{"id":35426,"date":"2024-08-30T00:08:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/us-open-coco-gauff-and-novak-djokovic-continue-their-title-defences-on-friday-as-frances-tiafoe-and-ben-shelton-face-off-tennis-news\/30\/08\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T00:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:08:14","slug":"us-open-coco-gauff-and-novak-djokovic-continue-their-title-defences-on-friday-as-frances-tiafoe-and-ben-shelton-face-off-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/us-open-coco-gauff-and-novak-djokovic-continue-their-title-defences-on-friday-as-frances-tiafoe-and-ben-shelton-face-off-tennis-news\/30\/08\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open: Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic continue their title defences on Friday, as Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton face off | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Defending champions Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic are back in action on Friday at the US Open, live on Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Gauff <\/strong>kicks off the action on Arthur Ashe Stadium from 5pm with her third-round match against 27th seed Elina Svitolina<\/strong>, a three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist – including at the US Open in 2019.<\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/strong>, meanwhile, headlines the night session as he takes on Alexei Popyrin, the 28th seed from Australia, from midnight, with two-time Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka <\/strong>to follow when she faces Ekaterina Alexandrova, seeded 29th.<\/p>\n

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Earlier on Arthur Ashe, from approximately 7pm, there’s a mouth-watering all-American clash between Ben Shelton<\/strong> and Frances Tiafoe<\/strong> in a repeat of last year’s quarter-final which Shelton won.<\/p>\n

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Also in action on Friday is another US men’s hopeful in 13th seed Taylor Fritz<\/strong>, who faces Francisco Comesana from roughly 8pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium.<\/p>\n

Earlier on that court, Marta Kostyuk<\/strong> – fresh from beating Britain’s Harriet Dart – takes on America’s Emma Navarro<\/strong>, while Paula Badosa<\/strong> and Elena-Gabriela Ruse<\/strong>, who knocked out Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova in the second round, kick off proceedings from 4pm.<\/p>\n

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In the evening session on Louis Armstrong, two former US Open finalists are in action as Madison Keys<\/strong> first faces Elise Mertens, before former men’s fourth seed <\/strong>Alexander Zverev<\/strong> goes against To<\/a>mas Martin Etcheverry.<\/p>\n

Olympic gold medallist Qinwen Zheng<\/strong>, along with Andrey Rublev<\/strong> and Casper Ruud<\/strong> are some of the other big names featuring on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Order of Play <\/strong>(all times UK – British players in bold)<\/em><\/h3>\n

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5pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (27) vs Coco Gauff (USA) (3)<\/p>\n

Ben Shelton (USA) (13) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA) (20)<\/p>\n

12am<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexei Popyrin (Aus) (28) vs Novak Djokovic (Srb) (2)<\/p>\n

Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) (29) vs Aryna Sabalenka (Srb) (2)<\/p>\n

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Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Rom) vs Paula Badosa (Esp) (26)<\/p>\n

Emma Navarro (USA) (13) vs Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) (19)<\/p>\n

Francisco Comesana (Arg) vs Taylor Fritz (USA) (12)<\/p>\n

12am<\/em><\/p>\n

Madison Keys (USA) (14) vs Elise Mertens (Rus) (33)<\/p>\n

Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg) vs Alexander Zverev<\/a> (Ger) (4)<\/p>\n

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Qinwen Zheng (Chn) (7) vs Jule Niemeier (Ger)<\/p>\n

Victoria Azarenka (Blr) (20) vs Yafan Wang (Chn)<\/p>\n

Andrey Rublev (Rus) (6) vs Jiri Lehecka (Cze) (32)<\/p>\n

10pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Casper Ruud (Nor) (8) vs Juncheng Shang (Chn)<\/p>\n

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4pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Doubles Match tbc<\/p>\n

Donna Vekic (Cro) (24) vs Peyton Stearns (USA)<\/p>\n

Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) vs Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) (9)<\/p>\n

Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) (18)<\/p>\n

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Defending champions Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic are back in action on Friday at the US Open, live on Sky Sports. Gauff