A SNAPSHOT OF PLAY ON DAY SIX AT THE US OPEN
PLAYER OF THE DAY: CoCo Vandeweghe – the Pat Cash-coached American upset 10th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5 4-6 6-4 to advance to the fourth round for the first time.
STAT OF THE DAY: World No.1 Rafael Nadal set up a ninth trip to the round of 16 after consigning Leonardo Mayer to a 1-25 record against top-10 opponents, following Nadal’s 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-1 6-4 win.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You’re going all over it again. You know my statement after the first match? You’re giving me the same questions. I’m here not to talk about betting.” – Alexander Dolgopolov after being asked “In your career, have gamblers ever offered you the opportunity to throw a match?” as the Ukrainian continues to deal with allegations of suspicious betting during his pre-Open loss at Winston-Salem.
HOW THE AUSSIES FARED: Australia’s singles hopes ended with a 7-5 6-2 6-4 third-round loss for John Millman against German Philipp Kohlschreiber, while Nick Kyrgios and Matt Reid crashed out of the men’s doubles with a 6-1 6-1 defeat at the hands of Bob and Mike Bryan.
But John-Patrick Smith is through to the quarter-finals with American Nicholas Monroe after a 6-7 (1-7) 6-4 6-3 win over Paolo Lorenzi and Rogerio Dutra Silva and a third-round walkover due to Fabio Fognini’s spectacular suspension for abusing a chair umpire.
Daria Gavrilova with Russian Daria Kasatkina is also through following a 6-3 7-5 victory over Chia-Jung Chuang and Misaki Doi. But Nick Kyrgios and Matt Reid are out after a 6-1 6-1 loss to Mike and Bob Bryan. French Open finalists Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua also crashed out with a 6-0 3-6 6-4 loss to Shuko Aoyama and Zhaoxuan Yang.
UPSET ALERT: Kasatkina sent French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko packing with a 6-3 6-2 victory in the day’s biggest shock.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: Former champion Juan Martin del Potro is emerging as a title dark horse after thumping 11th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets. Sixth seed Dominic Thiem and ninth seed David Goffin are also through to the last 16. Women’s world No.1 Karolina Pliskova survived a three-set scare against Zhang Shuai to move through to the second week, joined by fourth seed Elina Svitolina and Vandeweghe.