US Open 2024 live updates: Day 8 latest as Iga Swiatek wins in straight sets with Sinner, Paul underway (2024)

• Iga Swiatek (1) into quarterfinals in 100th Grand Slam match.
• Tommy Paul (14) faces world No. 1 Jannik Sinner (1) on Arthur Ashe in final match of the day.
• Jessica Pegula (6) will play Swiatek after beating Diana Shnaider (18); Jack Draper (25) sets up clash with Alex de Minaur (10)
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (22) and Karolina Muchova will contest second women's quarterfinal.

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Tommy Paul has played twelve net points, winning eight; Sinner has played six, winning five.

Sinner's ratio is better, but Paul is coming in more frequently, as he attempts to escape the baseline rallies which, as Matt observed, he simply can't win consistently enough to win the match.

6-6. Tiebreak. "Embrace it," says Paul's coach.

Paul is trying to steal a page from the Alcaraz playbook against Sinner — change the height of the ball, mix in looping sots with low flat ones. It's not a bad plan. But can he execute it?

Tiebreak time...he would have signed for that at the start.

What an impressive service hold from Tommy Paul.

Dealing with a lot of pressure from his opponent, Jannik Sinner, Paul found a way to escape and hold serve.

He even saved a set point, thanks to an ace from Paul, his fastest first serve of the match so far.

5-5 opening set.

Paul knows better than anyone that he can't hang back and bang with Sinner.

That's a fight he's not going to win.

He's at his best when he is pushing into the court.

Problem is Sinner is really good at keeping him back.

The crowd here in Arthur Ashe is ready to do everything it can to get Paul into this match. When he surged early with the double break, the building was starting to shake.

The USA chants were revving up. But Sinner's four-game roll has taken the life out of the packed house — except the guy screaming in my ear behind me.

Paul and Sinner trade the unforced errors.

For the first five games, they were all over Sinner like a rash.

For the last three, it's been the American making the mistakes.

4-4, Sinner serving.

That didn't take long.

After being down a double break 4-1, Sinner rallied to win three straight games.

He's won 12 of his last 14 points and putting Paul on his back foot with the blazing power on his flat groundstrokes.

4-4 opening set.

Sinner breaks right back.

The first loose game from Paul, and the Italian capitalizes immediately.

Paul leads 4-2 in the first set.

Make that 11 points in a row for Tommy Paul.

He leads 4-1 against the world No. 1 Jannik Sinner.

The crowd is raucous for the American.

4-1 Paul. What a start.

Tommy Paul has won nine points in a row against the world No. 1. He holds to love, and then puts Sinner down 0-30.

As it so often goes in tennis, Tommy Paul fends off break points, and then gets one of his own.

Jannik Sinner drags a forehand wide, and the American is off and running in the first set.

Going an early break down to Jannik Sinner is generally not a good idea.

Paul saves two break points to hold in his first service game. 1-1 on Arthur Ashe.

The Australian No. 10 seed gets past compatriot Jordan Thompson in four sets, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

He will play No. 25 seed Draper, who beat Tomas Machac in three sets earlier in the day.

This is de Minaur's first tournament since he withdrew from Wimbledon with a hip injury, where he also got to the quarterfinals.

Iga Swiatek played two very different sets, and they both had the same result.

The world No. 1 was a little wasteful on return in the first set, and had to eke out a service game from 0-30 down.

Then, at 4-5 with Samsonova serving to stay in the set, she raised her level. A break to love, a hold, another break, and the match was out of Samsonova's hands in the space of few points.

This is what Swiatek can do when she is on. Her tennis gifts are basically peerless, and when she settles her mind, she looks inevitable.

Below are the U.S. Open women's quarterfinal matchups:

Swiatek-Pegula

Haddad Maia-Muchova

Badosa-Navarro

Zheng-Sabalenka

Iga Swiatek routs Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the U.S. Open quarterfinals.

It was a dominant performance for the world No. 1, who after breaking to win the first set at 5-4 only lost one game the rest of the match.

Swiatek's serving was efficient, winning 88 percent of her first serve points.

Swiatek will take on American Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals.

Iga Swiatek has a 4-0 lead in the second set.

Samsonova double faults after a lengthy game giving Swiatek the double break.

Might be a bagel alert in this second set on Arthur Ashe Stadium.