HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-US Open day six

Highlights of ​the sixth day at ​the U.S. Open ‌on Friday (times ​GMT): 1510 PLAY BEGINS

Play began in New York under sunny skies, with temperatures ‌around 27 degrees Celsius. READ MORE:

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Osaka holds her nerve to reach ⁠US Open third round U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON FRIDAY (prefix number ⁠denotes ​seeding):

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET) 3-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v 31-Leylah Fernandez (Canada)

Yibing Wu (China) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) Serena Williams (U.S.) & Venus Williams (U.S.) v ⁠14-Chan Hao-Ching (China) and Maya Joint (Australia)

8-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v Denis Shapovalov (Canada) LOUIS ARMSTRONG ⁠STADIUM (1500 GMT/1100 ⁠ET)

1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Kamilla Rakhimova (Uzbekistan) 15-Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) v 20-Tommy Paul (U.S.)

22-Valentin Vacherot (Monaco) v 11-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) 9-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) ‌v Anna ‌Kalinskaya (Russia)