Rolling updates of day four’s action at Flushing MeadowsPliskova turns on the power to beat BolkvadzeSerena Williams pushed to edge by US teen Caty McNallyEmail: katy.murrells@theguardian.com | Tweet @KatyMurrells 3.50pm BST
One of the coolest men in
New York right now though is probably
Novak Djokovic, who said after his injury-hit, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-1 win over Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Londero last night that he’d like to freeze his left shoulder for the next 48 hours. It was clearly causing him some pain, and it will give
Rafael Nadal,
Roger Federer and the chasing pack behind tennis’s triumvirate (if those young pretenders can get their act together) hope that perhaps the defending champion, who has won four of the past five slams, is beatable.
Djokovic’s was among eight singles matches to be completed on the show courts yesterday, with Federer,
Serena Williams and Ashleigh Barty also afforded the luxury of a roof. Williams had the toughest time of it, pushed to three sets in an absorbing encounter by an opponent not even half her age, the
American grand slam rookie Caty McNally. It certainly won’t be the last we hear of the 17-year-old.
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Hello and welcome to our coverage of day four of the US Open, where the scene looks less like this…Just to summarise today @usopen @WTA pic.twitter.com/yBDIcppsZ6