Saturday on the US Open: Jack Draper and Dan Evans bid to succeed in fourth spherical, plus Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek play | Tennis Information

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Jack Draper and Dan Evans are each in third-round motion because the British pair bid to succeed in the second week of the US Open on Saturday, dwell on Sky Sports activities.

Draper takes on Botic van De Zandschulp – who so impressively knocked out world No 3 Carlos Alcaraz in straight units – from roughly 6pm, whereas Evans goes up towards tenth seed Alex de Minaur from midnight to open the night time session on Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Draper and Evans may find yourself dealing with one another in an all-British quarter-final in the event that they had been to win their subsequent two matches, so hopefully the pair can maintain the dream alive with victories on Saturday.

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Draper says he feels good forward of his match towards Botic van de Zandschulp and revealed he stayed as much as watch the Dutchman defeat Carlos Alcaraz

Jack Draper of Great Britain returns against Zhizhen Zhang of China during their Men's Singles First Round match on Day Two of the 2024 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 27, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Sky Sports activities’ Feliciano Lopez believes Draper is able to a deep run within the match, saying on The Verdict: “He has a great opportunity to play in the last rounds here at the US Open. ​​​​​​

“His part is kind of open, with not many seeded gamers left – nevertheless it’s one match at a time. Solely time will inform however I feel he is prepared.”

Switching to Evans’ prospects, Lopez added: “I like watching Evans enjoying. De Minaur is likely one of the greatest gamers on this planet proper now, however Evans has crushed him thrice already on the ATP Tour.

“It’s a very open match and I think nobody likes playing Evans, who has a very unique style.”

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Highlights of the record-breaking opening spherical thriller between Dan Evans and Karen Khachanov

On Arthur Ashe Stadium, US sixth seed Jessica Pegula kicks off proceedings from 5pm towards Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, with males’s No 1 Jannik Sinner to observe for his third-round assembly with Christopher O’Connell.

Ladies’s No 1 Iga Swiatek opens the night session when taking over twenty fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from midnight, whereas males’s fifth seed Daniil Medvedev goes up towards Flavio Cobolli, seeded twenty fifth, following that matchup.

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Iga Swiatek was happy together with her efficiency after thrashing Ena Shibahara 6-0 6-1 to succeed in the third spherical

Elsewhere, Jasmine Paolini – French Open and Wimbledon finalist this 12 months – is in motion on Saturday, together with former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki and US hopeful Tommy Paul, seeded 14th within the males’s draw.

Britain’s Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram tackle Lloyd Glasspool and his companion Rinky Hijikata within the second spherical of the lads’s doubles.

There are 4 different Britons additionally in males’s, girls’s and combined doubles motion on Saturday.

Order of Play (all occasions UK – British gamers in daring)

Arthur Ashe Stadium

5pm

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Esp) vs Jessica Pegula (USA) (6)

Jannik Sinner (Ita) (1) vs Christopher O’Connell (Aus)

12am

Iga Swiatek (Pol) (1) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) (25)

Flavio Cobolli (Ita) (31) vs Daniil Medvedev (Rus) (5)

Louis Armstrong Stadium

4pm

Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) (30) vs Jasmine Paolini (Ita) (5)

Sara Errani (Ita) vs Diana Shnaider (Rus) (18)

Gabriel Diallo (Can) vs Tommy Paul (USA) (14)

12am

Alex de Minaur (Aus) (10) vs Dan Evans (Gbr)

Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) (22) vs Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) (15)

Grandstand

4pm

Karolina Muchova (Cze) vs Anastasia Potapova (Rus)

Botic van De Zandschulp (Ned) vs Jack Draper (Gbr) (25)

Matteo Arnaldi (Fra) vs Caroline Wozniacki (Den)

10pm

Alex de Minaur (Aus) (30) vs Jordan Thompson (Aus)

Stadium 17

4pm

David Goffin (Bel) vs Tomas Machac (Cze)

Doubles Match tbc

Ashlyn Krueger (USA) vs Liudmila Samsonova (Rus) (16)

Nuno Borges (Por) vs Jakub Mensik (Cze)

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