Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

U.S. Open glance

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■ Key results: Men’s third round — No. 3 Daniil Medvedev beat J.J. Wolf 6-3, 6-3, 6-2; No. 6 Matteo Berrettini beat No. 30 Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4, 6-2; Vasek Pospisil beat No. 8 Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; No. 10 Andrey Rublev beat Salvatore Caruso 6-0, 6-4, 6-0; No. 15 Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Corentin Moutet 6-1, 6-0, 6-4; No. 21 Alex de Minaur beat No. 11 Karen Khachanov 6-4, 0-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Frances Tiafoe beat Marton Fucsovics 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Women’s third round —

No. 3 Serena Williams beat No. 26 Sloane Stephens 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; No. 15 Maria Sakkari beat No. 22 Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-1; No. 16 Elise Mertens beat Caty McNally 7-5, 6-1; Tsvetana Pironkova beat No. 18 Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-1; No. 20 Karolina Muchova beat Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7).

■ Sunday lookahead: Past champions Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka are on the schedule. Djokovic carries a 29-match winning streak — 26-0 in 2020 — against No. 20 seed Pablo Carreño Busta. Djokovic has won all three of their previous meetings. The Serb, 33, has won five of the past seven Grand Slam tournament­s to lift his trophy total to 17, closing in on Roger Federer, who has a men’s-record 20, and Rafael Nadal, who has 19. At night, 2018 champion Osaka faces No. 14 Anett Kontaveit. Two other owners of multiple major championsh­ips face Americans: Angelique Kerber faces No. 28 Jennifer Brady, and Petra Kvitova plays unseeded Shelby Rogers.

■ Sunday’s forecast: Partly

cloudy. High of 80.

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