US Open day eight: Draper falls to Rublev, Alcaraz through, Keys beats Pegula – as it happened

Andrey Rublev, Madison Keys and Carlos Alcaraz made it to the quarter-finals during a humid day's play at Flushing Meadows

One of the more adorable sorry not sorries.

Already, Vondrousova is mixing it up, taking pace off in a bid to quell Stearns' fire. I imagine she'll also target the backhand as it's the weaker flank and she's a lefty, but so far it's not yet the case. Vondrousova holds to 30 and is on the board at 1-3.