US Open Sets 8 Quarterfinal Matches as Sabalenka Chases 3rd Straight Title
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 8
US Open Sets 8 Quarterfinal Matches as Sabalenka Chases 3rd Straight Title
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Sep 8
Summary
Eight singles quarterfinals begin Tuesday at the US Open, trimming the men’s and women’s draws to four semifinalists over two days in New York.
Aryna Sabalenka enters as the women’s top seed and two-time defending champion, having not dropped a set in four matches while pursuing a third straight Flushing Meadows title.
American hopes on the women’s side rest with No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 4 Coco Gauff, while the men’s draw features three U.S. quarterfinalists—Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and unseeded Alex Michelsen.
Tiafoe’s matchup with Michelsen guarantees at least one American men’s semifinalist, even as No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz faces Shelton in the other Tuesday quarterfinal.
A Sabalenka three-peat would match Serena Williams’ 2012-14 run, while an American men’s champion would end a drought stretching back to Andy Roddick in 2003.