US Open, Darderi to face Zverev on Arthur Ashe: Zheng eliminates Swiatek after being down 0-5

At Flushing Meadows the second week has entered the phase in which the draws thin out. Luciano Darderi has reached the round of sixteen at a Slam for the second time in his career and is set to face Alexander Zverev, top seed, on Arthur Ashe: this is indicated by the schedule gathered by Olympics.com.

In men’s doubles, Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori advanced through the second round by beating Verbeek and Gillé 6-3 6-4. It is a result worth noting: in doubles, rounds accumulate quickly and the men’s doubles draw runs in parallel with the singles, with schedules that intertwine.

The match that overturned the women’s draw

The most decisive result of the previous day bears the signature of Qinwen Zheng, who beat Iga Swiatek 7-5 6-3 after being down 0-5 in the first set, as reported by OA Sport. A first set recovered from that score is a rare event in top-level tennis, as it requires seven consecutive games against a player who is serving for the set.

Zheng will face Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals; Rybakina eliminated Naomi Osaka 6-1 6-4. The other quarterfinal in the same half pits Coco Gauff against Mirra Andreeva, the latter reaching the last eight in New York for the first time.

Women’s quarterfinals
Sabalenka	Noskova
Pegula	Navarro
Zheng	Rybakina
Gauff	Andreeva

The top half of the draw — Sabalenka-Noskova and Pegula-Navarro — had already been set earlier. The overall picture shows that, of the eight players remaining, none belongs to the generation that dominated the tournaments of the past decade.

Alcaraz and Shelton

In the men’s draw, Carlos Alcaraz beat Tommy Paul 6-4 6-3 6-4 — three sets with the same margin, according to the result reported by Sky Sport — and will face Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals. It is a pairing between two players for whom, on U.S. hard courts, serve is a fundamental discriminating factor, but the available sources do not report game statistics: points won directly, first-serve percentages, break points converted are not part of today’s dossier.

The Italian picture

With Darderi in the round of sixteen and the Bolelli-Vavassori pair advancing in doubles, the Italian campaign remains open on two fronts. The match against Zverev is, on paper, the most lopsided of those scheduled for the day: the German is the tournament’s top seed.

What we don’t know

We do not know the exact time of Darderi’s match nor the full order of play on Arthur Ashe. We do not have the results of matches played in the hours after the sources used were compiled, and we have no game statistics for any of the matches mentioned. The three sources employed all report official tournament results: the overlap between them is therefore on the data, not on the reconstructions.

The next verifiable element is the men’s quarterfinal draw, which will be completed with the top-half matches still to be played.