Why Tuesday in New York matters
Alcaraz-Shelton. Tiafoe-Michelsen. Sabalenka-Noskova. Pegula-Navarro. The US Open is still live.
Why these four matches matter
The US Open ends 13 September. On 8 September it is still a quarter-final tournament. That is the most honest thing we can print.
Men: Carlos Alcaraz vs Ben Shelton. Frances Tiafoe vs Alex Michelsen. Women: Aryna Sabalenka vs Linda Noskova. Jessica Pegula vs Emma Navarro. Reuters put Alcaraz-Shelton in the Ashe night session. Sabalenka-Noskova and Tiafoe-Michelsen in the day.
The American sentence
The United States has not had a men’s major champion since Andy Roddick here in 2003. Three American men are in the last eight. Tiafoe beat 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (6). Shelton beat Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. Michelsen reached his first Slam quarter. As of the day session, Tiafoe-Michelsen is live in a fifth set: 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 3-4. That is a score, not a winner.
The women’s sentence
Sabalenka is through: 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 7-6 (10-7) over Noskova, the Wimbledon champion. Pegula and Navarro are still an all-American quarter. Do not pick that winner. Pick a chair.
Sources
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