Three American men reach US Open quarter-finals as Shelton draws Alcaraz

Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen all reached the US Open quarter-finals, while Aryna Sabalenka and Linda Noskova set up a meeting in the women’s draw.

The fourth round has left the US Open with three American men in the last eight, although Ben Shelton’s reward is a meeting with Carlos Alcaraz. Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen also came through on Sunday, while the women’s quarter-final picture now includes a Sabalenka–Noskova meeting and an all-American tie between Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro.

Alcaraz and Shelton take different routes through Alcaraz dealt with Tommy Paul in straight sets, winning 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. The second seed will face eighth seed Shelton, who dismissed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. That quarter-final is the clearest meeting created by Sunday’s results. Shelton has not dropped a set in the fourth round, while Alcaraz’s win over the 20th seed also lasted three sets. Their match is scheduled for Monday on Arthur Ashe Stadium, second in the day session, not before 1pm EDT (6pm BST) , after Iga Swiatek v Qinwen Zheng.

Tiafoe wins the tight points against Medvedev Frances Tiafoe edged Daniil Medvedev 7-6(1), 6-4, 7-6(6) in a match lasting two hours and 57 minutes. The 11th seed won both tie-break sets and did not allow the seventh seed to take the match into a fourth. Alex Michelsen completed the other men’s quarter-final on that side of the draw by beating 27th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6(6), 6-4, 6-4. Tiafoe and Michelsen meet in the quarter-finals.

Sabalenka and Noskova book a quarter-final Top seed Aryna Sabalenka beat Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3. Sixth seed Linda Noskova followed that by recovering from a tight opening set to defeat 11th seed Marta Kostyuk 7-5, 5-7, 6-4. Sabalenka and Noskova are now paired in the quarter-finals. Pegula will play Navarro after the 21st seed Anna Kalinskaya retired with Navarro leading 6-4, 6-2; the official completed-match feed records the result as a two-set Navarro win.

Patten stays in the doubles draw Henry Patten and top seed Harri Heliovaara beat Matteo Arnaldi and Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5, 6-2 in the men’s doubles second round. They remain in the draw as the tournament moves deeper into the second week.

Monday’s order of play The released schedule starts with Swiatek v Zheng on Ashe at 11.30am EDT (4.30pm BST). Cerundolo v Blockx follows not before 1pm EDT (6pm BST) . On Louis Armstrong, Mirra Andreeva v Anastasia Potapova is the first match at 11am EDT (4pm BST), with Naomi Osaka v Elena Rybakina not before 2.30pm EDT (7.30pm BST) and Karen Khachanov v Learner Tien not before 4pm EDT (9pm BST) . The evening Ashe session begins at 7pm EDT (midnight BST) with Iva Jovic v Coco Gauff, followed by Alexander Zverev v Luciano Darderi. The completed results, progression and schedule were checked against the official US Open feeds.