Day Four of the US Open gets underway today, Thursday, August 31, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, featuring Andy Murray, Carlos Alcaraz, and Aryna Sabalenka among many others.
2012 US Open champion Murray will be the first to take to Arthur Ashe today, where he will face nineteenth seed Grigor Dimitrov. The Brit looked strong in his opening-round match against Corentin Moutet, defeating the Frenchman in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5, 6-3. Murray has since said that he feels as though he is playing his best tennis since his hip surgery in 2017, highlighting that he is optimistic about achieving a deep run at the Slam.
Meanwhile, Dimitrov got through the first round with a bit more difficulty, defeating Alex Molcan in a five-set battle where three sets went to a tiebreak. The match went on for almost four hours and 40 minutes, making it the longest of the day. The Bulgarian made it to the fourth round of the 2023 French Open and Wimbledon. However, he is currently dealing with a back injury which is making it difficult for him to play at his best.
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The two men have faced each other 11 times in the past. Murray has a commanding lead of 8-3 in their head-to-head, but this will be their first match in 7 years.
Later in the day on Arthur Ashe, defending US Open champion Alcaraz will take on South African player Lloyd Harris. In his opening round, the Spaniard won the first set against Dominik Keopfer 6-2 before the German retired from the match in the second set. Meanwhile, Harris defeated Guido Pella in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.
Alcaraz and Harris have never played against each other, and Harris’ powerful serve could see him hit some exciting winners. However, the top seed looked to be very much on form against Keopfer, suggesting that Alcaraz will continue his bid to defend his US Open title.
American player Madison Keys will also feature on Arthur Ashe, taking on lucky loser Yanina Wickmayer. American No. 1 Jessica Pegula will then close out the day on the main court, where she will play against Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig.
The highest-ranked player on Louis Armstrong today will be World No. 2 Sabalenka. The Belarusian took a commanding victory against Maryna Zanevska in the opening round, winning 6-3, 6-2. She will face World No. 96 Jodie Anna Burrage, who is in the main draw of the US Open for the first time. Burrage won a surprise straight-sets victory against World No. 37 Anna Blinkova in her first match but it is likely that Sabalenka will be the one to progress through to the third round.
Opening the day on Louis Armstrong will be sixth seed Jannik Sinner., who will be taking on his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-1, 6-1. The two Italians have faced each other twice in the past, with Sinner leading the head-to-head 2-0.
26th seed Elina Svitolina will also feature on Louis Armstrong, playing against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, before thirteenth seed Daria Kasastkina takes on Sofia Kenin. Closing out the day on the second most important court will be third seed Daniil Medvedev, who is likely to take the win against Australia’s Christopher O’Connell.
Over on Grandstand the day will start with a match between two American wild cards as Michael Mmoh takes on John Isner, who will be retiring after his US Open run comes to an end.
Ninth seed and reigning Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova will then play against Martina Trevisan, followed by a face-off between Gael Monfils and eighth seed Andrey Rublev. Finally, fifth seed Ons Jabeur will take on Linda Noskova.
On Court 17, twelfth seed Alexander Zverev will be up against his fellow German player Daniel Altmaier, before 2016 US Open champion Stan Wawrinka faces 30th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Closing out the day on Court 17 will be a match between two qualifiers, as Greet Minnen, who defeated Venus Williams in the first round, takes on another American, this time in the form of 28-year-old Sachia Vickery, who defeated Donna Vekic in her opening match.
Elsewhere, sixteenth seed Cameron Norrie will take on qualifier Yu Hsiou Hsu on Court 11, while thirteenth seed Alex de Minaur will be up against Yibing Wu on Court 13.
