Former U. S. Open champions Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova play their fourth-round matches, along with a number of men who have a wide-open road to their first final.
The Latest on the U. S. Open, the year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament (all times local) :
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11: 30 a.m.
Denis Shapovalov and Pablo Carreno Busta have the U. S. Open stage to themselves for the morning.
Their fourth-round match under the roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium is the only one that will start before the afternoon. Because of rains that started late Saturday and continued into Sunday morning, play on all outer courts was not to begin before noon.
The rain had slowed and was expected to stop Sunday afternoon.
The 18-year-old Shapovalov is trying to become the youngest U. S. Open quarterfinalist since Andre Agassi in 1988, when he was also 18.
At No. 12, Carreno Busta is the highest-seeded player remaining on that half of the men’s draw.
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11: 19 a.m.
Former U. S. Open champions Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova play their fourth-round matches, along with a number of men who have a wide-open road to their first final.
Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov opens play Sunday against No. 12 Pablo Carreno Busta, the highest-seeded men’s player left in one half of the bracket.
No. 17 seed Sam Querrey, the only American left, faces No. 23 seed Mischa Zverev at night. That half of the bracket, wide open because of injuries and upsets, will produce a first-time finalist in a Grand Slam tournament.
There’s plenty of power players left on the women’s side, including No. 3 seed Garbine Muguruza facing No. 13 Petra Kvitova in a matchup for former Wimbledon champions.
No. 9 seed Williams plays Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, after Sharapova meets 16th-seeded Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia.
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