Third round singles action concludes on Saturday in New York.
The bottom half of the women’s singles draw is stacked, and includes four multi-time Major singles champions: Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and Elena Rybakina. They will all contest their third round matches on Saturday, as will 2025 Australian Open champ Madison Keys, who takes on Olympic gold medalist Qinwen Zheng. And in a battle between two of the WTA’s most impressive young stars, Alexandra Eala faces Iva Jovic.
ATP action on Saturday features top-seeded Alexander Zverev, 2024 runner-up Taylor Fritz, and another matchup between two up-and-coming top 20 players: Learner Tien and Jakub Mensik.
Here’s a rundown of the most notable matches on Day 7 (in chronological order, all times local):
Anastasia Potapova (24) vs. Amanda Anisimova (10) – 11:00am on Louis Armstrong Stadium
Anisimova required three sets in the last round to overcome impressive teenager Lilli Tagger. But at the last two Majors, Amanda went out in the third round. She’s 1-0 against Potapova, though their only prior encounter occurred over seven years ago on clay.
Madison Keys (22) vs. Qinwen Zheng (Q) – 11:00am on Grandstand
Keys scarcely survived the last round, going all the way to a third-set tiebreak against Anna Bondar. The 31-year-old has reached the round of 16 at the first three Majors of the year, yet she has failed to go farther. Keys has split two meetings with Qinwen, who has already won five matches across the last two weeks, after coming through qualifying. The former World No.4 has missed much of the past year due to injury, and is now ranked 121st.
Taylor Fritz (6) vs. Francisco Cerundolo (24) – 11:30am on Arthur Ashe Stadium
Fritz has stormed through the draw thus far, dropping only two games in his second round match. By stark contrast, Cerundolo played a five-setter in the second round against Jan-Lennard Struff. And this is actually the first time Cerundolo has ever appeared in the third round of the US Open. These players also split their two prior matchups, with both taking place on clay.
Iga Swiatek (8) vs. Marie Bouzkova (25) – Second on Grandstand
Swiatek dropped five games in each of her first two matches, as she vies to reach the second week in New York for the sixth consecutive year. She’s 3-0 against Bouzkova, and has claimed all six sets they’ve played.
Cristina Bucsa vs. Coco Gauff (4) – Not Before 1:30pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium
Gauff is now on an eight-match winning streak, and since losing the first set of her opening round in Cincinnati, has claimed 16 sets in a row. Three years ago at Indian Wells, she beat Bucsa in straights, though Bucsa did advance to the fourth round here last year.
Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Elena Rybakina (2) – Not Before 5:00pm on Grandstand
Rybakina is also yet to drop a set, at the only Major where she is yet to achieve a quarterfinal. Three months ago at Roland Garros, she was upset by Ukraine’s Starodubtseva in a third-set tiebreak. Rybakina struck a total of 71 unforced errors in that match, with 52 of them via her forehand, amidst hot and humid conditions in Paris.
Iva Jovic (14) vs. Alexandra Eala (17) – Not Before 7:00pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium
18-year-old Jovic is 33-18 on the year, though her results have tapered off since achieving her first Major quarterfinal this past January in Melbourne. 21-year-old Eala is 40-20 on the year, and has gone 10-2 this summer on hard courts, which includes a title run in Washington. Jovic is already 2-0 this season against Eala, with straight-set victories on both clay on grass.
Naomi Osaka (13) vs. Elise Mertens (23) – Not Before 7:00pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium
On Thursday, Osaka split the first two sets with Katerina Siniakova, before comfortably taking the third 6-1. Mertens is enjoying a strong summer, which has seen her reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals, as well as reach a final just last week in Monterrey. Osaka leads their head-to-head 6-3, with two straight-set wins within the last few months.
Alexander Zverev (1) vs. Alejandro Tabilo (25) – Last on Arthur Ashe Stadium
Zverev has already played two five-setters, and spent well over nine hours on court. Tabilo won both of his first two rounds in four sets, to notch his best result in New York to date. These players also met at last year’s US Open, which saw Zverev prevail in straights.
Jakub Mensik (17) vs. Learner Tien (14) – Last on Louis Armstrong Stadium
Tien ended the Major career of Gael Monfils on Thursday night. Previously 0-4 at his home Slam, the 20-year-old American is yet to drop a set, and was an Australian Open quarterfinalist earlier this year. 21-year-old Mensik went all the way to the semifinals at Roland Garros, and owns previous success on American hard courts, having won the title in Miami last year. They’ve only met once, at the 2024 Next Gen Finals, which is played under an abbreviated scoring system. But Tien took that match in five.
Saturday’s full Order of Play is here.
