We’re closing this blog now, but the cavalry will arrive in the USA later and fire up another live blog. There’s the small matter of the Williams sisters in the doubles, and they will go up against Linda Noskova and Lucie Hradecka in the first round.
Bye for now.
Muguruza, impressively, fights back for a straight-sets win against Fruhvirtova, earning herself a third-round match against Petra Kvitova.
Norrie speaks to Greg Rusedski on Amazon Prime: “I’m just happy to be through it, I was just really nervous for today, I couldn’t put my finger on why. Just wasn’t feeling the ball that well … it was tough playing Joao, he was playing everything to my backhand … just happy to be through, on a day I wasn’t feeling good, and like you said, tricky conditions.”
Norrie is asked about the fact that Britain has four players in the third round for the first time in 25 years: “That’s very cool … Jack Draper had a brutal draw, and took care of both his opponents pretty comfortably. It’s great, we’re all feeding off each other … we’re all enjoying our tennis and we’re in good form … it’s nice to show that all the hard work is paying off.
“Holger’s a very competitive kid …he’s kind of the next generation of tennis … we always have a battle, it’s going to be tough, I am definitely going to have to improve.”
Norrie beats Sousa! 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(4)
Cameron Norrie is the fourth British player into the third round at Flushing Meadows!
The commentators say Norris is not at his best – Henman says he was “struggling with his breathing at times” – anyway, he is safely through.
Norrie will face the talented young Dane, Holger Rune, in the third round.
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Two match points for Norrie at 6-4!
Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk declined to shake hands with Victoria Azarenka, opting only for a racket tap, after she was defeated 6-2, 6-3 by the Belarusian in the second round of the US Open.
“It was just my choice,” she said. “I don’t know any single person who condemned the war publicly, and the actions of their government, so I don’t feel like I can support this. We had a great match, don’t get me wrong. She’s a great competitor, I respect her as an athlete but that has nothing to do with her as a human being.”
Sousa hits wide and it’s 5-2 Norrie … he can almost touch the third round.
Right, over on Court 12, Norrie is a mini-break up in this tie-break against Sousa. 6-4, 6-4, 6-6 (4-2) is the overall score.
Cornet beats Siniakova! 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
That was a helluva match. Cornet, the player who dumped out Raducanu, has now reached the third round at every grand slam this year – for the first time in her career. She has played 63 consecutive grand slams, which is crazy.
Tie-breaker for Norrie and Sousa in the third!
Men’s singles: Brouwer and Musetti are into a fourth set, Musetti having won the past two after Brouwer took the first on a tie-break.
Siniakova is serving to stay in the match at 5-2 to Cornet in the third.
Cornet is such a clever player – it feels like Siniakova is striking the ball better, and being more attacking, but Cornet is getting pretty much everything back and just staying in every point.
Meanwhile, Muguruza has hauled herself back to 4-4 in the second set with Fruhvirtova. Muguruza won the first 6-0.
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Norrie 5-5 Sousa in the third set. Can Norrie snatch a straight-sets win?
Tumaini Carayol witnessed Dan Evans’ win against James Duckworth earlier. Here is his report:
Cornet 6-1, 1-1, 4-2 Siniakova (*denotes next server)
Cornet breaks! Siniakova, who is trying to put pace on the rallies, saves one break point but not a second. Cornet is trying to take pace off, with tricky drop-shots and slices. It’s working pretty well, just as it did against Raducanu in the first round.
Norrie and Sousa are locked at 4-4 in the third. Norrie searching for the break that could seal a straight sets win … and Sousa manages to hold. 5-4.
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I’m not sure what the problem is, but Cornet is physically struggling against Siniakova … and Siniakova is starting to lean into her ground strokes and hit them with plenty of power and accuracy. Cornet is hanging in there, mind you. At 3-2 and Siniakova serving, she has a glimpse at 15-30 … then at 30-30, Cornet wins a point she has absolutely no right to, chasing down a smash and then passing her opponent. Siniakova smashes her racket to the floor in frustration. Then she saves the break point with a big first serve.
