US Open Friday Schedule Features Sabalenka, Alcaraz, and the Williams Sisters

Here is the detailed lineup for Friday’s matches at the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, presented in British Summer Time (BST). Seed numbers appear in brackets, and any British competitors are highlighted in bold type. Starting at 4:30 p.m. BST, the day kicks off with a high‑profile clash between the world No.

3 from the United States, Jessica Pegula, and Canada’s 31st seed, Leylah Fernandez. The same session also includes a first‑round duel featuring China’s Yibing Wu against the Spanish prodigy and No. 2 seed, Carlos Alcaraz.

Later in the evening, around midnight BST, the legendary Williams sisters will take the court. Serena Williams and Venus Williams will team up to face the Taiwanese pair of Hao‑Ching Chan and Maya Joint, who are seeded 14th. In a separate match, the eighth seed from the United States, Ben Shelton, will meet Canada’s Denis Shapovalov. At 4 p.m.

BST, the top‑seeded Belarusian, Aryna Sabalenka, opens her campaign against Kazakhstan’s Kamilla Rakhimova. The same block also showcases a contest between Kazakhstan’s 15th seed, Alexander Bublik, and the United States’ 20th seed, Tommy Paul. Around midnight BST, a series of matches will be scheduled: the 22nd seed from Monaco, Valentin Vacherot, versus the 11th‑seeded American, Frances Tiafoe; and a women’s showdown between Ukraine’s No.

9, Elina Svitolina, and the 21st seed, Anna Kalinskaya. From 4 p.m. onward, the day continues with a mixed bag of men’s and women’s singles.

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk (seed 11) will battle Ekaterina Alexandrova (seed 18). In the men’s draw, the seventh seed, Daniil Medvedev, meets France’s 26th seed, Arthur Rinderknech. The women’s doubles feature a match between the United States’ Emma Navarro (seed 26) and the Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova (seed 7).

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It is a convenient way to stay connected to the action on mobile devices. Later in the night, before 10 p.m., the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka (seed 18) will face Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas.

At 4 p.m., Italy’s Jasmine Paolini (seed 19) will take on Romania’s Sorana Cirstea (seed 16). In the early evening, before 6 p.m., Taylor Townsend of the United States will meet the 15th seed, Diana Shnaider. The United States’ Ann Li (seed 29) will play against the Czech Republic’s sixth seed, Linda Noskova.

A later match, not before 9:30 p.m., pairs American Alex Michelsen with Spanish competitor Daniel Merida. The mixed doubles draw also begins at 4 p.m., featuring Chile’s Alexa Guarachi and Mayar Sherif against Kazakhstan’s third‑seeded Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic. German duo Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz (seed 6) will face the Portuguese pair Jaime Faria and Adam Walton. Another mixed‑doubles encounter, not before 7 p.m., sees the Australian team of Daria Kasatkina and Yulia Starodubtseva take on Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong and Zhaoxuan Yang.

The fourth‑seeded pair from Taiwan, Su‑Wei Hsieh and Jelena Ostapenko, will meet the Croatian team of Darija Jurak Schreiber and Antonia Ruzic. In men’s doubles, the Portuguese‑Australian pairing of Nuno Borges and Rinky Hijikata will square off against the American team of Robert Cash and Alexander Erler.

The Monaco‑French team of Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger‑Vasselin (seed 12) will meet Swiss players Jakub Paul and Matej Vocel. A further mixed‑doubles match, not before 7 p.m., pits Switzerland’s Simona Waltert and Viktorija Golubic against Spain’s sixth‑seeded Cristina Bucsa and Nicole Melichar‑Martinez.

The United States’ Martin Damm and Mackenzie McDonald will face Britain’s Jan Choinski and Alexander Donski. The day also includes a men’s doubles match at 4 p.m. where Brazil’s Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos (seed 8) play against the American team of Brandon Carpico and Nikita Samuel Filin. The Monaco‑French duo of Romain Arneodo and Adrian Mannarino will meet Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi and Jan‑Lennard Struff.

In a separate mixed‑doubles contest, the American pair Asia Muhammad and Fanny Stollar (seed 16) will face Alycia Parks and Iryna Shymanovich. The Ukrainian‑Belgian team of Daria Snigur and Hanne Vandewinkel will meet Belgium’s eighth‑seeded Elise Mertens and Diana Shnaider. Another 4 p.m. slot features the Dutch pair Sander Arends and David Pel against India’s N.

Sriram Balaji and Evan King. The Chinese team of Xinyu Jiang and Shuai Zhang (seed 7) will challenge the American duo Sofia Kenin and Anastasia Potapova. Czech players Petr Nouza and Neil Oberleitner will meet Peru’s Ignacio Buse and Marco Trungelliti.

Argentine‑Argentine pair Nicole Fossa Huergo and Tamara Korpatsch will face the Czech team of Jesika Maleckova and Miriam Skoch. At 4 p.m., the German pair Constantin Frantzen and Robin Haase (seed 14) will play against Argentina’s Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. The Finnish duo Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten (seed 1) will meet the Argentine brothers Francisco and Juan Manuel Cerundolo. The American‑British team of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury will face Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez and Australia’s John‑Patrick Smith.

A later evening match, not before 9 p.m., pits Argentina’s 27th seed, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, against compatriot Mariano Navone. At 4 p.m., the American duo Bella Pevne and Sara Shumate will meet Japan’s Eri Hozumi and Andreja Klepac. The Austrian pair Lucas Miedler and Marc Polmans (seed 13) will face the American team of Brandon Nakashima and Bryce Nakashima. A mixed‑doubles encounter, not before 7:30 p.m., sees Italy’s Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (seed 4) against France’s Quentin Halys and Pierre‑Hugues Herbert.

The Italian team of Sara Errani and Lilli Tagger will meet the American sisters Annika Penickova and Kristina Penickova. From 4 p.m., the American pair Robert Galloway and Andre Goransson will take on the Dutch team of Jean‑Julien Rojer and Theodore Winegar. A 5:30 p.m. slot features Czech‑Colombian duo Nikola Bartunkova and Camila Osorio versus Ukraine’s Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok.

The Belgian pair Alexander Blockx and Dino Prizmic will meet Sander Gille and Sem Verbeek. A mixed match between Alina Korneeva and Darja Vidmanova and Hungary’s Anna Bondar and Anhelina Kalinina also appears. At 4 p.m., the Australian‑Serbian team of James Duckworth and Miomir Kecmanovic will play against Brazil’s Marcelo Melo and John Peers.

The Croatian‑Ukrainian pair Petra Marcinko and Oleksandra Oliynykova will face Great Britain’s Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden. Germany’s Tatjana Maria and Zeynep Sonmez will meet the Japanese team of Ekaterina Alexandrova, Talia Gibson, Miyu Kato, and Fang‑Hsien Wu. Finally, Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls (seed 12) will close the session.

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