Britain’s main gamers, together with Emma Raducanu, Jack Draper and Katie Boulter, will take to the stage on Tuesday on the US Open, reside on Sky Sports activities.
British girls’s No 1 Boulter will likely be first in motion at 4pm BST when she takes on Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Flushing Meadows.
Boulter has been constant this yr, successful two WTA Tour titles, however she’s going to need to make progress at a Grand Slam as thus far in 2024 she has not gone past the second spherical at one of many majors.
Dan Evans will play second on Courtroom 6, which may happen at round 6pm BST. He’ll face the damaging Karen Khachanov.
Expectations won’t be excessive for Evans as he has received simply 5 ATP Tour matches all yr. However he will likely be buoyed by his heroic shows alongside Andy Murray within the Olympic doubles match in Paris.
Draper’s run to the fourth spherical final yr exhibits he’s a menace on the American onerous courts. Draper will get his match below method in opposition to China’s Zhang Zhizhen. They’re anticipated to play at round 7pm.
Draper, the British males’s No 1, has been accused of dishonest after a controversial match level within the Cincinnati Open in opposition to Felix Auger-Aliassime the place he appeared to hit the ball into the bottom on the web earlier than it looped over.
The umpire Greg Allensworth dominated it was a authorized shot however Draper, who insists he’s not a cheat, has attracted criticism for not conceding the purpose.
Reaching the quarter-finals of that match, nevertheless, is an encouraging signal for Draper, although he did break up with coach Wayne Ferreira simply earlier than this competitors.
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Raducanu wowed one in every of her younger followers at Flushing Meadows
Emma Raducanu, the 2021 US Open champion, won’t play earlier than 11pm BST.
She has a tricky draw, going straight in with one other Grand Slam winner, Sofia Kenin, who received the Australian Open in 2020.
“I just feel a real fire back and desire,” mentioned Raducanu, who reached spherical 4 of Wimbledon this yr, her greatest efficiency at a Slam since her surprising US Open win.
That after all raises the query – can she repeat her historic triumph?
“I’m very, very confident,” Sky Sports activities‘ Naomi Cavaday mentioned of Raducanu’s possibilities. “The US Open is a place that she absolutely loves. She is beyond a superstar there, just like she is here. I could absolutely see her finding her best level.”
Fellow Sky Sports activities commentator Jonathan Overend added: “When she came through qualifying and won in 2021, it deemed all predictions irrelevant for pretty much the rest of time.
“May she do it once more? You must say that completely she may.”
Massive names in motion
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Carlos Alcaraz ended his apply session early after struggling a sudden harm scare simply two days earlier than the beginning of the US Open
Worldwide stars may even be in motion at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Iga Swiatek takes on Kamilla Rakhimova from 5pm.
World No 1 Jannik Sinner, hoping to place his drug-test controversy behind him, performs instantly after in opposition to Mackenzie McDonald.
Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz insists an obvious ankle harm sustained in coaching on Saturday will likely be no obstacle. He’ll put that to the check in opposition to Australia’s Li Tu at midnight.
