US Open 2026 Day Six Recap

Day 6 was the primary day of third-round motion, and the draw is beginning to take a bit extra form.

Carlos Alcaraz continued to look higher with each match, seeing off Yibing Wu in straight units and once more exhibiting no apparent issues with the wrist.

Tommy Paul is subsequent, which ought to inform us a bit extra, though Paul needed to work significantly tougher after coming from two units to at least one down towards Alexander Bublik.

Stefanos Tsitsipas additionally continued his sudden revival, recovering from a poor opening set to beat Jiri Lehecka and attain the US Open fourth spherical for the primary time in 9 makes an attempt.

Elsewhere, Ben Shelton survived a doubtlessly awkward night time towards Denis Shapovalov, whereas Daniil Medvedev and Frances Tiafoe each cruised via in straight units to arrange one of many extra attention-grabbing fourth-round matches.

Right here’s a take a look at all of the Day 6 outcomes and the matches that stood out.

Day Six US Open 2026 Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Daniil Medvedev [7]
Arthur Rinderknech [26]
6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Frances Tiafoe [11]
Valentin Vacherot [22]
6-4, 6-2, 6-4

Alex Michelsen
Daniel Merida
7-6(5), 6-4, 6-3

Tomas Martin Etcheverry [27]
Mariano Navone
6-4, 6-4, 6-3

Ben Shelton [8]
Denis Shapovalov
7-6(3), 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-4

Stefanos Tsitsipas
Jiri Lehecka [18]
2-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-1

Tommy Paul [20]
Alexander Bublik [15]
6-4, 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-3

Carlos Alcaraz [2]
Yibing Wu
6-3, 6-4, 6-1

Key Match Recap

Carlos Alcaraz def. Yibing Wu 6-3, 6-4, 6-1

Carlos Alcaraz continued his match-by-match enchancment, seeing off Yibing Wu in straight units to succeed in the fourth spherical.

Wu can hit the ball very cleanly and did sufficient early on to make this aggressive, significantly off the forehand, however Alcaraz was significantly better on the details.

The Spaniard gave up a break benefit in every of the opening two units, which might be the one criticism, however he saved making use of stress on return and all the time regarded able to shifting via one other gear when required.

The third set was one-way visitors, and Alcaraz completed with a really comfortable-looking scoreline regardless of not taking part in completely.

The wrist nonetheless appears to be like high-quality, and his motion is great. He says he’s bodily higher than anticipated, and I feel the priority round his lack of match play is disappearing fairly shortly.

Tommy Paul is subsequent, which ought to be his first actual check, as the 2 usually have some aggressive matches.

Tommy Paul def. Alexander Bublik 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-3

Tommy Paul got here via one of many higher matches of Day 6, recovering from two units to at least one right down to beat Alexander Bublik in 5.

As is regular, Bublik threw in his full repertoire, combined up the serve, threw in loads of selection and performed a powerful third-set tiebreak to maneuver inside a set of the fourth spherical.

However Paul responded extraordinarily properly. He raised his vitality, began getting considerably extra returns again into play, and utterly ran away with the fourth 6-1.

The fifth initially regarded prefer it is perhaps even simpler as Paul raced 5-0 forward, however he isn’t the very best nearer, and Bublik inevitably made issues awkward by successful three straight video games earlier than the American bought the job performed.

Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Jiri Lehecka 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-1

I preserve ready for Stefanos Tsitsipas to revert to the model we’ve been awaiting the final yr or so, however as a substitute he produced one other spectacular comeback.

Lehecka ran via the opening set 6-2, and Tsitsipas really misplaced his first three service video games of the match.

However from there, he utterly modified the sample. His forehand began doing much more injury, the serve settled down, and after levelling with a 6-1 second set, he performed a superb third-set tiebreak and ran via the fourth 6-1.

It’s the primary time in 9 makes an attempt he’s reached the US Open fourth spherical. Sudden.

Ben Shelton def. Denis Shapovalov 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4

Ben Shelton survived a doubtlessly messy night time towards Denis Shapovalov as he got here via in 4 units.

Shelton had possibilities to make his night time significantly simpler. He served for the second set at each 5-4 and 6-5, bought damaged each instances after which misplaced the tiebreak.

That may be pricey towards a streaky participant like Shapo, however Shelton reset instantly, took benefit of a dip from the Canadian and raced via the third 6-2.

An early break within the fourth was sufficient from there, and he closed it out shortly after 2 a.m.

Daniil Medvedev def. Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Daniil Medvedev’s event continues to be unexpectedly easy.

I figured Rinderknech would offer a a lot harder check than his first two opponents, however Medvedev produced one other very tidy straight-sets win.

There wasn’t a lot drama, which isn’t one thing you usually say with Meddy. He discovered a break in every set, served properly and by no means allowed Rinderknech’s energy to show the match into the form of first-strike contest the Frenchman would have wished.

Medvedev is now into the fourth spherical with out dropping a set, with Frances Tiafoe subsequent, and Medvedev leads that matchup 6-1.

Frances Tiafoe def. Valentin Vacherot 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

Frances Tiafoe produced his cleanest efficiency of the event to beat Valentin Vacherot in underneath two hours.

Tiafoe completed with 30 winners to simply 13 unforced errors and received 85% of his first-serve factors, which is about as managed as you’ll see him play.

Vacherot hasn’t actually figured a lot on tour of late resulting from harm, and whereas he had just a few alternatives early within the second set, he couldn’t take them, and after that Tiafoe utterly shut the door.

That’s now 40 wins for the season and one other fourth-round look in New York, the place he positively will get just a few further % from the group.

Highlights

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