HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-U.S. Open day four

Highlights of the fourth day at the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, at Flushing Meadows on Thursday (times in GMT): 0010 SINNER THROUGH, NISHIKORI FIGHTS OFF MCDONALD

Italian Jannik Sinner moved into the third round for the first time with a 6-3 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4 win over unseeded American Zachary Svajda. Former finalist Kei Nishikori scored a 7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(5) 2-6 6-3 win over American Mackenzie McDonald, a player who had beaten the Japanese world number 56 at the Washington Open last month. READ MORE:

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2210 SEPPI UPSETS HURKACZ, MONFILS OVERCOMES JOHNSON Italian world number 89 Andreas Seppi upset 10th seed Hubert Hurkacz 2-6 6-4 6-4 7-6(6) to move into the third round for the first time since 2015. Frenchman Gael Monfils scored a 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-4 win over American Steve Johnson.

2105 BERRETTINI GETS PAST MOUTET Italian Matteo Berrettini was made to work hard by Frenchman Corentin Moutet, but the sixth seed overcame a second-set wobble and 58 unforced errors to score a 7-6(2) 4-6 6-4 6-3 win.

In the third round, Berrettini will face Belarusian Ilya Ivashka, who won the Winston-Salem warm-up event last month. 2050 KERBER ROLLS PAST KALININA

Former champion and 16th seed Angelique Kerber of Germany secured a 6-3 6-2 win over Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina, a player who had upset the German in straight sets in the first round at Roland Garros in May. 1921 ZVEREV BLASTS PAST RAMOS-VINOLAS

Olympic champion Alexander Zverev continued his hunt for a maiden Grand Slam title with a 6-1 6-0 6-3 win over Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas, extending his winning streak to 13. The German, seeded fourth, fired 11 aces and won 93% of points on first serve.

1857 KVITOVA TOO GOOD FOR KRISTYNA PLISKOVA Petra Kvitova, the 10th seed, powered past fellow Czech Kristyna Pliskova with a 7-6(4) 6-2 victory.

Russian Varvara Gracheva stunned 24th seed Paula Badosa 6-4 6-4 while compatriot and French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-2 5-7 6-2. 1814 SWIATEK SURVIVES FERRO SCARE

Seventh seed Iga Swiatek surrendered the opening set and came through a tight second to beat Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro 3-6 7-6(3) 6-0, while 28th seed Anett Kontaveit overcame Swiss Jil Teichmann 6-4 6-1. 1743 BARTY STROLLS PAST TAUSON

Top seed Ash Barty of Australia hardly broke sweat as she beat tournament debutant Clara Tauson 6-1 7-5. British teenager Emma Raducanu also advanced in style with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Zhang Shuai and Maria Sakkari downed Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-2. 1720 BENCIC BLASTS PAST TREVISAN

Switzerland's Belinda Bencic, the 11th seed, made short work of Martina Trevisan, beating the Italian 6-3 6-1 in 71 minutes. Both players sent down 16 winners, but Trevisan won 48% of her first-serve points and made more than double the number of unforced errors Bencic did.

1615 PLAY UNDERWAY IN NEW YORK Play got underway at Flushing Meadows after a delayed start, with top seed Ash Barty taking on Denmark's Clara Tauson at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

(Compiled by Simon Jennings, Shrivathsa Sridhar and Anuron Kumar Mitra in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

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