Key events
7h agoNorrie beats Sousa! 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(4)
7h agoCornet beats Siniakova! 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
7h agoAlcaraz beats Coria! 6-2, 6-1, 7-5
8h agoZheng beats Potapova! 7-6(4), 7-6(3)
8h agoSinner beats Eubanks! 6-4, 7-6(8), 6-2
9h agoPetra Martic beats Paula Badosa 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2!
10h agoDan Evans beats James Duckworth 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4!
10h agoSwiatek beats Stephens! 6-3, 6-2
10h agoDavis beats Alexandrova! 0-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)
11h agoSwiatek wins the first set against Stephens, 6-3!
11h agoEvans wins the second set against Duckworth! 6-3, 6-2
12h agoEvans wins the first set v Duckworth, 6-3!
13h agoPreamble
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We’re closing this blog now, but the cavalry will arrive in the USA later and fire up another live blog. There’s the small matter of the Williams sisters in the doubles, and they will go up against Linda Noskova and Lucie Hradecka in the first round.
Bye for now.
Muguruza, impressively, fights back for a straight-sets win against Fruhvirtova, earning herself a third-round match against Petra Kvitova.
Norrie speaks to Greg Rusedski on Amazon Prime: “I’m just happy to be through it, I was just really nervous for today, I couldn’t put my finger on why. Just wasn’t feeling the ball that well … it was tough playing Joao, he was playing everything to my backhand … just happy to be through, on a day I wasn’t feeling good, and like you said, tricky conditions.”
Norrie is asked about the fact that Britain has four players in the third round for the first time in 25 years: “That’s very cool … Jack Draper had a brutal draw, and took care of both his opponents pretty comfortably. It’s great, we’re all feeding off each other … we’re all enjoying our tennis and we’re in good form … it’s nice to show that all the hard work is paying off.
“Holger’s a very competitive kid …he’s kind of the next generation of tennis … we always have a battle, it’s going to be tough, I am definitely going to have to improve.”
Norrie beats Sousa! 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(4)Cameron Norrie is the fourth British player into the third round at Flushing Meadows!
The commentators say Norris is not at his best – Henman says he was “struggling with his breathing at times” – anyway, he is safely through.
Norrie will face the talented young Dane, Holger Rune, in the third round.
Two match points for Norrie at 6-4!
Tumaini Carayol
Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk declined to shake hands with Victoria Azarenka, opting only for a racket tap, after she was defeated 6-2, 6-3 by the Belarusian in the second round of the US Open.
“It was just my choice,” she said. “I don’t know any single person who condemned the war publicly, and the actions of their government, so I don’t feel like I can support this. We had a great match, don’t get me wrong. She’s a great competitor, I respect her as an athlete but that has nothing to do with her as a human being.”
Sousa hits wide and it’s 5-2 Norrie … he can almost touch the third round.
Right, over on Court 12, Norrie is a mini-break up in this tie-break against Sousa. 6-4, 6-4, 6-6 (4-2) is the overall score.
Cornet beats Siniakova! 6-1, 1-6, 6-3That was a helluva match. Cornet, the player who dumped out Raducanu, has now reached the third round at every grand slam this year – for the first time in her career. She has played 63 consecutive grand slams, which is crazy.
Tie-breaker for Norrie and Sousa in the third!
Men’s singles: Brouwer and Musetti are into a fourth set, Musetti having won the past two after Brouwer took the first on a tie-break.
Siniakova is serving to stay in the match at 5-2 to Cornet in the third.
Cornet is such a clever player – it feels like Siniakova is striking the ball better, and being more attacking, but Cornet is getting pretty much everything back and just staying in every point.
Meanwhile, Muguruza has hauled herself back to 4-4 in the second set with Fruhvirtova. Muguruza won the first 6-0.
Garbine Muguruza. Photograph: Seth Wenig/APNorrie 5-5 Sousa in the third set. Can Norrie snatch a straight-sets win?
