- Plíšková faces off with Sakkari for place in women’s semi-finals
- Djokovic meets Berrettini in nightcap to complete men’s last four
- Raducanu marches into US Open semis with easy win over Bencic
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Emma Raducanu will be watching tonight’s first match with great interest. After all, the 18-year-old from Kent, who confessed today that she’d booked a flight home for the end of the qualifying tournament, is set to face the winner on Thursday night with a spot in the US Open final on the line.
Radacanu’s $675,000 cheque (£489,000) for reaching the last four more than triples her career winnings to date, but the rewards have already transcended the financial. For starters, getting name-checked by Liam Gallagher.
Congratulations to Emma Raducanu c’mon
Hello and welcome to Arthur Ashe Stadium for tonight’s US Open quarter-final twin bill. First up it’s fourth-seeded Karolína Plíšková and No 17 Maria Sakkari, who face off for the final women’s semi-final berth and the opportunity to meet surprise package Emma Raducanu tomorrow night. Then top-seeded Novak Djokovic will continue his pursuit of a record-setting 21st major singles title and the first calendar-year grand slam in men’s tennis in more than a half-century against the sixth seed Matteo Berrettini in a rematch of this year’s Wimbledon final.
Plíšková and Sakkari will be taking the court for their warm-up about 20 minutes from now.
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