Musetti won a set back against Brouwer. In the third, Brouwer is 3-2 up and has two break points.
Alcaraz beats Coria! 6-2, 6-1, 7-5
Alcaraz eases through in straight sets, then has a chat with Amazon Prime:
“I love playing tennis. I enjoy playing tennis. That’s the secret, you know? On this court it’s easy to enjoy and play your game. And with my team in the box it’s easier you know, in the tough moments you saw, [when I was] a little bit angry … they made me smile in those moments … you have to enjoy playing tennis.”
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Muguruza 6-0, 0-2 Fruhvirtova
Having hammered Fruhvirtova in the first set, Muguruza is broken early in the second.
Norrie 6-4, 6-4, 2-2 *Sousa (*denotes next server)
Norrie, the man who took the opening set off Novak Djokovic before losing in a Wimbledon semi-final a couple of months ago, holds serve for parity in the third set, crunching a wide ace to seal it. He is moving really well and striking the ball with authority from the baseline. Pretty much everything in his game looks solid.
At 2-1 in the third and final set, Cornet needs a hand from the doctor, and there’s a break in play in her meeting with Siniakova. They are checking her blood pressure, it looks like.
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Norrie moves a step closer to progress, taking the second set v Sousa 6-4. He also won the first set 6-4. Sousa has held serve to begin the third.
Garbine Muguruza has flown out of the blocks against Linda Fruhvirtova, winning the first set 6-0.
Cornet 6-1, 1-6 Siniakova
Siniakova, the world No 83 who plays doubles with the 2021 Roland Garros champion Barbora Krejcikova, stormed to a one-sided victory in the second set v Cornet. So it’s all on the third, decisive set.
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Coria 2-6, 1-6, 4-4 *Alcaraz (*denotes next server)
The No 3 seed is closing in on the third round here, serving to move within a game of sealing a straight-sets win.
*Norrie 6-4, 5-4 Sousa (*denotes next server)
Cameron Norrie, the South African-born British player, is now serving for the set against Sousa on Court 12.
*Cornet 6-1, 1-4 Siniakova (*denotes next server)
The Czech player has roared back into this, and she breaks her opponent, then backs it up with a hold of serve.
Zheng beats Potapova! 7-6(4), 7-6(3)
The world No 39 eases into the third round with a straight-sets victory against Potapova, who is Russian-born, but of course not playing under the Russian flag at this tournament.
Siniakova leads in the second set v Cornet, 2-1, and it’s with serve.
Sinner beats Eubanks! 6-4, 7-6(8), 6-2
Mentioned by many as a dark horse for the men’s title (or relatively under the radar at least) the 11th seed Jannik Sinner progresses to the third round with a straight-sets win against Christopher Eubanks.
In the men’s singles, Gijs Brouwer dominates that first-set tie-break against Lorenzo Musetti, winning it 7-1.
In the women’s singles, meanwhile, 17 of the 32 seeds have exited the tournament at this early stage, which is quite the stat.
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Norrie holds for 1-1 in the second v Sousa.
Now, a quick glance around the courts:
Cornet, conquerer of Raducanu in the first round, has just won the first set against Siniakova. And pretty easily too, taking it 6-1.
Women’s singles:
Begu 3-6, 5-5 Yuan
Potapova 6-7(4), 6-6
Men’s singles:
Brouwer 6-6 Musetti
Coria 2-6, 1-6, 0-1 Alcaraz
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*Norrie 6-4, 0-1 Sousa (*denotes next server)
Norrie takes Sousa to deuce – but the Portuguese player hangs on and edges ahead in the second set.
The No 3 seed, Alcaraz, is 4-1 up on Coria now, having won the first set 6-2 … actually make that 5-1. He’s relentless. There really is no escape from Alcaraz.
Thanks Niall and hello again, everyone.
A shock to see Badosa go out. You can’t win the US Open in the first week, but you can certainly lose it.
Norrie takes the first set 6-4! He makes heavy weather of the service hold, slipping 0-30 down, but mistakes from Sousa allow him to turn things around. On set point, a forehand winner seals the deal.