Tumaini Carayol witnessed Dan Evans’ win against James Duckworth earlier. Here is his report:
Cornet 6-1, 1-1, 4-2 Siniakova (*denotes next server)
Cornet breaks! Siniakova, who is trying to put pace on the rallies, saves one break point but not a second. Cornet is trying to take pace off, with tricky drop-shots and slices. It’s working pretty well, just as it did against Raducanu in the first round.
Norrie and Sousa are locked at 4-4 in the third. Norrie searching for the break that could seal a straight sets win … and Sousa manages to hold. 5-4.
I’m not sure what the problem is, but Cornet is physically struggling against Siniakova … and Siniakova is starting to lean into her ground strokes and hit them with plenty of power and accuracy. Cornet is hanging in there, mind you. At 3-2 and Siniakova serving, she has a glimpse at 15-30 … then at 30-30, Cornet wins a point she has absolutely no right to, chasing down a smash and then passing her opponent. Siniakova smashes her racket to the floor in frustration. Then she saves the break point with a big first serve.
Musetti won a set back against Brouwer. In the third, Brouwer is 3-2 up and has two break points.
Alcaraz beats Coria! 6-2, 6-1, 7-5Alcaraz eases through in straight sets, then has a chat with Amazon Prime:
“I love playing tennis. I enjoy playing tennis. That’s the secret, you know? On this court it’s easy to enjoy and play your game. And with my team in the box it’s easier you know, in the tough moments you saw, [when I was] a little bit angry … they made me smile in those moments … you have to enjoy playing tennis.”
Carlos Alcaraz. Photograph: Danielle Parhizkaran/USA Today SportsMuguruza 6-0, 0-2 Fruhvirtova
Having hammered Fruhvirtova in the first set, Muguruza is broken early in the second.
Norrie 6-4, 6-4, 2-2 *Sousa (*denotes next server)
Norrie, the man who took the opening set off Novak Djokovic before losing in a Wimbledon semi-final a couple of months ago, holds serve for parity in the third set, crunching a wide ace to seal it. He is moving really well and striking the ball with authority from the baseline. Pretty much everything in his game looks solid.
At 2-1 in the third and final set, Cornet needs a hand from the doctor, and there’s a break in play in her meeting with Siniakova. They are checking her blood pressure, it looks like.
Norrie moves a step closer to progress, taking the second set v Sousa 6-4. He also won the first set 6-4. Sousa has held serve to begin the third.
Garbine Muguruza has flown out of the blocks against Linda Fruhvirtova, winning the first set 6-0.
Cornet 6-1, 1-6 Siniakova
Siniakova, the world No 83 who plays doubles with the 2021 Roland Garros champion Barbora Krejcikova, stormed to a one-sided victory in the second set v Cornet. So it’s all on the third, decisive set.
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Coria 2-6, 1-6, 4-4 *Alcaraz (*denotes next server)
The No 3 seed is closing in on the third round here, serving to move within a game of sealing a straight-sets win.
*Norrie 6-4, 5-4 Sousa (*denotes next server)
Cameron Norrie, the South African-born British player, is now serving for the set against Sousa on Court 12.
*Cornet 6-1, 1-4 Siniakova (*denotes next server)
The Czech player has roared back into this, and she breaks her opponent, then backs it up with a hold of serve.
Zheng beats Potapova! 7-6(4), 7-6(3)The world No 39 eases into the third round with a straight-sets victory against Potapova, who is Russian-born, but of course not playing under the Russian flag at this tournament.
Siniakova leads in the second set v Cornet, 2-1, and it’s with serve.
Sinner beats Eubanks! 6-4, 7-6(8), 6-2Mentioned by many as a dark horse for the men’s title (or relatively under the radar at least) the 11th seed Jannik Sinner progresses to the third round with a straight-sets win against Christopher Eubanks.
In the men’s singles, Gijs Brouwer dominates that first-set tie-break against Lorenzo Musetti, winning it 7-1.
In the women’s singles, meanwhile, 17 of the 32 seeds have exited the tournament at this early stage, which is quite the stat.
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