HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-US Open day five

NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Highlights of the fifth day at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows on Friday (times GMT):

0150 RUUD BEATS SHANG

Former finalist and eighth seed Casper Ruud fought back from two sets down to beat Shang Juncheng 6-7(1) 3-6 6-0 6-3 6-1 in the third round. The Norwegian faces American eighth seed Taylor Fritz in the fourth round.

0123 NAKASHIMA KNOCKS OUT MUSETTI

Brandon Nakashima came from 4-0 down in the fourth set to claim a shocking 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) win over Italian 18th seed Lorenzo Musetti and reach the fourth round for the first time.

The American, who also upset 15th seed Holger Rune in the first round, will face the winner of the later clash between Tomas Etcheverry and Alexander Zverev.

2252 TIAFOE TRIUMPHS IN ALL-AMERICAN BATTLE

Frances Tiafoe, the 20th seed, came out on top in a five-set thriller against fellow-American, 13th seed Ben Shelton, winning 4-6 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3.

2215 FRITZ EASES PAST COMESANA

American 12th seed Taylor Fritz comfortably saw off Argentina's Franciso Comesana with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win to advance to the fourth round.

2150 DIMITROV DOWNS GRIEKSPOOR

Bulgarian seed Grigor Dimitrov carved out a comfortable 6-3 6-3 6-1 win over Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor to set up a fourth round showdown with Russian Andrey Rublev.

2140 RUBLEV INTO FOURTH ROUND

Sixth seed Rublev beat Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-3 7-5 6-4.

1955 NAVARRO THROUGH TO PLAY GAUFF

American 13th seed Emma Navarro enjoyed a 6-4 4-6 6-3 win over Ukrainie's 19th seed Marta Kostyuk, and advances to meet defending champion Coco Gauff in the fourth round.

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1915 THREE-TIME FINALIST AZARENKA BOWS OUT

Victoria Azarenka, finalist in 2012, 2013 and 2020, is out of the tournament after the Belarusian lost 6-4 3-6 6-1 to China's Wang Yafan.

Wafan will play Spain's Paula Badosa in the fourth round.

1815 GAUFF SURVIVES SVITOLINA SCARE

Defending champion Coco Gauff faced her toughest test yet at this year's final major but safely reached the fourth round with a 3-6 6-3 6-3 victory over Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

1742 BADOSA OVERCOMES RUSE

Spanish 26th seed Paula Badosa came from a set down to win 4-6 6-1 7-6(8) against Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse and advances to the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time in her career.

1632 ZHENG ROUTS NIEMEIER

Seventh seed Zheng Qinwen of China beat German Jule Niemeier 6-2 6-1 to reach the fourth round.

"Finally I have won a match in two sets, I was focused since the beginning," the 2024 Olympic champion and Australian Open finalist said after the match.

"It has been easy for me here right after the Olympic Games. I don't know if they will put me in Granstand again, I hope . I lost against Jule in midnight in 2022 US Open third round. I am glad I am the winner today and I don't have to cry."

1509 PLAY UNDERWAY

Play began under mostly cloudy skies in New York, with the temperature hovering around 21 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit).

ORDER OF PLAY

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1600 GMT/12 PM ET)

27-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v 3-Coco Gauff (U.S.)

13-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v 20-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.)

28-Alexei Popyrin (Australia) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

20-Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) v 2-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/11 AM ET)

Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) v 26-Paula Badosa (Spain)

13-Emma Navarro (U.S.) v 19-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)

Francisco Comesana (Argentina) v 12-Taylor Fritz (U.S.)

14-Madison Keys (U.S.) v 33-Elise Mertens (Belgium)

Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina) v 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany)

(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare, Shifa Jahan, Trevor Stynes and Janina Nuno Rios; Editing by Clare Fallon, Toby Chopra, Jonathan Oatis, William Mallard and Himani Sarkar)

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