On that note, time to hand back to Luke …
Petra Martic beats Paula Badosa 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2!
Martic serves out the deciding set, and that means the women’s second, third and fourth seeds are all out. The Croatian will play Victoria Azarenka in the third round.
Cam Norrie is in a spot of bother on his own serve, with Sousa carving out a break point –but giving it up with an unforced error. Now he has two break points of his own – and converts the second as Sousa sends a forehand long! Norrie will serve for the first set …
Jannik Sinner is keen to get things done after two hard sets against Eubanks – the Italian has raced to a 4-1 lead in the third. Alizé Cornet is back on court, the conqueror of Emma Raducanu into an early lead against Katerina Siniakova.
Friday’s schedule is out, and it’s a belter. The action at Arthur Ashe Stadium starts with Murray v Berrettini at 12pm NY time, followed by Keys v Gauff. In the evening, Serena Williams continues her farewell tour against Ajla Tomljanovic, and then Daniil Medvedev takes on Wu Yibing, the first Chinese man to win a grand slam singles match since 1959.
The Louis Armstrong line-up isn’t bad either: Jabeur v Rodgers, Paul v Ruud, Riske-Amritraj v Wang; and then Andreescu v Garcia and Kyrgios v Wolf in the evening. Jack Draper takes on Karen Khachanov in the third match on the Grandstand court.
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Norrie was broken back in the fourth game, and we’ve stayed on serve ever since, with Sousa now 4-3 up. Nothing is slowing down Carlos Alcaraz, now 6-2, 2-0 up on Federico Coria.
It’s all gone rapidly wrong for Paula Badosa – after winning the first set, she now trails Martic 6-7 (5), 6-1, 4-1. The No 4 seed looks set to become the fifth woman in the top 10 to exit before the third round.
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Over on Armstrong, Jannik Sinner may have finally shaken off his underdog opponent. It took him five set-points in the first, and Eubanks saved another three in the second-set tie break –but at the fourth time of asking, a big first serve gets the job done.
Alcaraz wraps up the first set on Ashe, taking it 6-2. Cam Norrie has also made a decent start, breaking Sousa in the opening game.
Carlos Alcaraz is under way on Ashe, and leads Argentina’s Federico Coria 3-2 with a break in the first set. On Court 12, Cameron Norrie is warming up before his match against the world No 59, João Sousa.
What else is happening? Well, Borna Coric arrived here as a dark horse after winning in Cincinnati, but his race is run – the 25th seed has just lost 6-4, 7-6 (10), 6-1 to the world No 43, Jenson Brooksby.
Another American hopeful, Christopher Eubanks, is hanging in there against Jannik Sinner – a set down but on course for a tie-break in the second. On Court 17, Paula Badosa took the first set in a tie-break against Petra Martic, but is 3-1 down in the second.
Evans advances to play Marin Cilic – “I played him in Australia, I won in four [but] that was a long time ago. I hope I’m on a little later, hope it cools down a bit.” Evans adds that the windy conditions made it difficult to play his usual game, and has plenty of praise for the other British men making their way through the draw.
Dan Evans beats James Duckworth 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4!
Evans is into the third round after breaking Duckworth to win the fourth set. This was superb stuff, staying aggressive after going 0-30 down and earning an unexpected break point – then converting with a backhand winner down the line. Job done!
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Thanks, Luke. Time to find out just how close Dan Evans is …
That’s quite enough from me for the moment. Over to my colleague, Niall McVeigh, as Dan Evans closes in on the third round …
*Duckworth 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 4-5 Evans (*denotes next server)
Duckworth must serve to stay in the match, and the tournament.
A recap of today’s final scores from the women’s singles second round, too:
Davis 0-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) Alexandrova
Cirstea 6-3, 5-7, 2-6 Bencic
Sasnovich 4-6, 4-6 Pegula
Kostyuk 2-6, 3-6 Azarenka
Haddad Maia 2-6, 4-6 Andreescu
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Duckworth 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 4-4 *Evans (*denotes next server)
The Australian seals a hold of serve with an ace, his 12th of the match.
