Overview

• Denis Shapovalov beat France’s Valentin Royer 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in New York to progress at the U.S. Open.
• The match lasted three hours 36 minutes and featured 29 aces from Shapovalov alongside 43 unforced errors.
• Both players struggled to hold serve, producing multiple breaks and two tiebreaks before Shapovalov closed it out in four sets.
• Shapovalov steadied in the fourth set by saving five break points in an early service game, then broke to love and sealed victory when Royer clipped the net on match point.
• On the doubles side, Leylah Fernandez and Venus Williams, competing as wild cards, upset sixth seeds Ellen Perez and Lyudmyla Kichenok 7-6 (4), 6-3.