US Open 2024 day five: Ruse v Badosa, Zheng v Niemeier, and more – live | US Open Tennis 2024

※Ruse 4-4 Badosa (※ is the server) So far nothing has been easy for either player in this first set, with both moving up and down the scale of great and shaky play. After a double deuce, the Romanian takes control of the game with a short forehand that Badosa just can't reach.

Qualifier Ruth wins three points on his first serve. The score is 4-4. Is this the Louis Armstrong effect?

Ruse 3-4 Badosa* (* indicates server) Badosa is forcing Ruse to make moves, forcing the Romanian into a lot of unforced errors – nine in total so far in the match – but it's a tense match as the two alternate points. Badosa is also struggling with his first serve, hitting just 48% at 40-40. Two aces give the Spaniard a hold and the lead.

※Ruse 3-3 Badosa (※ is the server) Ruth goes into this game without winning a single point on her first serve. Badosa steps back and hits two hard-to-read forehands to gain the advantage. A double fault from Ruth gives Badosa a break point, and Ruth hits a backhand into the net. The score is tied!

Ruse 3-2 Badosa* (* is server) At 40-15, Badosa was clearly struggling. She had 18 points at this point. Five One of them. My limited Spanish came in handy here. Her coach told her to focus on her first serve before the “Vamos.” She finally found her first serve and got out of trouble, saving three break points to make it 40-40.

※Ruse 3-1 Badosa (※ is the server) Rousse's second serve was too short with little spin or slice, and Badosa was quick to pounce on it – a clear weakness in the Romanian's game – but after a few forehand shots from the Spaniard that went wide, Badosa managed to go up 40-15 to close out the match.

Ruse 2-1 Badosa* (* is server) Badosa is fast, but Ruth gets in the court quickly, giving his opponent no time to think. Even a player as mobile as the Spaniard struggles with some shots. Ruth hits a strong backhand and closes the match with a forehand to gain the upper hand. His serve was broken three times in a row in this match. Are we living in an alternate Louis Armstrong world? Do players prefer not to serve?

※Ruse 1-1 Badosa (※ is the server) Badosa sprinted towards Ruth's drop shot and smashed a winner. She made it 40-0 with a perfect forehand, and then after a shot by Ruth that missed by a long way, both players traded breaks. Ruth's serve wasn't as accurate as she'd hoped, flying right down the middle, giving her opponent an easy attack and putting her under pressure quickly.

Ruse 1-0 Badosa* (* is server) The 26th seed started the match and was under pressure straight away, trailing 0-40. Then, after a short hit from Badosa, the Romanian hit a game winner and immediately pounced, advancing from the baseline. That's our first break!

The weather in New York is cloudy However, it has been confirmed that the matches are scheduled to start on time, starting with Gabriella Rusev vs. Paula Badosa at Louis Armstrong and Cheng Qin Wen vs. Jules Niemeyer at The Grandstand.

After the first two rounds of men's singles, Andrey Rublev holds the record for most winners with 111. The sixth seed came back from two sets down to beat Arthur Rinderknek 4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in a match that took four hours and six minutes in sweltering heat. He continues his quest for his first Grand Slam title today against Jiri Leheckka.

Our British watch turned out to be both good and bad. Katie Boulter was the favorite to win but suffered her most disappointing defeat of the season, losing 7-5, 7-5 to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain, but Jack Draper made it easily to the third round with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win over Facundo Diaz Acosta of Argentina, and Dan Evans overcame a 0-4 deficit in the fifth set to beat Mariano Navone 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the longest match in U.S. Open history, two days after beating Karen Khachanov in five sets in five hours and 35 minutes.

Botich van de Zantschulp of the Netherlands won in a big way last night against Carlos Alcaraz on the Arthur Ashe, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4.

For Alcaraz, who has established himself as a reliable player at the biggest tournaments, the loss was his first to a player outside the top 15 at a Grand Slam since the 2021 French Open, when Alcaraz was 18 years old and ranked 97th in the world. It was also his earliest defeat at a Grand Slam since that same year.

With this win, van de Zantschulp became just the fourth unseeded player in the US Open men's singles in the 2000s to defeat a top three seed in straight sets.

Let's see how it all turned out in Tumaini Karayol's report.

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