Order of Play (all instances UK -Brits in daring)
Arthur Ashe Stadium
5pm
Iga Swiatek (Pol) (1) vs Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus)
Jannik Sinner (Ita) (1) vs MacKenzie McDonald (USA)
12am
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) (3) vs Li Tu (Aus)
Shelby Rogers (USA) vs Jessica Pegula (USA) (6)
Louis Armstrong Stadium
4pm
Danielle Collins (USA) (11) vs Caroline Dolehide (USA)
Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) (10) vs Naomi Osaka (Jpn)
Dusan Lajovic (Srb) vs Daniil Medvedev (Rus) (5)
12am
Bianca Andreescu (Can) vs Jasmine Paolini (Ita) (5)
Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) vs Tommy Paul (USA) (14)
Grandstand
4pm
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) (11) vs Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus)
Elena Rybakina (Kaz) (4) vs Destanee Aiava (Aus)
Corentin Moutet (Fra) vs Sebastian Korda (USA) (16)
11pm
Emma Raducanu (Gbr) vs Sofia Kenin (USA)
Stadium 17
4pm
Katie Boulter (Gbr) (31) vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr)
Caroline Wozniacki (Den) vs Nao Hibino (Jpn)
Alex De Minaur (Aus) (10) vs Marcos Giron (USA)
10pm
Mattia Bellucci (Ita) vs Stan Wawrinka (Sui)
Courtroom 5
4pm
Jakub Mensik (Cze) vs Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) (19)
Zhizhen Zhang (Chn) vs Jack Draper (Gbr) (25)
Lauren Davis (USA) vs Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) (15)
Anastasia Potapova (Rus) vs Leylah Fernandez (Can) (23)
Courtroom 10
4pm
Taylah Preston (Aus) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) (25)
Fabio Fognini (Ita) vs Tomas Machac (Cze)
Matteo Arnaldi (Ita) (30) vs Zachary Svajda (USA)
Mayar Sherif (Egy) vs Karolina Pliskova (Cze)
Courtroom 11
4pm
Alejandro Tabilo (Chn) (22) vs David Goffin (Bel)
Mirra Andreeva (Rus) (21) vs Camila Osorio (Col)
Arthur Fils (Fra) (24) vs Learner Tien (USA)
Qiang Wang (Chn) vs Laura Samsonova (Cze) (16)
Courtroom 12
4pm
Shuai Zhang (Chn) vs Ashlyn Krueger (USA)
Eliot Spizzerri (USA) vs Alex Michelsen (USA)
Anna Bondar (Hun) vs Bernarda Pera (USA)
Flavio Cobolli (Ita) (31) vs James Duckworth (Aus)
Courtroom 13
4pm
Fixed Lestienne (Fra) vs Jordan Thompson (Aus)
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita) vs Kateryna Baindl (Ukr)
Facundo Diaz Acosta (Arg) vs Hugo Gaston (Fra)
Nadia Podoroska (Arg) vs Diana Shnaider (Rus) (18)
Courtroom 4
4pm
Mariano Navone (Arg) vs Daniel Altmaier (Ger)
Matthew Forbes (USA) vs Roman Safiullin (Rus)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (Esp) vs Alexa Noel (USA)
Eva Lys (Ger) vs Marie Bouzkova (Cze)
Courtroom 6
4pm
Karolina Muchova (Cze) vs Katie Volynets (USA)
Dan Evans (Gbr) vs Karen Khachanov (Rus) (23)
Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) (30) vs Linda Noskova (Cze)
Christopher O’Connell (Aus) vs Nicolas Jarry (Chl) (26)
Courtroom 7
4pm
Timofey Skatov (Kaz) vs Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) (7)
Renata Zarazua (Mex) vs Caroline Garcia (Fra) (28)
Denis Shapovalov (Can) vs Botic Van de Zandschulp (Ned)
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brz) (22) vs Elina Avanesyan (Rus)
Courtroom 8
4pm
Jessika Ponchet (Fra) vs Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Otto Virtanen (Fin) vs Quentin Halys (Fra)
Xiyu Wang (Chn) vs Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
Jaume Munar (Esp) vs Gabriel Diallo (Can)
Courtroom 14
4pm
Daria Saville (Aus) vs Ena Shibahara (Jpn)
Nuno Borges (Por) vs Federico Coria (Arg)
Brenda Fruhvirtova (Cze) vs Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
Fabian Marozsan (Hun) vs Hamad Medjedovic (Srb)
Courtroom 15
4pm
Cristina Bucsa (Esp) vs Sara Errani (Ita)
Borna Coric (Cro) vs Adrian Mannarino (Fra)
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) vs Clara Tauson (Den)
Zizou Bergs (Bel) vs Pavel Kotov (Rus)
Courtroom 16
4pm
Tristan Schoolkate (Aus) vs Taro Daniel (Jpn)
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Esp) vs Petra Martic (Cro)
Max Purcell (Aus) vs Aleksandar Vukic (Aus)
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