Thursday, August 31, 2023 | |||
Day 10 | |||
Arthur Ashe Stadium Starts At 12:00 PM | |||
R64 | Andy Murray | VS | Grigor Dimitrov |
R64 | Yanina Wickmayer | VS | Madison Keys |
R64 | Carlos Alcaraz | VS | Lloyd Harris |
Starts At 9:00 PM | |||
R64 | Patricia Maria Tig | VS | Jessica Pegula |
Louis Armstrong Stadium Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Lorenzo Sonego | VS | Jannik Sinner |
R64 | Jodie Anna Burrage | VS | Aryna Sabalenka |
R64 | Elina Svitolina | VS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
R64 | Daria Kasatkina | VS | Sofia Kenin |
Starts At 8:15 PM | |||
R64 | Daniil Medvedev | VS | Christopher O'Connell |
Grandstand Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Michael Mmoh | VS | John Isner |
R64 | Martina Trevisan | VS | Marketa Vondrousova |
R64 | Gael Monfils | VS | Andrey Rublev |
R64 | Ons Jabeur | VS | Linda Noskova |
Court 4 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Lauren Davis Anastasia Detiuc | VS | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |
R64 | Roberto Carballes Baena Bernabe Zapata Miralles | VS | Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek |
R64 | Yulia Putintseva Katie Boulter | VS | Lin Zhu Fang-Hsien Wu |
R64 | Kamilla Rakhimova Elina Avanesyan | VS | Clara Burel Diane Parry |
Court 5 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Yafan Wang | VS | Katie Boulter |
R64 | Matteo Berrettini | VS | Arthur Rinderknech |
R64 | Nicolas Jarry | VS | Alex Michelsen |
R64 | Adrian Mannarino Arthur Rinderknech | VS | Tyler Zink Eliot Spizzirri |
Court 6 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Camila Osorio Linda Fruhvirtova | VS | Su-Wei Hsieh Xinyu Wang |
R64 | Victoria Azarenka Beatriz Haddad Maia | VS | Timea Babos Anna Bondar |
R64 | Jean-Julien Rojer Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez | VS | Guido Andreozzi Francisco Cerundolo |
R64 | Martina Trevisan Elisabetta Cocciaretto | VS | Magda Linette Bernarda Pera |
Court 7 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Peyton Stearns | VS | Clara Tauson |
R64 | Wesley Koolhof Neal Skupski | VS | Christopher Eubanks Ben Shelton |
R64 | Andrey Golubev Roman Safiullin | VS | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran Aleksandar Kovacevic |
Court 8 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Daria Saville Irina Khromacheva | VS | Fiona Crawley Carson Tanguilig |
R64 | Nadiia Kichenok Danielle Collins | VS | Storm Hunter Elise Mertens |
R64 | Sebastian Ofner Alexandre Muller | VS | Denis Kudla Vasil Kirkov |
Court 9 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Aslan Karatsev Saketh Myneni | VS | Laslo Djere Marc-Andrea Huesler |
R64 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | VS | Nadia Podoroska Mayar Sherif |
R64 | Latisha Chan Zhaoxuan Yang | VS | Anna Blinkova Varvara Gracheva |
R64 | Marcelo Demoliner Yuki Bhambri | VS | Hugo Nys Jan Zielinski |
Court 10 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Stefanos Tsitsipas Petros Tsitsipas | VS | Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela David Vega Hernandez |
R64 | Eva Lys | VS | Lucia Bronzetti |
R64 | Arthur Fils | VS | Matteo Arnaldi |
R64 | Felipe Meligeni Alves | VS | Sebastian Baez |
Court 11 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Asia MuhammadCaroline Dolehide | VS | Vera Zvonareva Laura Siegemund |
R64 | Ekaterina Alexandrova | VS | Lesia Tsurenko |
R64 | Yu Hsiou Hsu | VS | Cameron Norrie |
R64 | Botic Van de Zandschulp | VS | Daniel Evans |
Court 12 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Jack Draper | VS | Hubert Hurkacz |
R64 | Karolina Pliskova | VS | Clara Burel |
R64 | Albano Olivetti Robert Galloway | VS | John Isner Jack Sock |
R64 | Emma Navarro Peyton Stearns | VS | Heather Watson Anna Danilina |
Court 13 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Qinwen Zheng | VS | Kaia Kanepi |
R64 | Liudmila Samsonova | VS | Tamara Korpatsch |
R64 | Yibing Wu | VS | Alex de Minaur |
R64 | Veronika Kudermetova Liudmila Samsonova | VS | Jasmine Paolini Xiyu Wang |
Court 14 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Edouard Roger-Vasselin Santiago Gonzalez | VS | Fabrice Martin Maxime Cressy |
R64 | Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel | VS | Hao-Ching Chan Giuliana Olmos |
R64 | Nicolas Mahut Pierre-Hugues Herbert | VS | Marton Fucsovics Alexei Popyrin |
R64 | Zhizhen Zhang Daniel Elahi Galan | VS | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos |
R64 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anna Kalinskaya | VS | Jennifer Brady Luisa Stefani |
Court 15 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Matwe MiddelkoopMate Pavic | VS | Fabien Reboul Sadio Doumbia |
R64 | Kevin Krawietz Tim Puetz | VS | Gregoire Barrere Quentin Halys |
R64 | Lyudmyla Kichenok Jelena Ostapenko | VS | Andrea Gamiz Sara Sorribes Tormo |
R64 | Maximo Gonzalez Andres Molteni | VS | Juan Pablo Varillas Pedro Cachin |
Court 17 Starts At 11:00 AM | |||
R64 | Alexander Zverev | VS | Daniel Altmaier |
R64 | Tomas Martin Etcheverry | VS | Stan Wawrinka |
R64 | Petra Martic | VS | Marie Bouzkova |
R64 | Greet Minnen | VS | Sachia Vickery |