In the US Open tennis, two-time champion Naomi Osaka defeated world No. 3 Coco Gauff to reach the women’s singles quarterfinals. She defeated Gauff 6-3, 6-2, to reach the Final Eight. The victory marked Osaka’s return to a Grand Slam quarterfinal after four and a half years. With her win, the 27-year-old Osaka also reclaimed her spot in the top 20 of the WTA rankings. She will face Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in the quarter final, who booked her place with a win against Ukrainian 27th seed Marta Kostyuk.
In Men’s Singles, Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Andrey Rublev in straight sets as the Canadian 25th seed reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final in three years. Auger-Aliassime will play Australia’s Alex de Minaur in the last eight.
Novak Djokovic will take on Taylor Fritz in the quarter-final tomorrow. The 24-time Grand Slam champion became the oldest man to reach the quarter-finals at all four majors in a single season after booking his spot in the round of 16 with a commanding 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff.
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