Friday’s match lineup at the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, offers a packed programme of high‑profile contests across the day and into the night. All times listed are in British Summer Time (BST), with seeded players shown in brackets and British competitors highlighted in bold for easy reference.
The action kicks off at 4:30 pm with a singles showdown between the world No. 3 from the United States, Jessica Pegula, and Canada’s rising star Leylah Fernandez, seeded 31st. Shortly after, Chinese hopeful Yibing Wu will face the Spanish prodigy Carlos Alcaraz, the tournament’s second seed, in what promises to be a thrilling encounter between a seasoned veteran and a teenage sensation.
Later in the evening, at midnight BST, the iconic Williams sisters – Serena and Venus – will take the court together in a doubles match against the Taiwanese pair Hao‑Ching Chan and Maya Joint, who hold the 14th seed. The night will also feature a singles clash between the United States’ Ben Sutton, seeded eighth, and Canada’s Denis Shapovalov, offering a blend of power and finesse. The day’s marquee singles match begins at 4 pm when the top‑seeded Belarusian, Aryna Sabalenka, opens her campaign against Kazakhstan’s Kamilla Rakhimova. In the same time slot, the 15th‑seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan will meet the 20th‑seeded American Tommy Paul, while the 11th‑seeded Frances Tiafoe will battle Valentin Vacherot of Monaco, who is seeded 22nd.
A series of additional contests will run from 4 pm onward, including a duel between Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk (seed 11) and Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova (seed 18), a battle of the day’s top men’s players with Daniil Medvedev (seed 7) taking on France’s Arthur Rinderknech (seed 26), and a women’s doubles match featuring Emma Navarro (USA, seed 26) and Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic, seed 7). Fans can stream the US Open without a contract via the NOW platform, which provides live video and on‑demand highlights. The tournament’s official scores, results and upcoming fixtures are updated in real time, and a dedicated Sky Sports app offers news, video clips and additional commentary for mobile users. The schedule also includes a late‑night encounter (not before 10 pm) between Czech hopeful Jiri Lehecka (seed 18) and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, a former world No.
1, promising a high‑quality baseline rally. Earlier, at 4 pm, Italy’s Jasmine Paolini (seed 19) will meet Romania’s Sorana Cirstea (seed 16), while a mixed‑gender doubles pair featuring Alexa Guarachi (Chile) and Mayar Sherif (Chile) will take on the third‑seeded duo Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and Aleksandra Krunic (Kazakhstan).
The women’s doubles draw also showcases a match between Daria Kasatkina (Australia) and Yulia Starodubtseva (Australia) against the Hong Kong pair Eudice Chong and Zhaoxuan Yang, as well as a contest featuring the fourth‑seeded Taiwanese team of Su‑Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko against Croatia’s Darija Jurak Schreiber and Antonia Ruzic. In the men’s doubles, Portuguese duo Nuno Borges and Rinky Hijikata will face American pair Robert Cash and Alexander Erler, while the 12th‑seeded pair Hugo Nys (Monaco) and Edouard Roger‑Vasselin (Monaco) will meet the Swiss team of Jakub Paul and Matej Vocel. The day’s schedule continues with a mixed doubles match featuring the American pair Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos against the USA’s Brandon Carpico and Nikita Samuel Filin, and a further mixed contest with Asia Muhammad (USA) and Fanny Stollar (Hungary) versus Alycia Parks (USA) and Iryna Shymanovich (USA). Additional action includes a men’s doubles battle between the South African pair Sander Arends and David Pel against India’s N.
Sriram Balaji and Evan King, and a women’s doubles face‑off pitting the Czech pair Xinyu Jiang and Shuai Zhang against American duo Sofia Kenin and Anastasia Potapova. The mixed doubles bracket also features a match with the Argentine pair Nicole Fossa Huergo and Tamara Korpatsch taking on the Czech team Jesika Maleckova and Miriam Skoch.
The tournament’s later sessions (not before 9 pm) will highlight a match between the 27th‑seeded Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry and fellow countryman Mariano Navone, followed by a mixed doubles contest with Bella Pevne (USA) and Sara Shumate (USA) versus Japan’s Eri Hozumi and Andreja Klepac. Further mixed doubles action includes the Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (seed 4) taking on the French team Quentin Halys and Pierre‑Hugues Herbert, while the Italian duo Sara Errani and Lilli Tagger will meet the American sisters Annika and Kristina Penickova.
The day concludes with a men’s doubles match between Robert Galloway (USA) and Andre Goransson (USA) versus the Dutch team of Jean‑Julien Rojer and Theodore Winegar, and a mixed doubles showdown featuring the Czech pair Nikola Bartunkova and Camila Osorio against Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok. The US Open remains broadcast live on Sky Sports, with contract‑free streaming available via NOW and the Sky Sports app, ensuring fans worldwide can follow every serve, volley and championship point. The tournament also offers a range of video highlights, best‑shot compilations and on‑demand replays for those who wish to relive the most exciting moments of Friday’s play.