Serena Williams waved farewell to the game as she lost out on Friday to Ajla Tomljanovic at the US Open.
Saturday's Highlights
Garbine Mugurza vs Petra Kvitova
Iga Swiatek vs Lauren Davis
Cameron Norrie vs Holger Rune
Richard Gasquet vs Rafael Nadal
The 23-time major champion saved five match points before eventually going down 5-7 7-6 1-6 to the Australian and had tears in her eyes as she left the court.
Elsewhere in the women's draw, Ons Jabeur reached the last 16 for the first time in New York as she came from a set down to beat Shelby Rogers 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Coco Gauff also made it through, easing past fellow American Madison Keys 6-2 6-3. However, former champion Bianca Andreescu is out after losing 6-3 6-2 to Caroline Garcia.
Saturday's highlights include a clash between two former Grand Slam champions, with Garbine Muguruza taking on Petra Kvitova (Match Result - Muguruza 6/4, Kvitova 8/15), while three-times beaten finalist Victoria Azarenka takes on Petra Martic (Match Result - Martic 13/8, Azarenka 1/2).
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Iga Swiatek, 9/4 to win the tournament, is also in action at Flushing Meadows as she takes on Lauren Davis.
In the men's draw, defending champion Daniil Medvedev enjoyed a straightforward passage into the fourth round, beating Chinese qualifier Wu Yibing 6-4 6-2 6-4 and will now face Nick Kyrgios (Match Result - Medvedev 8/15, Kyrgios 6/4).
There were also wins on Friday for fifth seed Casper Ruud and Pablo Carreno Busta. However, it was a bad day for the Brits, with 2012 champion Andy Murray losing in four sets to Matteo Berrettini, while Jack Draper was forced to retire against Karen Khachanov.
Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans will hope to prolong British interest on Saturday. Norrie takes on Denmark's Holger Rune, whom he beat in Cincinnati (Match Result - Norrie 2/7, Rune 5/2).
Meanwhile, Evans is in action against 2014 champion Marin Cilic (Match Result - Cilic 8/15, Evans 6/4).
The game of the day could come later on, though, with Rafael Nadal, 3/1 in the outright market behind 2/1 Medvedev, in action against Richard Gasquet.
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