Article 6QC0R US Open 2024 day five: Tiafoe wins all-American epic against Shelton, Gauff and Zheng also through – as it happened

US Open 2024 day five: Tiafoe wins all-American epic against Shelton, Gauff and Zheng also through – as it happened

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Yara El-Shaboury and Alex Reid (briefly)
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The defending champion, Coco Gauff, and Zheng Qinwen advanced to the fourth round while Frances Tiafoe beat Ben Shelton in an all-American tie

Ruse 3-2 Badosa* (*denotes server) We get to 40-15 and Badosa is clearly struggling. At this point, she has served 18 points and only won five of them. My limited Spanish comes in handy here. Her coach tells her to concentrate on making her first serve before a Vamos'. She finally finds the first serve to bail herself out of trouble and makes it 40-40 before saving three break points.

*Ruse 3-1 Badosa (*denotes server) Ruse's second-serve is too short with very little spin or slice on it and Badosa pounces on it immediately. It is an obvious weakness in the Romanian's game. But she manages to get to 40-15 after the Spaniard hits several forehand shots well out and she sees out the game.

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