US Open: Arnaldi moves into last 16, Norrie out in straight sets

Italian Matteo Arnaldi defeated No 16 seed Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Saturday evening.

Arnaldi, ranked No 61, will play world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz, from Spain, in the fourth round.

The 22-year-old Italian benefited from the abandonment of Australian Jason Kubler (6-3, 1-0) and won against Frenchman Arthur Fils (3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous rounds of the Flushing Meadows tournament, Norrie, ranked No 16, beat Russian Alexander Shevchenko (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) and qualifier Yu Hsiou Hsu (7-5, 6-4, 6-4).

New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Sebastian Baez
• Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Alex De Minaur
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Jannik Sinner
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Andrey Rublev: saturday
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniel Evans: saturday
• Jack Draper beat Michael Mmoh (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Laslo Djere (32): 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
• Borna Gojo (Q) beat Jiri Vesely: 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Jakub Mensik (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-0
• Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Benjamin Bonzi (WC): 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
• Rinky Hijikata (WC) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Adrian Mannarino (22): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Ben Shelton beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21): 6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3