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So there are a couple of matches ongoing, the women’s doubles quarter-final on Court 17 involving three Americans and a Canadian, and another Canadian in the fourth round of the men’s singles in Vasek Pospisil, who is seven games into his fourth-round match against the Australian Alex De Minaur and leads 4-3, on serve.
Welcome! Today Serena Williams’ quest for a 24th Grand Slam continues as she and Sofia Kenin try to join their fellow Americans Jennifer Brady and Shelby Rogers in the quarter-finals. Williams plays the No15 seed, Maria Sakkari of Greece, in the first match on Ashe while Kenin faces the No16 seed, Elise Mertens of Belgium, in the last. Elsewhere Victoria Azarenka looks to continue her resurgence since the tour resumed from the pandemic in a competition in which she has twice reached the final, losing to Serena in three sets in both 2012 and 2013. With Novak Djokovic gone from the men’s draw, the No2 seed, Dominic Thiem, and No3, Daniil Medvedev – last year’s runner-up to Rafael Nadal – have a clearer path to the title, though both are in the other half of the draw so don’t stand to make an immediate benefit. Here’s today’s order of play:
