Tennis-U.S. Open day eight

September 6, 2021

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Highlights of the eighth day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Monday (times in GMT):

1720 BENCIC SURVIVES SWIATEK TEST

Swiss 11th seed Belinda Bencic overcame a tough first-set tiebreak to beat seventh seed Iga Swiatek 7-6(12) 6-3 to progress to the quarter-finals. She will next face Emma Raducanu or Shelby Rogers.

1510 PLAY UNDERWAY

Olympic champion and 11th seed Belinda Bencic began her fourth-round match against Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek on Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany takes on Italian Jannik Sinner later in the first match on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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Fearless Fernandez knocks out another champion to reach quarter-finals

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Nobody beats Shelby Rogers six times in a row

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American Rogers defeats number one Barty in shock U.S. Open upset

Djokovic dispatches old rival Nishikori to reach fourth round

British teen star Raducanu taking ‘dream’ Grand Slam run in stride

U.S. Open order of play on Monday

(Compiled by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

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