The much awaited quarter-final clash between Britain’s Emma Raducanu and Belinda Bencic is set to take place today at the US Open in New York.
The match is first up in the Arthur Ashe Stadium from 12 noon local time EST, 5pm British Summer Time.
The day’s play includes Alexander Zverev v Lloyd George Harris, before the match-up between Karolina Pliskova and Maria Sakkari.
Novak Djokovic is up last against big-hitting Italian Matteo Berrettini.
Routes to the quarter-final:
Emma Raducanu
Round 1: 6-2 6-3 vs Stefanie Vogele
Round 2: 6-2 6-4 vs Zhang Shuai
Round 3: 6-0 6-1 vs Sara Sorribes Tormo
Round of 16: 6-2 6-1 vs Shelby Rogers
Belinda Bencic
Round 1: 6-4 6-4 vs Arantxa Rus
Round 2: 6-3 6-1 vs Martina Trevisan
Round 3: 6-2 6-4 vs Jessica Pegula
Round of 16: 7-6 6-3 vs Iga Swiatek
The prize money
A record $57.5million is on offer to players in this tournament.
Winner: $2,500,000
Runner-up: $1,250,000
Semi-finalist: $675,000
Quarter-finalist: $425,000
Today’s order of play
Arthur Ashe Stadium (5pm BST start)
Order of play
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Emma Raducanu vs Belinda Bencic (11), Alexander Zverev (4) vs Lloyd George Harris, Karolina Pliskova (4) vs Maria Sakkari (17), Novak Djokovic (1) v Matteo Berrettini (6).
Louis Armstrong Stadium
Marie Bouzkova & Lucie Hradecka (15) v Gabriela Dabrowski & Luisa Stefani (5), Giuliana Olmos & Marcelo Arevalo v Dayana Yastremska & Max Purcell, Su-Wei Hsieh & Elise Mertens (1) v Coco Gauff & Catherine McNally (1), Alexa Guarachi & Desirae Krawczyk (7) v Monica Niculescu & Elena Gabriela Ruse.
