US Open live in the ticker – 5th day: Kerber, Halep, Tsitsipas and Gojowczyk fight for the round of 16

Right at the beginning, the former world number one Simona Halep from Romania plays on the Louis Armstrong against the Kazakh Elena Rybakina.

Afterwards, the world number two Daniil Medvedev from Russia will face the Spaniard Pablo Andujar there.

Only in the night session do the Japanese Naomi Osaka and Andrey Rublev pick up the bat.

Here you can find the day session on the fifth day of competition of the US Open in New York in the live ticker.

Top matches at a glance:

• NOW: E. Rybakina (KAZ / 19) – S. Halep (ROU / 12) – 6: 7 (11:13)
• NOW: H. Laaksonen (SUI) – P. Gojowczyk (GER) – 6:3, 3:6
• from 6 p.m .: V. Azarenka (BLR / 18) – G. Muguruza (ESP / 9)
• not before 7:00 p.m .: P. Andujar (ESP) – D. Medvedev (RUS/2)
• not before 7.30 p.m .: C. Alacaraz (ESP) – S. Tsitsipas (GRE / 3)
• not before 10:00 p.m .: A. Kerber (GER / 16) – S. Stephens (USA)
• ca. 22:00: E. Svitolina (UKR / 5) – D. Kasatkina (RUS / 25)

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18:16 – Laaksonen – Gojowczyk – 6: 3, 3: 6

The complete second set between Laaksonen and Gojowczyk was finished about as quickly as the final phase of the first round between Halep and Rybakina. And there is good news from a German point of view. Because with 6: 3 Gojowczyk gets the second set and equalizes.

6:13 p.m. – Halep – Rybakina – 7: 6

It’s a real thriller in round one. Halep has already failed to convert six set balls, Rybakina three. After a return error by her opponent, Halep has chance number seven. And that brings the decision. Rybakina served the double fault. 13:11 in the tiebreak for Halep.

18:08 – Laaksonen – Gojowczyk – 6: 3, 3: 4

Gojowczyk secured a break early in the second set. The German now leads 4: 3.

6:02 p.m. – Halep – Rybakina – 6: 6

Rybakina’s crossball sails out of bounds. And with that, Halep has four set balls. Her opponent can fend off the first three with a powerful game. And on the fourth, Halep makes a forehand error. A 6: 2 becomes a 6: 6 in the tie-break.

5:55 p.m. – Halep – Rybakina – 6: 6

It’s not a very good phase in this match now. Now it was Halep again who made the mistakes. The Romanian serves to win the set, but makes many quick mistakes. It’s 6: 6 and goes into the tiebreak.

5:51 p.m. – Halep – Rybakina – 6: 5

There’s the next break for Halep. 6: 5 for the Romanian. And her opponent makes it really easy for her now. The Romanian doesn’t have to do much more than play the ball into the field, because then Rybakina’s mistake almost always occurs at the moment.

5:47 p.m. – Halep – Rybakina – 5: 5

Rybkanina had broken Halep and had just served to win the set. But the Kazakh woman also had to give up her service. The fact that she still has such good chances of winning the set underlines her potential, because the number of mistakes in the Kazakh woman is now enormous. Halep wins her service to 5: 5.

17:42 – Laaksonen – Gojowczyk – 6: 3

After a double fault, Gojowczyk has two set balls against him. And then the German’s volley gets stuck on the edge of the net. The first round goes to the Swiss with 6: 3. Gojowczyk was now too faulty in the final phase of the round.

17:40 – Laaksonen – Gojowczyk – 5: 3

Gojowczyk had to give up his service game. The German tries to get the break back, but now acts too hastily and makes some quick mistakes. 5: 3 for Laaksonen. In the last game there was more for Gojowczyk.

5:33 p.m. – Halep – Rybakina – 3: 4

Halep has regained her service game. Rybakina generally plays aggressively but at the moment too incorrectly, knocking some balls from good positions in the half-field. With a nice crossball, the Kazakh turned her game ball to 4: 3 in the first set.

17:26 – Laaksonen – Gojowczyk – 2: 3

Two break chances for Laaksonen. And then Gojowczyk a little luck that his opponent slipped the forehand from a very good position both times. Thanks to a great longline, the German still won the game to make it 3-2.

17:22 – Laaksonen – Gojowczyk – 2: 2

The start of the game is very balanced. Both won their first two games. It’s 2: 2 in the first sentence. There’s also a little palpation at the beginning, which is not surprising given that it’s the first time they’re facing each other in their careers.

5:14 p.m. – Halep – Rybakina – 0-2

Halep warps the backhand longline and has breakball against him. And then another quick mistake followed by the Romanian, this time in crossball. Quick break for Rybakina to make it 2-0.

5:09 p.m. – Halep – Rybakina

The match for Elena Rybakina is already a small touchstone for Simona Halep, where she is after her injury. Especially since the Kazakh has always proven to be a difficult opponent for the Romanian. In Wuhan 2019, Rybakina won after her opponent gave up. In Dubai 2020, Halep was successful in three tight sets.

17:00 Uhr – Gojowczyk – Laaksonen

It’s one of the biggest surprise duels. Both Gojowczyk and Laaksonen are outside the top 100 in the world rankings. For the winner, however, the probability is very high that this will change after the US Open. And that is quite important, because with such a placement you are directly in the main fields of the Grand Slams and do not have to go through the qualification.

INFO – Start with Gojowczyk

After yesterday’s delay, we can start again today at 5:00 p.m. on the dot. And it will be exciting from a German point of view, because Peter Gojowczyk meets Henri Laaksonen. In addition, there is still a duel between Angelique Kerber and Sloane Stephens today. In addition, Simona Halep, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and in the direct duel Victoria Azarenka and Garbiñe Muguruza are in action.

Welcome to the live ticker

Sebastian Würz accompanies the US Open Day session for you from 5:00 p.m. CET here in the live ticker. In addition, you can follow all the games in the tournament in live scoring. Have lots of fun with it.

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