Badosa and Martic are into a first-set tie-breaker on Court 17. Potapova is 3-2 up on Zheng, with serve, on Court 13.
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Scores on the doors in the men’s singles:
Sinner 6-4, 2-2 Eubanks
Coric 4-6, 6-7(10), 1-2 Brooksby
Final score
Cilic 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3
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*Duckworth 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 3-4 Evans (*denotes next server)
Evans nudges back in front in this fourth set. How he’d love to have this match wrapped up within the next 10 minutes … Duckworth is a fighter though, as you’d expect for someone who has endured 19 or so surgeries in his career.
Duckworth 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 3-3 *Evans (*denotes next server)
Evans pounces on a hint of weakness from the Australian to break back and level the fourth set. He yells with satisfaction, too, having wrested the momentum back from his resurgent opponent.
Right, back to Duckworth v Evans. It’s 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 3-2, with Duckworth to serve a break up in this fourth set.
The top seed Iga Swiatek has a chat after victory over Stephens: “For sure, I’m pretty happy with my focus today … I did better than in Cincinnati [against Stephens], I was pretty solid here from beginning to the end, so I’m pretty happy with that.”
How did she feel walking out on to Arthur Ashe Stadium for the first time? “Honestly I just tried to have the same kind of motivation as on any other court … it’s a dream come true, I remember when I was a junior, coming to watch Serena or Karolina Pliskova and sitting high up in the stands … being in the stadium, and not up there, is awesome, and I’m happy with the change that I made.”
How does she stay focused between the games? “I’m trying not to focus on the score, really be chilled out … it’s hard to explain … it depends how I feel in the morning, how I feel in my body, and trying to find the right solutions.”
On the possibility of playing Serena Williams: “Serena is a great example of knowing that the sky is the limit … watching her is amazing, she’s playing better and better every match … hopefully we’re going to meet in the final!
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Swiatek beats Stephens! 6-3, 6-2
The 2017 champion did not put up much of a fight there, in truth … but Swiatek was excellent, denying her opponent the chance to build momentum with her damaging forehand. And on her own forehand side she smoked some brilliant winners.
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*Swiatek 6-3, 5-2 Stephens (*denotes next server)
Stephens holds. Swiatek will serve for the match and a third-round meeting with Lauren Davis.
Following defeat, the Ukrainian Kostyuk refused to shake hands with the Belarussian, Azarenka.
On Court 17, Victoria Azarenka () beats Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 6-2 6-3. Kostyuk stuck her racket out to Azarenka for a racket tap, no proper handshake.
— Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol) September 1, 2022
*Duckworth 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 Evans (*denotes next server)
Trouble for Dan Evans, who is broken to begin in the fourth set, soon after losing the third.
Davis beats Alexandrova! 0-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)
A remarkable turnaround on Court 13 in the second round of the women’s singles. The world No 105 recovers from a first-set bagel to serve up a shock victory and progress to the third round, where she will take on either Swiatek or Stephens … Most likely Swiatek.
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Swiatek 6-3, 4-0 *Stephens (*denotes next server)
Swiatek saves a break point and then seals the game with a fantastic forehand winner, leaping to get on top of the bounce, and striking it unerringly, at top pace, to the corner. Stephens can only watch in admiration, or perhaps frustration. This match is slipping away at a great rate of knots.
Paula Badosa (4) and Petra Martic have also started their match, on Court 17, which is 2-2 and with serve in the first set.
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Jannik Sinner is under way against Chris Eubanks in the second round of the men’s singles, and has raced into a 5-1 first set lead.
*Duckworth 3-6, 2-6, 5-4 Evans (*denotes next server)
Evans is broken! The Australian finds a way to break the British player’s serve. Perhaps we have a game on there after all.
