Day eight of the US Open tennis will bring up former men’s champions Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 while on the women’s side top seed Aryna Sabalenka and in a match-up of Wimbledon winners, Elena Rybakina and Marketa Vondrousova, will take the court.
Alcaraz – who has yet to lose a set at this tournament – will face Arthur Rinderknech of France. Jokovic, the oldest man since Jimmy Connors in 1991 to reach the fourth round, is up against Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff.
Both Alcaraz and Jokovic have never lost to Rinderknech and Struff.
Sabalenka will meet unseeded Cristina Bucsa. Rybakina is coming off a dominant win over Emma Raducanu and will hope to take that form against Vondrousova, the Wimbledon champion two years ago.
The two have split their previous two meetings with Rybakina getting the edge in their most recent clash two years ago.
Below are the start times for Sunday’s (31 August) matches.