedding fairly unhealthy. So in the long run I simply went for it as a result of what else are you able to do?” Swiatek stated of her fightback.
Russian thirteenth seed Alexandrova has by no means made it previous the fourth spherical at a Grand Slam however destroyed Laura Siegemund 6-0, 6-1 and has surrendered simply 10 video games en path to the second week in New York.
Coco Gauff sweeps previous
Gauff swept previous Polish twenty eighth seed Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-1 in her most polished show of the event to spice up her hopes of gathering a second US Open title.
After battling to a tearful victory within the earlier spherical, a way more composed Gauff dispatched Frech with relative ease to start Saturday’s motion.
U.S.’ Coco Gauff celebrates successful her third spherical match towards Poland’s Magdalena Frech.
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“It’s been an emotional week, however I believe I wanted these robust moments to maneuver ahead. I used to be placing a lot stress on myself,” stated Gauff, via to the final 16 at Flushing Meadows for the fourth yr in a row.
“I believe at the moment confirmed I used to be actually having enjoyable on the market.”
Gauff heads right into a showdown on Monday (September 1, 2025) with former world primary Osaka after the Japanese star beat Australian fifteenth seed Daria Kasatkina 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
Osaka enjoys her finest U.S. Open
4-time Grand Slam champion Osaka is having fun with her finest U.S. Open exhibiting since successful the event for the second time in 2020.
The last-16 match will likely be a repeat of the duo’s first assembly on the US Open in 2019, when Osaka overpowered the then 15-year-old Gauff in straight units.
Japan’s Naomi Osaka celebrates successful her third spherical match towards Australia’s Daria Kasatkina
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“Everybody will likely be watching. That’s what tennis wants,” stated Venus Williams, who progressed to spherical three of the the ladies’s doubles on Saturday with associate Leylah Fernandez.
Wimbledon runner-up and eighth seed Amanda Anisimova beat Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Karolina Muchova received an all-Czech encounter with Linda Noskova 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-2. Ukrainian twenty seventh seed Marta Kostyuk overcame France’s Diane Parry in three units.
Revealed – August 31, 2025 09:11 am IST
