Defending women's champion Iga Swiatek and three-times winner Novak Djokovic headline a slate of enticing matches at the U.S. Open on Friday as third round action of the year's final Grand Slam gets underway.
Swiatek has been in top form in New York having dropped just eight games through her two matches and will be heavily favoured when she faces Slovenian qualifier and good friend Kaja Juvan in the second match at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Second seed Djokovic enters the match with a 40-5 win/loss record for the season and fresh off collecting a record-extending 39th ATP Masters 1000 crown at a U.S. Open tune-up event in Cincinnati where he beat world number one Carlos Alcaraz in the final. Top-ranked Americans Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe are also in action with both looking to bolster their hopes of becoming the first U.S. man to win a Grand Slam in 20 years.
Fritz has never before reached the last 16 in New York but has also enjoyed smooth passage into the third round having dropped just five games in each of his two matches.
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