US Open 2024 day three: Townsend v Badosa, Hijikata v Dimitrov, and more – live

Hello guests and welcome to the US Open 2024 – Day Three!

And again, there’s so much ridiculous tennis out there that it’s hard to know where to start. We’ve got Madison Keys and Francis Tiafoe on Ashe, while on Armstrong it’s Paula Badosa – her match against Taylor Townsend could be a good one – followed by Alexander Zverev, again looking for a first Grand Slam title, and Aryna Sabalenka, this blog’s favourite for the women’s crown.

But as we reminded ourselves yesterday, at this stage of a tournament the best matches are likely to be outside the two main show courts, and we have a decent selection. We will see Barbora Krejcikova, the Wimbledon champion; Ben Shelton v Roberto Bautista Agut; Casper Ruud v Gael Monfils; and Elina Svitolina v Anhelina Kalinina.

Is that it? Nope! There’s also Griggzy Dimitrov, Lorenzo Musetti, Andrey Rublev, Daria Kasatkina and the rising Alexei Popyrin; Harriet Dart v Marta Kostyuk, a potential belter between Brandon Nakashima and Arthur Cazaux, a Facundo Cerundolo v Tomas Etcheverry Argentine derby and Donna Vekic v Geet Minnen. Fantastic!

Play: 11am local time, 4pm BST