Jannik Sinner saved his U.S. Open title defence on monitor on Saturday (August 30, 2025) as Iga Swiatek struggled by way of to the final 16 and residential favorite Coco Gauff booked a blockbuster conflict with Naomi Osaka.
Sinner rallied from a set all the way down to beat Denis Shapovalov 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 and is making an attempt to turn into the primary man to retain the title in New York since Roger Federer in 2008.
“I was in a very difficult moment today,” stated Sinner. “The scoreline was a bit against me today, but I just tried to stay 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 completely different. It’s getting tougher and tougher, also physically and mentally,” stated Sinner.
To illustrate 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 damage.
“I didn’t want to finish like that, especially against Flavio. He’s probably one of my best friends 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 resulting from damage.
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 turn into 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 sets.
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 gained 4-6, 7-6 (9/7), 6-4, 6-4 in 3hr 48min.
Germany’s Alexander Zverev in motion throughout his third spherical match in opposition to Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime
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It is the primary 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 here since 2018. I’m still young, it’s been a few years but I’m working my way,” stated the 25-year-old Auger-Aliassime, who beat a top-five participant at a Grand Slam for the primary time.
“The tournament’s still going, the job’s not done but this means a lot 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 in opposition to Russian twenty ninth seed Anna Kalinskaya below the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The world quantity two slid 5-1 behind within the opening set however saved 4 set factors and gained 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 in opposition to 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 by way of to a last-16 assembly with Ekaterina Alexandrova.
“I felt like I had nothing to lose because I was losing pretty bad. So in the end I just went for it because what else can you 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 amassing 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 in opposition to Poland’s Magdalena Frech.
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“It’s been an emotional week, but I think I needed those tough moments to move forward. I was putting so much pressure on myself,” stated Gauff, by way of to the final 16 at Flushing Meadows for the fourth 12 months in a row.
“I think today showed I was really having fun out there.”
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
Four-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 sets.
Japan’s Naomi Osaka celebrates successful her third spherical match in opposition to Australia’s Daria Kasatkina
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“Everyone will be watching. That’s what tennis needs,” 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 gained 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 sets.
