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Hello and welcome to the US Open 2026 – day seven! I can’t believe we’re nearly at the halfway stage already, with the top takeaways so far (along with the $100 caviar-topped chicken nuggets) being that:
Zverev is on the night shift again on day seven, scheduled second on Arthur Ashe in the evening session, after Alexandra Eala v Iva Jovic offers us a tantalising glimpse into the future of women’s tennis – but our focus is on the day session, with Fritz, Gauff, Swiatek, Rybakina and Andreeva all in action, along with Amanda Anisimova, Madison Keys, Flavio Cobolli, the rising American Michael Zheng, Australia’s sole survivor Dane Sweeny and the vanquisher of Felix Auger-Aliassime, Karen Khachanov.
Play gets under way: at 11am local time/4pm BST. Don’t go anywhere!