US Open day seven: Coco Gauff leads American push for last eight
Jack Draper reached the fourth round on Sunday but Dan Evans bowed out.
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Your support makes all the difference.Coco Gauff headlines five Americans all trying to make it through to the quarter-finals on day seven of the US Open.
On Saturday, there was mixed success for Britain as Jack Draper went through to the fourth round but Dan Evans limped out.
After the major upsets on Thursday and Friday, Arthur Ashe Court provided no upsets as world number ones Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner eased through.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at how day six unfolded.
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Draper moves on
Jack Draper equalled his best run at a grand slam by reaching the fourth round of the US Open.
The 22-year-old, who repeated his 2023 feat in New York, destroyed Carlos Alcaraz’s slayer Botic van De Zandschulp in straight sets.
It was a predictable case of after the Lord Mayor’s Show for the Dutchman, who produced one of the biggest shocks in recent memory by beating the Spaniard on Thursday night.
Dan Evans is out, though, after a straight-sets loss to Alex de Minaur where his physical condition deteriorated quickly.
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It's something that's crazy, if they told me at the beginning of the year before the Australian Open, I'd say I don't know what they were thinking
Salisbury’s 20-20 vision
British doubles king Joe Salisbury made it a staggering 20 matches unbeaten in New York as his and partner Rajeev Ram’s invincibility continues.
The pair are gunning for a fourth straight men’s doubles title at Flushing Meadows after beating Lloyd Glasspool and Rinky Hijikata.
Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic were the last men to beat them, back in 2020.
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What’s on tomorrow
Arthur Ashe: Rublev v Dimitrov, Navarro v Gauff, Tiafoe v Popyrin, Zheng v VekicLouis Armstrong: Badosa v Wang, Ruud v Fritz, Nakashima v Zverev, Mertens v Sabalenka