Friday
At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
New York
Purse: $5,438,400
Surface: Hardcourt outdoor
NEW YORK (AP) _ Results Friday from US Open at The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):
Women’s Singles
Third Round
Sorana Cirstea (16), Romania, def. Jasmine Paolini (19), Italy, 6-3, 6-3.
Marta Kostyuk (11), Ukraine, def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (18), Russia, 6-3, 6-2.
Aryna Sabalenka (1), Belarus, def. Kamilla Rakhimova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.
Men’s Doubles
First Round
Marcelo Melo, Brazil, and John Peers, Australia, def. James Duckworth, Australia, and Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Alexander Erler, Austria, and Robert Cash, United States, def. Nuno Borges, Portugal, and Rinky Hijikata, Australia, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Women’s Doubles
First Round
Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Eri Hozumi, Japan, def. Bella Payne and Sara Shumate, United States, 6-3, 6-0.
