2m ago6:40
Jabeur is furious with herself when she gives the break straight back to Pliskova, who is now serving for the first set. Pliskova quickly has two set points at 40-15. On the first, Jabeur jabs a forehand into the tramlines, then chips her racket into the court and calls for the trainer. I think the trainer will have to give her something much stronger than some treatment to her right knee if Jabeur is to get back into this. Pliskova, as she did in the second round, looks formidable.
8m ago6:34
Good news for Juan Martin del Potro fans.The likeable and perennially unlucky Argentinian, who had yet another surgery in June, this time on a fractured right kneecap that forced him to miss the US Open, will be back in action next month:
13m ago6:28
After a game lasting 10 minutes De Minaur finally claims the double break over Nishikorihen he shows his tremendous speed to not only get to a forehand but fire it back for a cross-court winner.t’s 3-0. And look here,liskova is break point down at 4-0, 30-40. A double fault from one of the finest servers in the women’s game and the Czech won’t be helping herself to a late-morning New York bagel.t’s 4-1.
18m ago6:24
That said, De Minaur has zipped into a 2-0 lead and has a break point to make it 3-0. Nishikori punches away the volley for deuce but De Minaur comes straight back at the seventh seed for a second break point. It’s all going one way on Louis Armstrong too, whereliskova is completely in control at 4-0, with Jabeur spraying the balls almost everywhere but into the court.
23m ago6:19
Meanwhile on Grandstand it’s Alex de Minaur v Kei Nishikori, in a match that could go on for hours. And hours. De Minaur, the Australian whippersnapper and scrapper, can battle with the best of them, much like his mentor Lleyton Hewitt, but can sometimes be outgunned. Nishikori, who reached the final back in 2014, has many talents but can also lack the weaponry to finish opponents off quickly.
35m ago6:08
Pliskova is currently warming up on Louis Armstrong against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.Jabeur is reaching for two firsts today: progressing to the fourth round of a slam and becoming the only Arab woman to have ever broken the top 50. If she can pull off an upset today she is assured of a place among the world’s elite.
35m ago6:07
Karolina Pliskova, the Czech third seed who’s among the early runners and riders today, is talking on the telly. “For sure it’s different to all the other tournaments. It’s a little bit more fun here, so it’s more relaxed for me. I’m happy outside of the court which is most important, still enjoying my tennis, I’ve changed a couple of coaches since [reaching the 2016 final], I think my game is improving. This year has been so far the best for me.”
41m ago6:01
Friday's order of play
(All local times, BST +5hrs)
Arthur Ashe Stadium
12pm3) Roger Federer (Swi) v Daniel Evans (Gbr), (8)erena WilliamsUSA) v Karolina Muchova (Cze)
7pm20) Sofia Kenin (USA) v (10) Madison Keys (USA), (1)ovak Djokovic(Ser) v Denis Kudla (USA)
Louis Armstrong Stadium
11amns Jabeur (Tun) v (3) Karolina Pliskova (Cze), (30) Maria Sakkari (Gre) v (2) Ashleigh Barty (Aus), (23) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Paolo Lorenzi (Ita)
7pm5) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) v (32) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr), Feliciano Lopez (Spa) v (5) Daniil Medvedev (Rus)
Grandstand
11amlex De Minaur (Aus) v (7) Kei Nishikori (Jpn), (16) Johanna Konta (Gbr) v (33) Shuai Zhang (Chn), Fiona Ferro (Fra) v (18) Qiang Wang (Chn), Dominik Koepfer (Ger) v (17) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo)
Court 4
