US Open 2024 day four: Sinner, Boulter, Swiatek and more in second round – live

I must admit I’ve not watched much of the tournament so far, as I was covering the Paralympics opening ceremony last night and was en vacances in France before that, so I’m looking forward to getting stuck into the tennis today, especially having a look at what kind of physical and mental shape Jannik Sinner is in after his positive drugs tests became public.

The players have made their way to their respective courts at Flushing Meadows, they’ve finished their warm-ups, and here are the early runners and riders: Sebastian Korda, the 16th seed and son of the 1998 Australian Open champ Petr, is up against the Czech Tomas Machac, who won Olympic mixed doubles gold in Paris; Yulia Putintseva, the 30th seed, is taking on China’s Wang Xinyu; it’s the battle of the two Annas between Kalinskaya, the 15th seed, and Bondar; while on Court 17 it’s Jordan Thompson, one of six Australian men in singles action today, against the Polish 7th seed Hubert Hurkacz.

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (4pm UK/11am New York)
1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Alex Michelsen (U.S.)
1-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Ena Shibahara (Japan)
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (midnight UK/7pm New York)
Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic)
3-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) v Botic van De Zandschulp (Netherlands)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (4pm UK/11am New York)
Tomas Machac (Czech Republic) v 16-Sebastian Korda (U.S.)
Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) v 5-Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
Sofia Kenin (U.S.) v 6-Jessica Pegula (U.S.)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (midnight UK/7pm New York)
Fabian Marozsan (Hungary) v 5-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Caroline Wozniacki v Renata Zarazua (Mexico)

GRANDSTAND (4pm UK/11am New York)
30-Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) v Wang Xinyu (China)
21-Mirra Andreeva v Ashlyn Krueger (US)
10-Alex de Minaur (Australia) v Otto Virtanen (Finland)

COURT FIVE (4pm UK/11am New York)
Anna Bondar (Hungary) v 15-Anna Kalinskaya
31-Katie Boulter (Great Britain) v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain)
Facundo Diaz Acosta (Argentina) v 25-Jack Draper (Great Britain)
Mariano Navone (Argentina) v Daniel Evans (Great Britain)

Tim Henman is on Sky Sports and says he’s been speaking to Dan Evans. Apparently Evans is in better shape than expected after his marathon on Tuesday, and spent yesterday having an ice bath, massage and doing some work on a stationary bike to relieve his achy legs.

The Brit is scheduled fourth on Court Five today, so at least that gives him a bit more recovery time. And he’ll be relieved that the extreme heat of yesterday has given way to much more player-friendly conditions, with a high of 25 degrees forecast. Frances Tiafoe said he brought 20 shirts and three pairs of shoes on to the court yesterday because he was sweating so much; I don’t think such drastic measures will be needed by anyone today.

Hello! And welcome to our coverage of the US Open day four. So two days after Dan Evans somehow dragged himself over the line in the longest match in US Open history, he’s back for more, though he’ll be hoping he needs less than five hours and 35 minutes this time as he takes on Argentina’s Mariano Navone in the second round.

Evans is fourth on Court Five, where the British action is at today. Before him it’s Katie Boulter v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro – the Spaniard who took out the defending champion Marketa Vondrousova at Wimbledon this summer – and then Jack Draper, like Evans, faces an Argentine opponent in Facundo Díaz Acosta.

Over on Arthur Ashe in the day session it’s the top seeds Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek; on Louis Armstrong it’s Sebastian Korda, Jasmine Paolini and the all-American tussle between Emma Raducanu’s conqueror Sofia Kenin and Jessica Pegula; and we’ll also be keeping an eye on Elena Rybakina, Mirra Andreeva, Alex de Minaur, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Tommy Paul and Jordan Thompson v Hubert Hurkacz, among many, many others.

Play begins at: 11am New York time (4pm UK time), so no time to waste! Let’s get on with it.