US Open: Paul defeats Diallo to set up fourth-round meeting with Sinner

American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed, reached the last 16 of the US Open by edging out Canadian qualifier Gabriel Diallo 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (3) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Paul, ranked No 14, will play Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, next.

In the previous rounds of the US Open, the American won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-4, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2) and Australian Max Purcell (7-5, 6-0, 1-0 ret.).

Diallo, ranked No 143, edged out Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5) and Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 24 seed (7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Flavio Cobolli vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Alex De Minaur vs. Daniel Evans
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jordan Thompson: saturday
• Nuno Borges vs. Jakub Mensik: saturday
• Jannik Sinner beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
• Jack Draper (25) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Tomas Machac beat David Goffin: 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 5-7, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin (28) beat Novak Djokovic (2): 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Lorenzo Musetti (18): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Casper Ruud (8) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-7 (1), 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Francisco Comesana: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Ben Shelton (13): 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3