11amadison Brengle (USA) & Ena Shibahara (Jpn) v Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) & Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo), (3) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Yi Fan Xu (Chn) v Lidziya Marozava (Blr) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo), (1) Timea Babos (Hun) & Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) v Jessica Moore (Aus) & Giuliana Olmos (Mex), Ons Jabeur (Tun) & Fanny Stollar (Hun) v (10) Lucie Hradecka (Cze) & Andreja Klepac (Slo), Danielle Collins (USA) & Ellen Perez (Aus) v (6) Samantha Stosur (Aus) & Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Court 5
11amicardas Berankis (Lit) & Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) v Maxime Cressy (USA) & Keegan Smith (USA), (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (Col) & Robert Farah (Col) v Pablo Cuevas (Uru) & Steve Johnson (USA), Cori Gauff (USA) & Catherine McNally (USA) v Julia Goerges (Ger) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze), Marcus Daniell (Nzl) & Kenneth Skupski (Gbr) v Marius Copil (Rom) & Nick Kyrgios (Aus), (5) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) & Demi Schuurs (Ned) v Alize Cornet (Fra) & Fiona Ferro (Fra)
Court 6
41m ago6:01
Friday's order of play
(All local times, BST +5hrs)
Arthur Ashe Stadium
12pm3) Roger Federer (Swi) v Daniel Evans (Gbr), (8)erena WilliamsUSA) v Karolina Muchova (Cze)
7pm20) Sofia Kenin (USA) v (10) Madison Keys (USA), (1)ovak Djokovic(Ser) v Denis Kudla (USA)
Louis Armstrong Stadium
11amns Jabeur (Tun) v (3) Karolina Pliskova (Cze), (30) Maria Sakkari (Gre) v (2) Ashleigh Barty (Aus), (23) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Paolo Lorenzi (Ita)
7pm5) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) v (32) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr), Feliciano Lopez (Spa) v (5) Daniil Medvedev (Rus)
Grandstand
11amlex De Minaur (Aus) v (7) Kei Nishikori (Jpn), (16) Johanna Konta (Gbr) v (33) Shuai Zhang (Chn), Fiona Ferro (Fra) v (18) Qiang Wang (Chn), Dominik Koepfer (Ger) v (17) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo)
Court 4
11amadison Brengle (USA) & Ena Shibahara (Jpn) v Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) & Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo), (3) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Yi Fan Xu (Chn) v Lidziya Marozava (Blr) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo), (1) Timea Babos (Hun) & Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) v Jessica Moore (Aus) & Giuliana Olmos (Mex), Ons Jabeur (Tun) & Fanny Stollar (Hun) v (10) Lucie Hradecka (Cze) & Andreja Klepac (Slo), Danielle Collins (USA) & Ellen Perez (Aus) v (6) Samantha Stosur (Aus) & Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Court 5
11amicardas Berankis (Lit) & Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) v Maxime Cressy (USA) & Keegan Smith (USA), (1) Juan Sebastian Cabal (Col) & Robert Farah (Col) v Pablo Cuevas (Uru) & Steve Johnson (USA), Cori Gauff (USA) & Catherine McNally (USA) v Julia Goerges (Ger) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze), Marcus Daniell (Nzl) & Kenneth Skupski (Gbr) v Marius Copil (Rom) & Nick Kyrgios (Aus), (5) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) & Demi Schuurs (Ned) v Alize Cornet (Fra) & Fiona Ferro (Fra)
Court 6
11amhuko Aoyama (Jpn) & Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) v Rebecca Peterson (Swe) & Tamara Zidansek (Slo), Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Jonny O’Mara (Gbr) v Benoit Paire (Fra) & Mischa Zverev (Ger), (16) Raquel Atawo (USA) & Asia Muhammad (USA) v Daria Kasatkina (Rus) & Anett Kontaveit (Est), Adrian Mannarino (Fra) & Gilles Simon (Fra) v (3) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Michael Venus (Nzl), Desirae Krawczyk (USA) & Joe Salisbury (Gbr) v Hailey Baptiste (USA) & Jenson Brooksby (USA)
Court 7