*Swiatek 6-3, 3-0 Stephens (*denotes next server)
Swiatek is seeing it nicely now. She leans into a big return, a backhand that wrong-foots Stephens. Even if it hadn’t wrong-footed her she still would have struggled, to be honest, such was the quality of the strike by the Polish player. However, Stephens saves a couple of break points, and then gees herself up to see if she can build some momentum in this second set. Stephens does exceptionally well to defend a couple of punishing ground strokes from Swiatek to force the advantage. It’s to no avail as Swiatek fights back for another break point, and seals the game with a powerful backhand deep to the corner.
Swiatek 6-3, 2-0 *Stephens (*denotes next server)
Swiatek is already a break up in the second set. She wins her service game thanks to a limp unforced error from her opponent.
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Duckworth 3-6, 2-6, 3-3 *Evans (*denotes next server)
Parity in the third set for Duckworth but Evans, the world No 23, looks like he will win this one comfortably unless the Australian can change the momentum drastically.
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A quick scan around the courts, first the men’s singles:
Cilic 6-3, 5-6 Ramos-Vinolas
Coric 4-6, 6-5 Brooksby
Women’s singles live scores:
Davis 0-6, 6-4, 4-5 Alexandrova
Cirstea 6-3, 5-7, 0-1 Bencic
Final scores:
Pegula 6-4, 6-4 Sasnovich
Azarenka 6-2, 6-3 Kostyuk
Swiatek wins the first set against Stephens, 6-3!
Swiatek opens with a big 110mph serve. A destructive forehand makes it 30-15 … and a missed forehand pass by Stephens brings up two set points. Stephens hits long and after 38 minutes, the Polish world No 1 and top seed has the first set in the bag. Right, back to Duckworth v Evans for a while now.
*Swiatek 5-3 Stephens (*denotes next server)
For the first time Stephens holds to love. “She is missing, she has no feeling,” is what I think Stephens’ coach just said of Swiatek’s game at the moment. Anyway, Swiatek can serve for the first set.
Swiatek 5-2 *Stephens (*denotes next server)
Swiatek holds. Stephens is competing better, overall, compared with those early games when Swiatek was threatening to steamroll her opponent. The shadow is slowly moving off the court as the sun gets higher in the sky. It’s still not ideal for the players but it will be a bit easier serving at the sunny end now. Stephens will serve to to stay in the first set.
Duckworth 3-6, 2-6, 1-1 *Evans (*denotes next server)
A service hold each over on Court 12.
*Swiatek 4-2 Stephens (*denotes next server)
Stephens is getting very few free points on her serve. Swiatek is returning like a champion and keeping the ball away from Stephens’ forehand, which can be such a potent weapon. Swiatek wastes a couple of break points, one with a clumsy volley that flies long, and Stephens makes her pay with an ace for advantage. Swiatek will be thinking about that volley she missed, but anyway, Stephens is two down instead for four down at 5-1, so she’ll take that.
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Swiatek 4-1 *Stephens (*denotes next server)
The French Open champion of 2020 and 2022 consolidates that second break of the first set. Plenty of daylight now between her Stephens.
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Evans wins the second set against Duckworth! 6-3, 6-2
The British player is fully in control over on Court 12.
*Swiatek 3-1 Stephens (*denotes next server)
Stephens takes a stunning, 17-shot rally with a punishing forehand into the corner that Swiatek can only send into the net. Still, there’s a chance for Swiatek at 15-30 and then 15-40 … Stephens saves the first break point with a smash and then a big serve for deuce … but a double fault soon hands Swiatek another break! Both players are hitting the ball nicely and we saw one breath-taking rally in that game.
On Court 12, Duckworth is serving to stay in the second set, at 5-2 to Evans.
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Swiatek 2-1 *Stephens (*denotes next server)
A good job from Stephens to create two break points of her own. Swiatek mishits and hands a break to her opponent, so it’s back on serve.
Duckworth 3-6, 2-4 *Evans (*denotes next server)
The British No 2 is now a break up in the second set, and looking well set for the third round.
*Swiatek 2-0 Stephens (*denotes next server)
Swiatek is already taking the ball early and powerfully, one crushing forehand to the corner leaving Stephens with nowhere to go. Swiatek wins a couple of break points, the first of which is saved by Stephen with a good first serve.
