NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Highlights of the seventh day at the U.S. Open on Saturday (times GMT):
1922 FRITZ ELIMINATED BY CERUNDOLO
Argentine 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo came back from two sets down to beat American ninth seed Taylor Fritz 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 and reach the fourth round.
1841 ANDREEVA REACHES FOURTH ROUND
French Open champion Mirra Andreeva beat Czech Nikola Bartunkova 6-2 7-6(5) to advance to the fourth round at the U.S. Open for the first time. The Russian fifth seed next faces Austria’s 24th-seeded Anastasia Potapova.
1650 ANISIMOVA OUSTED BY POTAPOVA
American 10th seed Amanda Anisimova, last year’s runner-up, crashed out of the U.S. Open in the third round with a 6-2 7-5 defeat by Potapova.
1510 PLAY BEGINS
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U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON SATURDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET)
9-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v 24-Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina)
Cristina Bucsa (Spain) v 4-Coco Gauff (U.S.)
14- Iva Jovic (U.S.) v 17-Alexandra Eala (Philippines)
1-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v 25-Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/1100 ET)
24-Anastasia Potapova (Austria) v 10-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.)
28-Alexander Blockx (Belgium) v 5-Flavio Cobolli (Italy)
13-Naomi Osaka (Japan) v 23-Elise Mertens (Belgium)
17-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) v 14-Learner Tien (U.S.)
GRANDSTAND
22-Madison Keys (U.S.) v Qinwen Zheng (China)
8-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v 25-Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic)
Michael Zheng (U.S.) v Arthur Gea (France)
Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) v 2-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru, Tommy Lund in Gdansk and Nicole Fernandes in Toronto; editing by Clare Fallon)
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