11amhuai Peng (Chn) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol) v (13) Darija Jurak (Cro) & Maria Jose Sanchez Martinez (Spa), Jennifer Brady (USA) & Alison Riske (USA) v Raluca Olaru (Rom) & Zhaoxuan Yang (Chn), (4) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) v Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Denis Shapovalov (Can), Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) & Monica Niculescu (Rom) v (8) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) & Ashleigh Barty (Aus), Daniel Evans (Gbr) & Cameron Norrie (Gbr) v Tim Puetz (Ger) & Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger)
Court 9
11am9) Nikola Mektic (Cro) & Franko Skugor (Cro) v John-Patrick Smith (Aus) & Jordan Thompson (Aus), Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Can) & Sharon Fichman (Can) v Whitney Osuigwe (USA) & Taylor Townsend (USA), Nicholas Monroe (USA) & Tennys Sandgren (USA) v Radu Albot (Mol) & Malek Jaziri (Tun), Guido Pella (Arg) & Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) v Alex De Minaur (Aus) & Matt Reid (Aus)
Court 10
11amnna Blinkova (Rus) & Yafan Wang (Chn) v (4) Elise Mertens (Bel) & Aryna Sabalenka (Blr), (22) Petra Martic (Cro) v (12) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat), Jeremy Chardy (Fra) & Fabrice Martin (Fra) v (5) Jean-Julien Rojer (Ned) & Horia Tecau (Rom), (14) Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr) & Anastasia Potapova (Rus), Simona Halep (Rom) & Horia Tecau (Rom) v (2) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Mate Pavic (Cro)
Court 11
11amenys Molchanov (Ukr) & Artem Sitak (Nzl) v (2) Lukasz Kubot (Pol) & Marcelo Melo (Bra), Kristie Ahn (USA) & Christina McHale (USA) v Hailey Baptiste (USA) & Emma Navarro (USA), Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) & Vasek Pospisil (Can) v (7) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA), Christina McHale (USA) & Ryan Harrison (USA) v (8) Kveta Peschke (Cze) & Wesley KoolhofNed), (4) Latisha Chan (Tpe) & Ivan Dodig (Cro) v Maria Jose Sanchez Martinez (Spa) & Neal Skupski (Gbr)
Court 12
11amauren Davis (USA) & Maria Sanchez (USA) v (2) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze), (6) Mate Pavic (Cro) & Bruno Soares (Bra) v Christian Garin (Chi) & Nicolas Jarry (Chi), (16) Oliver Marach (Aut) & Jurgen Melzer (Aut) v Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) & Andrey Rublev (Rus), (5) Nicole Melichar (USA) & Bruno Soares (Bra) v Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) & Cheng-Peng Hsieh (Tpe), Monique Adamczak (Aus) & Xinyun Han (Chn) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) & Anastasija Sevastova (Lat)
Court 13
11amnna-Lena Friedsam (Ger) & Laura Siegemund (Ger) v (15) Polina Kudermetova (Rus) & Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz), Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) & Sabrina Santamaria (USA) v Francesca Di Lorenzo (USA) & Ann Li (USA), Ying-Ying Duan (Chn) & Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) v Laura Siegemund (Ger) & Andreas Mies (Ger), Marco Cecchinato (Ita) & Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Pablo Andujar (Spa) & Fernando Verdasco (Spa), Karolina Muchova (Cze) & Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi) v Cornelia Lister (Swe) & Renata Voracova (Cze)
Court 14
11am11) Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) & Johanna Larsson (Swe) v Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) & Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr), Guillermo Duran (Arg) & Leander Paes (Ind) v Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) & Casper Ruud (Nor), Alexander Bublik (Kaz) & John Millman (Aus) v Evan King (USA) & Hunter Reese (USA), Natela Dzalamidze (Rus) & Elena Rybakina (Kaz) v Maria Sakkari (Gre) & Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus)
Court 17
11amethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Magda Linette (Pol) & Iga Swiatek (Pol), Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) v (15) David Goffin (Bel), Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) v Kamil Majchrzak (Pol), Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) v Coco Vandeweghe (USA) & Maxime Cressy (USA)