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Rain hit the US Open for a third straight day on Tuesday, with no play on the outer courts before 6pm and only 26 of the 40 scheduled matches decided. Fourteen first-round ties were pushed into Wednesday. On the covered Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the schedule held, top seed Alexander Zverev came within touching distance of the exit: he trailed Lorenzo Sonego by two sets to one before winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-4 in four hours and 53 minutes.
Britain’s run of good days ended. Wild card Arthur Fery, a Wimbledon semi-finalist two months ago, lost 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 to 13th seed Lorenzo Musetti. Flavio Cobolli matched Zverev for drama, coming from two sets down against Francisco Comesaña, and Yulia Putintseva produced the only seeded casualty by beating 12th seed Belinda Bencic. Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva, Madison Keys and Alex Eala all came through in straight sets.
Day 4 is the biggest of the tournament so far: the first round finally finishes and the second round begins, 46 matches in all. Five Britons play. Jan Choinski and Francesca Jones complete their first-round ties, while Jacob Fearnley, Toby Samuel and Katie Boulter are all in round-two action.
Catch up in our Day 3 report, and see the wider picture in the US Open 2026 preview, the outright betting tips and our tournament predictions. Build your own bracket in the men’s draw predictor or the women’s draw predictor. Today’s slip is in our US Open Day 4 acca tips.
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Day 3 Results: Zverev Survives, Fery Falls
Only eleven men’s matches were decided. Zverev and Cobolli both needed five sets, Taylor Fritz and Francisco Cerúndolo were far more comfortable, and Arthur Gea, the lucky loser who replaced the withdrawn Casper Ruud, won in five.
| Match | Result | Score |
| Zverev (1) d. Sonego | Survived a 4hr 53min scare from two sets to one down | 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-4 |
| Sweeny d. Moutet | Moutet retired in the third set | 7-6(4), 6-4, 3-0 |
| Musetti (13) d. Fery | British wild card Fery out | 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 |
| Gea d. Cerundolo | The lucky loser who replaced Casper Ruud, through in five | 6-3, 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 |
| Monfils d. Vallejo | Through to R2 | 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 |
| Fritz (9) d. Blanch | Through to R2 | 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 |
| Bellucci d. Piros | Through to R2 | 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 |
| Struff d. Carabelli | Through to R2 | 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| Cerundolo (24) d. Misolic | Through to R2 | 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 |
| Schoolkate d. Basavareddy | Through to R2 — 3:03 on court | 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| Cobolli (5) d. Comesana | Came from two sets down | 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 |
The women’s draw got fifteen matches in. Rybakina, Gauff, Andreeva, Keys, Eala, Mertens, Sakkari and Potapova all advanced, and Bencic was the single seeded casualty.
| Match | Result | Score |
| Andreeva (5) d. Tjen | Through to R2 | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Lys d. Knutson | Through to R2 | 6-3, 6-3 |
| Potapova (24) d. Semenistaja | Through to R2 | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Jeanjean d. Rus | Through to R2 | 7-6(6), 6-2 |
| Oliynykova d. Brantmeier | Through to R2 | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Eala (17) d. Stoiana | Eala through in 78 minutes | 6-1, 6-2 |
| Gauff (4) d. Sönmez | Comfortable on Ashe | 6-3, 6-4 |
| Keys (22) d. Korneeva | Through to R2 | 7-5, 6-4 |
| Bondar d. Havlíčková | Through to R2 | 6-3, 6-3 |
| Putintseva d. Bencic (12) | UPSET — the only seed to fall on Day 3 | 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 |
| Mertens (23) d. Quevedo | Through to R2 | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Sakkari (32) d. Montgomery | Through to R2 | 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 |
| Starodubtseva d. Seidel | Through to R2 | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Maneiro d. Vidmanova | Through to R2 | 6-3, 6-4 |
| Rybakina (2) d. Frodin | 59 minutes | 6-3, 6-2 |
How Day 3’s bets landed
The rain did us a favour. Both named best bets came in: Alexander Zverev to win, the hard way, and Lorenzo Musetti to beat Fery. The third, Daria Kasatkina against Paula Badosa, never got on court and plays today instead.
That leaves all three accas alive rather than settled. The Seeds Slip has Zverev, Gauff and Rybakina in the book with only Alex de Minaur outstanding, and he plays today. The Straight Sets Sweep has Rybakina and Gauff home, again waiting on de Minaur. The Long-Shot has Madison Keys banked and is waiting on both Kasatkina and Jan Choinski. Three live slips carried into Day 4 is a better position than most Tuesdays end in.
