Key events6d agoAndreeva defeats Lys 6-0, 6-26d agoCobolli beats Schoolkate 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-56d agoMensik defeats Rodionov 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-36d agoSweeny shocks Musetti 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-26d agoEala beats Oliynykova 6-1, 6-46d agoFritz defeats Bellucci 6-0, 6-1, 6-16d agoAmanda Anisimova beats Lilli Tagger 6-3 3-6 6-16d agoKaren Khachanov beats Felix Auger-Aliassime (3) (5)6-7 6-3 6-2 6-26d agoMarie Bouzkova (25) beats Harriet Dart 6-2 6-26d agoMadison Keys (22) beats Anna Bondar 5-7 6-4 7-6(5)6d agoNaomi Osaka (13) beats Katerina Siniakova 6-2 5-7 6-16d agoSwiatek beats Podoroska 6-3, 6-26d agoOrder of play - day session6d agoPreambleJovic is up next on Stadium 17, against Fran Jones, the only British player left in the singles, but it’s time to wrap up this blog now, on a day when Taylor Fritz, Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka, Amanda Anisimova, Alexandra Eala, Flavio Cobolli, Jakub Mensik and Madison Keys (just) all won, but Felix Auger-Aliassime, Lorenzo Musetti and Britain’s Harriet Dart departed. Do check the site later for a match report on De Minaur (he trails Van de Zandschulp by a break in the first set), while Coco Gauff, Alexander Zverev, Elena Rybakina and Gael Monfils are coming up in the night session. Bye!Andreeva defeats Lys 6-0, 6-2Andreeva hits long on the match point … and another double fault hands Lys a break point … but Andreeva, with Seal sitting in her box (not sure what the connection is there) saves it, has another match point, fends off another break point, has a third match point (they’ve saved the biggest drama for last) … and the fifth seed takes it with a loopy cross-court forehand winner! She’ll play the Austrian Anastasia Potapova in the third round and, despite being in a tough quarter of the draw that includes Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and Iva Jovic, she looks to be right in the mix.Having trailed 2-0 in the second set, Andreeva is accelerating to victory, winning five games on the spin, and she’s serving for the match at 6-0, 5-2. Andreeva double faults for 15-all and Lys lasers a forehand winner down the line for 15-30! Lys has got Andreeva on the ropes on the next point too, but flaps at a smash and nets. And 30-all turns into 40-30 …From a break down in the second set, Andreeva is now a break up, leading 6-0, 3-2. Alexei Popyrin has followed Tristan Schoolkate out of the tournament, losing 2-6, 7-6, 7-6-2 to Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo, but there was an Australian win earlier, for Dane Sweeny against an out-of-sorts Lorenzo Musetti, and there’s still a strong chance of another, with Alex de Minaur just getting under way against the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp.Zheng Qinwen has seen off Yulia Putintseva, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, and the 2024 Olympic champion, who had to come through qualifying after elbow surgery, will play Madison Keys next. And Zheng will be followed on Court 12, after a women’s doubles match involving the top seeds Siniakova and Townsend, by … Zheng. Michael Zheng, that is, the American wildcard who takes on the lucky loser Bu Yunchaokete, who took out Rafael Jodar in round one. So this is a match of huge opportunity for both players, as they seek to reach the third round of the US Open for the first time.And Lys then breaks for 2-0! How quickly momentum can shift, especially in women’s matches, even though I’m sure Andreeva will prove once more that she has too much much quality for the world No 98. After winning her first grand slam in June, Andreeva has had a fairly subdued summer on the hard courts, but she looked strong in the opening round, and is handed a route back into this second set when Lys serves up no less than three double faults in one game. So it’s Andreeva 6-0, 1-2.They do make a good bagel in New York and Mirra Andreeva has served one up to the poor Eva Lys on Stadium 17. But the biggest cheer of the match comes when Lys finally gets on the board in the opening game of the second set. So Andreeva, the French Open champion, leads the German 6-0, 0-1.Cobolli beats Schoolkate 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5Schoolkate is down and quite possibly out, as he falls on the court trying to hit a forehand, giving Cobolli two match points at 40-15. And the Italian seals it with an ace! Having conceded the opening set, Cobolli will be relieved to avoid another five-set match, after his first-round escape act from two sets down. Last year Cobolli faded quickly in the third round after two successive five-setters. He’ll face the winner of Alexander Blockx v Marco Trungelliti in round three this time. Blockx leads 6-3, 6-2, 3-6.Schoolkate smacks away possibly his best shot of the day – it’s not only Cobolli who’s making the highlights reel – but the fine forehand is in vain, as Cobolli sends down a second-serve ace to hold for 5-5. It leaves Cobolli potentially two games from victory, at 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 5-5, and he’s two points from breaking when Schoolkate’s shot skids just wide for 15-30. Fine margins. Cobolli conjures up an improbable forehand winner – his 40th winner of the day – and it’s 15-40, two break points! And he takes the first with a perfect lob! The fifth seed will serve for the match at 6-5.Tumaini CarayolSpeaking of Osaka, here’s Tumaini’s take on her uneven win:For a second consecutive match at the US Open, Naomi Osaka appeared to be cruising. Everything was in hand as the two-time champion established a set and a break lead in her round two match against Katerina Siniakova, an uneventful return to the third round beckoning.Instead of carrying that great momentum forward until the end, though, Osaka was overcome by tension in the final stages of second set and she soon found herself in a decider. It took a significant amount of resilience and restraint for her to reset and find a way through to the third round with a comprehensive final set to win 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.Before the North American hard-court swing, a period that yielded US Open titles in 2018 and 2020, Osaka finally looked like a grand slam contender again. After years of struggling through the clay- and grass-court seasons, seemingly just waiting for the hard courts to return, this year Osaka produced career-best showings on those surfaces to the fourth round at the French Open and quarter-finals at Wimbledon.Her level on grass at Wimbledon, a surface she has toiled on for much of her career, was particularly impressive as she defeated the world No 1, Aryna Sabalenka, in round four. Osaka ran out of steam in the quarter-finals, fatigue seeping in after she reached the Bad Homburg final a week earlier, but it was some of the best tennis she had played since winning her last grand slam title at the Australian Open in 2021. She headed back to North America full of confidence.Elevated expectations can naturally lead to greater pressure and Osaka’s first two wins in New York this year are perhaps a reflection of the additional weight on her shoulders. In her 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3) first-round win over Anastasia Zakharova, a nervous Osaka squandered a break in both sets before barely dragging herself over the line in two tie-breaks. This time her nerves cost her a set. The most important thing about the early stages of the grand slam tournaments for the top players, though, is simply finding a way to win and offering themselves an opportunity to unleash their top form in later rounds.The full match report is here:The women’s seeds are faring better, despite scares for Naomi Osaka and Madison Keys today:12 Bencic