Live updates from the second day at Flushing MeadowsSerena Williams wins 19th straight over Maria SharapovaFeel free to email Bryan 10.56pm BST
We weren’t lying when we said it was getting a wee bit wild in the quarter formerly known as Thiem’s. The No 4, No 8, No 10 and No 30 seeds have all gone out in the last few hours, leaving only No 13 Gael Monfils, No 18 Felix Auger-Aliassime, No 24 Mateo Berrettini and No 28 Nick Kyrgios still standing and all but guaranteeing a semi-finalist that could be safely be qualified as a surprise.One of these 22 guys will be a #USOpen semi-finalist this year. pic.twitter.com/MomnJ0aTnX 10.41pm BST
The emerging
American star Coco Gauff has taken the court for her first-rounder against
Russian teenager Anastasia Potapova. This is a bit of a tricker match for Gauff than it might appear on paper: The 18-year-old is a former junior No 1 and won the
Wimbledon girls’ title in 2016. Here’s our Tumaini Carayol’s lookahead to the match.
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