However, Swiatek cracks another fine, deep forehand to the corner, and Stephens cannot control her reply and it flies long. That’s the first break of the match for Swiatek, at the first time of asking.
Swiatek 1-0 *Stephens (*denotes next server)
The Polish world No 1 gets up and running in solid fashion with a comfortable hold of serve. Half the court is in shadow and Stephens squints into the sun before beginning her first service game.
Duckworth 3-6, 2-2 *Evans (*denotes next server)
Duckworth holds again for parity in the second set.
Cilic took the first set v Ramos-Vinolas, 6-3, and they are 2-2 in the second.
Brooksby beat Coric 6-4 in their first set and Coric leads 2-0 in the second.
Iga Swiatek and Sloane Stephens are warming up now on Arthur Ashe stadium, and are seconds away from beginning their second-round match.
*Duckworth 3-6, 1-2 Evans (*denotes next server)
Evans smacks an ace out wide to hold serve having had a battle on his hands from Duckworth. His opponent is growing into this a little, but the British No 2 remains in control of the match overall.
Duckworth 3-6, 1-1 *Evans (*denotes next server)
Duckworth holds to level it at 1-1 in the second set. Evans isn’t dictating quite as much as he was in the first set.
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Iga Swiatek v Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, is up soon in the women’s singles, and promises to be a hard-fought affair.
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*Duckworth 3-6, 0-1 Evans (*denotes next server)
Evans holds serve, and while doing so utters a few audible swearwords in berating himself for a mistake. Rusedski apologises for the “unacceptable language”. Regardless, Evans holds to begin the second set, and celebrates demonstratively having done so.
Evans wins the first set v Duckworth, 6-3!
Incredible movement, at 30-30, from Evans to chase down a drop volley and lob his opponent, to create set point. But he dumps a backhand return into the net for deuce. Evans saves a game point, then earns another break (and set) point … and he does it! Duckworth mishits a forehand from deep behind the baseline and sends it into the net. A solid display by Evans in the first set, to say the least.
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*Duckworth 3-5 Evans (*denotes next server)
Evans is inches away from holding to love after belting an attempted cross-court forehand winner towards the corner. It bounces fractionally wide. He double-faults for 40-30 and then mishits a forehand for deuce. But he gets lucky when Duckworth limply nets a return of serve, and then nets a forehand on the next point. It was nearly a perfect game for Evans, but in the end he relied on a couple of unforced errors from his opponent. Duckworth will serve to stay in the set.
Duckworth 3-4 *Evans (*denotes next server)
Duckworth finally gets it done in the seventh game, after more than 14 minutes, and manages to hold serve. That’s disappointing for Evans, who has converted one out of six break points in the match now. But you have to be there to miss them, I guess. He is creating the chances and he remains in control of this first set.
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In the women’s singles Pegula (8) is 4-3 and two breaks to one up on Sasnovich. Azarenka 4-1 Kostyuk, Cirstea 5-3 Bencic, and Alexandrova beat Davis 6-0 in their first set.
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Cilic is 4-2 and a break up against Ramos-Vinolas. Brooksby is 3-2 and a break up against Coric in their first set.
Another break point passes for Evans … back to deuce … and now another break point for the British player. This is a marathon game.
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*Duckworth 2-4 Evans (*denotes next server)
Another cracking winner from Evans, this time with a one-handed backhand, brings a chance at 15-30. Duckworth soon saves a break point to take it to deuce … then double-faults away a game point of his own, and hits long on another … then he double-faults yet again to give Evans a second break point … a very lengthy deuce battle rumbles on when Evans hits long. As Rusedski say on commentary it’s a huge game for both players, all the more so psychologically, as it moves past the 10-minute mark …
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*Duckworth 2-4 Evans (*denotes next server)
At 30-0 Evans strikes a beautiful, clean, down-the-line forehand winner. At 40-0 Duckworth hits long. It’s all good news so far for the British world No 23.
