Tien wins five-set battle as US Open fourth round takes shape

Learner Tien and Alexander Zverev advanced in the latest men’s singles action, Elena Rybakina joined the women’s last 16, and British doubles teams kept moving in New York.

Alexander Zverev advanced in straight sets and Learner Tien came through a five-set test in the latest US Open night session, while Elena Rybakina added another straight-sets win. Taylor Fritz and Flavio Cobolli were among the seeded men to leave the draw, and several British doubles pairings moved on. Tien wins the night’s longest fight Fourteenth seed Learner Tien beat 17th seed Jakub Mensik 6-3, 1-6, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-4. Tien recovered after losing the third-set tie-break and took the deciding set 6-4. Top seed Alexander Zverev also reached the fourth round, beating 25th seed Alejandro Tabilo 6-2, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2. Zverev will play lucky loser Luciano Darderi, who beat Dane Sweeny 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Fritz and Cobolli fall Francisco Cerúndolo overturned a two-set deficit to beat ninth seed Taylor Fritz 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Alexander Blockx also made the fourth round after beating fifth seed Flavio Cobolli 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0, 6-3. Ben Shelton beat Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4. Karen Khachanov, Botic van de Zandschulp and Arthur Gea completed the other men’s singles wins from the day, with Gea beating Michael Zheng in five sets. Rybakina joins the women’s last 16 Second seed Elena Rybakina beat Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-6 (8-6), 6-3. She will face Naomi Osaka, who edged 23rd seed Elise Mertens 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Elsewhere, Coco Gauff beat Cristina Bucșa 6-3, 6-4, Iga Świątek defeated 25th seed Marie Bouzková 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3), and 14th seed Iva Jovic beat 17th seed Alexandra Eala 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. Qinwen Zheng’s 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 win over 22nd seed Madison Keys and Anastasia Potapova’s 6-2, 7-5 victory against 10th seed Amanda Anisimova were the other notable results. British doubles teams keep moving Ninth seeds Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool beat Luciano Darderi and Mariano Kestelboim 6-3, 6-4. Arthur Fery and Joshua Paris also advanced, beating Anirudh Chandrasekar and Ivan Liutarevich 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Neal Skupski went through alongside Christian Harrison after a 6-0, 7-6 (7-3) win. David Stevenson and Marcus Willis lost to 11th seeds Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, while Luke Johnson and Jan Zielinski fell to third seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (10-1). Sunday’s fourth-round programme Taylor Townsend faces top seed Aryna Sabalenka as the Arthur Ashe Stadium day-session opener at 11:30 EDT (16:30 BST) on 6 September. Linda Nosková plays Marta Kostyuk on Louis Armstrong Stadium not before 12:30 EDT (17:30 BST), with Jessica Pegula against Sorana Cirstea fourth on that court and therefore without a fixed start time. Carlos Alcaraz plays Tommy Paul on Ashe not before 14:00 EDT (19:00 BST). The night session begins with Ben Shelton against Stefanos Tsitsipas at 19:00 EDT (00:00 BST on 7 September); Anna Kalinskaya against Emma Navarro follows and does not have a fixed 21:00 EDT start. Frances Tiafoe faces Daniil Medvedev on Armstrong not before 15:00 EDT (20:00 BST). Schedule checked against the official US Open order-of-play feed at 20:20 BST on 6 September. Session-opening and “not before” times are confirmed order-of-play times; matches listed as following another match have provisional start times and may move. Sources: official US Open 5 September results and 6 September order of play . Corrected 6 September 2026.