Van Uytvanck beats Venus Williams 6-1, 7-6.
Venus holds to take us into a tiebreak, in which she yomps into a 3-1 lead with a sumptuous crosscourt winner. Van Uytvanck matches it with a shot of similar quality and is soon a mini-break and 5-3 up. Williams responds with two rasping forehand winners to bring it back to 5-5 but a strong return from Van Uytvanck lands her a match point, which she eventually puts away with a backhand volley at the net.
Is this a Flushing Meadows farewell for Venus Williams? She produced some of her best in a gripping second set after being hammered in the first.
And with that, this blog bids you farewell – until the evening one cranks up in a little over an hour or so, with Raducanu, Nadal and more. So do stick around. Bye.
Updated
Sinner has won the second set 6-2 to level the match against Altmaier at one set all. Following a lengthy treatment and comfort break during which seemed to get quite boozy in the stands, they’re back out for the third set.
