Highlights of the sixth day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Saturday (times in GMT):
Osaka suffers shock loss in U.S. Open, plans to take break from the sportU.S. Open order of play on SundayCzech fourth seed and former finalist Karolina Pliskova made quick work of Ajla Tomljanovic, beating the Australian 6-3 6-2. Pliskova sent down 20 aces and raced through the match without dropping serve.Italy's Jannik Sinner came through a gruelling five-setter against Frenchman Gael Monfils, winning 7-6 6-2 4-6 4-6 6-4 to reach the last 16 for the first time.
Both players smashed six aces apiece, but Kontaveit made 35 unforced errors to hand Swiatek the upper hand in the close contest.Top seed Novak Djokovic continued his bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam and 21st major title with a battling 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-2 win over former finalist Kei Nishikori.
The Italian sixth seed fired 27 aces and won 84% of his first-serve points as he wrapped up the match in three hours 46 minutes."I think with anything you're passionate about, it's always a love/hate relationship, because you want that thing so bad all the time, you want to be perfect. In my case, it's tennis," said Canada's Bianca Andreescu.
"A lot of the times it can be difficult when things don't go your way. You get injured or Naomi had to deal with a lot with like media, social media, all that stuff. I think that's part of the game..."Olympic champion and 11th seed Belinda Bencic, who reached her maiden Grand Slam semi-final at Flushing Meadows in 2019, eased past local hope Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-4.
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