The 8th day of the US Open brings marquee names, duplicate matches and… 16th round. Here’s what we will keep the tabs.
The right struff?
Novak Djokovic takes on Sunday evening center at Ashe Stadium, offers for a 25th big record title in a fourth round collision with Jan-Lennard Stuff. Serbian has dominated their heads, winning the previous seven previous meetings, but Stuff enters into a prevailing victory over Frances Tifoe. Despite the power of Stuff, Djokovic’s incomparable return and the judicial craft must neutralize the aggression of the Germans. Whenever Gjokovic goes to a large phase collided, the story is in doing, and Sunday night’s session promises another exciting chapter as World No.1 seeks to extend his heritage to US Open.
Townsend takes the center
Taylor Townsend has emerged as one of the most convincing stories of the US Open, addressing her latest controversy in court with Jelena Ostapenko with Poise while running a deep run. On Sunday, she confronts Grand Slam Barbora Krekikova twice, who won their only previous meeting eight years ago in three groups. Townsend emerges from a concern of the third round of Mirra Andreeva of the fifth rank, while Krekikova defeated American Emma Navarro to advance. Experience meets vigorously in this fourth round collision, and Townsend’s powerful inspired game could give it an advantage against a player he has not faced for nearly a decade.
The last American man standing
Taylor Fritz is now the last American man standing in the US Open after Tommy Paul, Frances Tifoe and Ben Shelton all fell in the third round. Pressure? What pressure? The 2024 runner in New York faces the growing star Czecheke Thomas Machac, against which he holds a 2-0 life advantage. Machac has waves on the tour this season, and can provide Fritz a harsh test. They will be third at the Louis Armstrong Stadium – a court Fritz is clearly enjoys, having played all three of his matches there this year. He should also enjoy harsh support from American fans.
