Alexei Popyrin faces the defending champion at Flushing Meadows for the second straight year when he meets top seed Jannik Sinner.

While he failed to capitalise on a match point at 6-5 in the fifth set, the 24-year-old steadied in the match tiebreak to claim a 6-3 7-6 (8) 1-6 1-6 7-6 [10-6] victory in four hours and 21 minutes.

Alexei Popyrin and Maya Joint take Australia's US Open second-round contingent to six with solid victories in New York.

World No.97 Tristan Schoolkate and 107th-ranked Talia Gibson have received main-draw wildcards into the 2025 US Open, recognising their breakout seasons and rising ...