US Open 2026 Day 4 order of play
Arthur Ashe Stadium (day session, from 4:30pm BST)
- [3] Jessica Pegula v Sofia Kenin
- [8] Ben Shelton v Hubert Hurkacz
Arthur Ashe Stadium (night session, from midnight BST)
- [1] Aryna Sabalenka v Polina Iatcenko
- Jaime Faria v [2] Carlos Alcaraz
Louis Armstrong Stadium (day session, from 4pm BST)
- [7] Daniil Medvedev v Sebastian Gorzny
- [11] Marta Kostyuk v Sloane Stephens
Louis Armstrong Stadium (night session, from midnight BST)
- Rei Sakamoto v [11] Frances Tiafoe
- Lanlana Tararudee v [6] Linda Nosková
Grandstand (from 4pm BST)
- [16] Brandon Nakashima v Alex Michelsen
- [26] Emma Navarro v Caty McNally
- Dino Prizmić v [20] Tommy Paul
Grandstand (from 10pm BST)
- [9] Elina Svitolina v Maya Joint
Stadium 17 (from 4pm BST)
- Taylor Townsend v Taylah Preston
Stadium 17 (from 5:30pm BST)
- [12] Rafael Jodar v Yunchaokete Bu
- Katie Boulter v [7] Karolína Muchová
Stadium 17 (from 9:30pm BST)
- Lloyd Harris v Stefanos Tsitsipas
Outer courts (from 4pm BST)
- Court 10: Fabian Marozsan v Michael Zheng (first round)
- Court 10: Jesper de Jong v Francesco Passaro (first round)
- Court 10: Jaume Munar v [26] Arthur Rinderknech
- Court 11: Andrea Guerrieri v [6] Alex de Minaur (first round)
- Court 11: Daniel Merida v [23] Andrey Rublev
- Court 11: Tatjana Maria v [30] Jeļena Ostapenko (first round)
- Court 11: Kimberly Birrell v [18] Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Court 12: [31] Zizou Bergs v Carlos Taberner (first round)
- Court 12: [27] Tomás Martín Etcheverry v Jacob Fearnley
- Court 12: Matteo Berrettini v Mariano Navone
- Court 12: Diane Parry v [16] Sorana Cîrstea
- Court 13: Alex Molcan v Benjamin Bonzi (first round)
- Court 13: [22] Valentin Vacherot v Kamil Majchrzak
- Court 13: Denis Shapovalov v Luca Van Assche
- Court 13: [29] Ann Li v Donna Vekić
- Court 15: Nikola Bartůňková v Mayar Sherif (first round)
- Court 15: Oksana Selekhmeteva v Kamilla Rakhimova
- Court 5: Jan Choinski v Botic van de Zandschulp (first round)
- Court 5: [18] Jiří Lehečka v Toby Samuel
- Court 5: Magda Linette v Francesca Jones (first round)
- Court 5: [19] Jasmine Paolini v Lucrezia Stefanini
- Court 6: Marcos Giron v [32] Ignacio Buse (first round)
- Court 6: James Duckworth v Yibing Wu
- Court 6: Karolína Plíšková v [15] Diana Shnaider
- Court 7: Zachary Svajda v Daniel Altmaier (first round)
- Court 7: [15] Alexander Bublik v Adrian Mannarino
- Court 7: Mananchaya Sawangkaew v [31] Leylah Fernandez
- Court 7: Xinyu Wang v [21] Anna Kalinskaya
- Grandstand: [14] Iva Jovic v Magdalena Fręch (first round)
- Stadium 17: Daria Kasatkina v Paula Badosa (first round)
Matteo Berrettini v Mariano Navone
The tie of the round. Mariano Navone beat Novak Djokovic in five sets on the opening day and has barely been mentioned since; Matteo Berrettini came through Stan Wawrinka in straight sets and is playing with a freedom his body has rarely allowed him. Navone is a clay-court grinder who won by absorbing pace for four and a half hours, and Berrettini will not give him that: the Italian’s serve and forehand are built to end points early on a quick court. If Navone drags it past three hours he has a real chance. If Berrettini serves at his best it will not last that long.
Best bet: Matteo Berrettini to win — around 4/6 with Bet365 (approx odds).
Katie Boulter v Karolína Muchová
Katie Boulter has already matched her best US Open result and now gets the hardest draw available: Karolína Muchová, the seventh seed and a former semi-finalist here, who needed 58 minutes to win her opener. Boulter’s serve gives her a route, and Muchová’s fitness has been the question of her career rather than her level. But the Czech’s variety is exactly the problem Boulter has historically struggled to solve, and over three sets on a medium-paced court the seed should have too much.
Best bet: Karolína Muchová to win — around 1/3 with Sky Bet (approx odds).
Ben Shelton v Hubert Hurkacz
Two of the biggest serves in the draw, under the lights on Ashe in the day session. Ben Shelton dropped the opening set to Tallon Griekspoor and then took over, and Hubert Hurkacz needed four against Damir Džumhur. Expect very few break points and at least one tie-break. Shelton has the better return of the two and the crowd, which in New York is worth a service game on its own.
Best bet: Ben Shelton to win — around 4/9 with Paddy Power (approx odds).
US Open 2026 Day 4 acca
Four short prices from the second round. Full reasoning and two alternative slips are in the US Open 2026 Day 4 acca tips.
| Leg | Selection | Approx odds |
| 1 | Carlos Alcaraz to beat Jaime Faria | 1/14 |
| 2 | Aryna Sabalenka to beat Polina Iatcenko | 1/16 |
| 3 | Daniil Medvedev to beat Sebastian Gorzny | 1/8 |
| 4 | Andrey Rublev to beat Daniel Merida | 1/6 |
Combined: approximately 1/2. Back this acca with Paddy Power.
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