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Duckworth 2-3 *Evans (*denotes next server)
The 30-year-old Aussie holds serve comfortably to move back within a game. On-court for Amazon Prime, the former British player Tim Henman says Evans “is in the best shape I’ve ever seen”.
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*Duckworth 1-3 Evans (*denotes next server)
Duckworth fluffs an easy half-volley after a long rally, then hits a superb volley at the net to win the next point for 15-all. Evans, who looks pumped up, pumps his fist after winning the next point on his second serve. Mark Petchey, the commentator, says Evans is in the top 15 in the world for average speed of second serve, which is interesting. Rusedski, on co-commentary, reckons Duckworth has had no fewer than 19 surgeries in his injury-plagued career.
Anyway, Evans wins the game, and remains a break up in the first set.
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Duckworth 1-2 *Evans (*denotes next server)
An impressively dynamic start from the British player is rewarded with an early break. He is already making his variation count against Duckworth, who has a big serve, but is perhaps a bit one-dimensional in comparison.
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*Duckworth 1-1 Evans (*denotes next server)
Evans, looking fit and focused, hammers down some convincing serves of his own and holds easily. It looks breezy in Flushing Meadows, all the more so as it’s one of the relatively unprotected outside courts that these two are playing on.
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Duckworth 1-0 *Evans (*denotes next server)
The Australian races to 40-0 after tonking down a few big serves to start the match. Evans fights back for 40-30, but can’t force it to deuce.
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Today’s early matches in the women’s singles are as follows:
Davis v Alexandrova (28)
Cirstea v Bencic (13)
Sasnovich v Pegula (8)
Kostyuk v Azarenka (26)
Dan Evans is up any second, v James Duckworth, on Court 12.
In the men’s singles the other matches beginning now are:
Cilic (15) v Ramos-Vinolas
Coric (25) v Brooksby
John Isner was due to play Holger Rune (28), but he broke his wrist yesterday. So the 19-year-old Dane is through to the third round with a walkover.
In my match yesterday I sustained a fall and subsequently fractured my left wrist. Extremely unfortunate and needless to say am pulling out of the tournament. See y’all in 2023.
— John Isner (@JohnIsner) August 31, 2022
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Amazon Prime are having a chat with Jack Draper, who beat Félix Auger-Aliassime yesterday.
“I’m really proud … to do it on this stage will stick in my mind for a long time,” says Draper. “I remember when I was maybe 12, I was watching Murray play on Louis Armstrong and “Ashe” … so to be out there on this stage … it’s special.”
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“I want to go to bed,” Emma Raducanu said, smiling, as the subject of her press conference shifted to her next plans and goals after she had been usurped in the first round at the US Open as the defending champion. Just over an hour after her defeat by Alizé Cornet, Raducanu had arrived wearing a cap angled low, covering her face, still processing all that had unfolded that evening.”
And here, if you missed it, is the report of Coco Gauff’s win against Elena-Gabriela Ruse:
Here are yesterday’s reports – ones that dropped overnight in the UK, at any rate:
Preamble
Following Jack Draper’s eye-catching win against Felix Auger-Aliassime last night, there is plenty more to pique the interest of British fans at the US Open today, beginning with Dan Evans v James Duckworth from 4pm UK time.
The unseeded Duckworth is ranked No 83 and if Evans, seeded 20th, can replicate the form he showed in a straight-sets first-round win against Jiri Vesely, he should not have too many problems. Ditto the seventh-seeded Cameron Norrie who is in second-round action against Joao Sousa of Portugal (6pm UK time).
Meanwhile in the women’s singles the world No 1, Iga Swiatek, springs back into action against Sloane Stephens on Arthur Ashe Stadium from 5pm UK time, which will be a match to keep a close eye on. Paula Badosa (4) is up against Petra Martic at 5.15pm UK time, before Garbine Muguruza (9) meets Linda Fruhvirtova from 7.15pm.
What better way to kick things off than Tumaini Carayol on Serena Williams’s second-round success against Annett Kontaveit:
