On a particularly busy Sunday night at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center this Labor Day weekend, fans packed Arthur Ashe Stadium to watch No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev and No. 23 seed Nick Kyrgios go to work in a Round of 16 match that easily could have been the men’s singles final.
Immediately afterward, Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur—the highest-ranked African and Arab in WTA history, seeded fifth at this tournament—competed against Veronika Kudermetova, who hadn’t dropped a set all tournament ahead of her fourth-round clash.
But in the city that never sleeps, there were plenty of other highlights throughout the day. Two elite Spaniards fell in epic five-setters: No. 13 seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy took down Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and Karen Khachanov, the No.27 seed, upset No. 12 seed Pablo Carreno Busta.
2022 US Open Notebook: Kyrgios downs Medvedev; Gauff and Jabeur win big on Day 7
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