US Open 2024 day five: Svitolina v Gauff, Badosa and Zheng go through – live

7.01pm BST

Svitolina 6-3 3-6 1-4 Gauff* (*denotes server) The American takes advantage of her first break point to take a 4-1 lead in this set, Svitolina firing a shot into the net. Well, the momentum and the home crowd are against the Ukranian here. The No 3 seed is serving and needs two games to take her place in the next round.

6.57pm BST

Svitolina* 6-3 3-6 1-3 Gauff (*denotes server) Thanks Yara. In this match, the defending champion has found a new gear since losing the first set. Coco Gauff looks a different player and Elina Svitolina, who’s making a few errors, needs to hold serve here to stop her opponent running way with this decider.

6.52pm BST

It is time for me to take a short break. Alex Reid is here to expertly guide you through the next hour.

6.49pm BST

Paula Badosa speaks on the match after her win:

Guys, 5-4 down, I was destroyed. Match point down, I was done. You guys gave me so much strength. Thank you. I think she played an insane level. I wasn’t expecting it. I was a bit confused.

On what she was told by her coach after losing the first set:

My coach said you have to fight. To play aggressive. For a moment, I thought I wasn’t playing her, I was playing Simona Halep. Congratulations to her and her coach.

On playing mixed doubles with Stefanos Tsitsipas a bit later today:

He will have to do all the work. A good lunch will help me so much and the motivation and excitement will help me.

On the support on Louis Armstrong:

I always say the best crowd is in the US. It is not a coincidence my best results are here. I feel so safe and protected here. Thank you guys. I hope to see you at my doubles match.

Updated at 6.49pm BST

6.43pm BST

Paula Badosa beats Elena-Gabriela Ruse 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8)

Badosa adjusted her positioning to attack Ruse’s second serve and her work gives her a 4-0 lead in the tie-break. But the Romanian refuses to give up and after a couple of risks and a fantastic forehand in a long rally cuts the Spaniard’s lead to 4-3. But then, a few misses for Ruse and Badosa leads 7-5 with Ruse serving.

The Spaniard hits it long and once again, it is a one point game – the tightest of margins. Badosa’s eighth ace makes it 8-6 but Ruse moves her opponent around with a crosscourt backhand before a forehand winner. But at the most crucial of moments, Ruse hits a return out … and then a backhand winner.

9-8 for Badosa and then Ruse’s return is long and the Spaniard wins by the skin of her teeth. A nice handshake at the net between the seeded winner and the qualifier after two hours and 32 minutes – what a grind.

Updated at 6.45pm BST

6.36pm BST

Svitolina 6-3, 3-6 Gauff* (*denotes server) We go to a decider! An ace from Gauff is what gives her the second set and Svitolina looks annoyed she has let this one slip.

Updated at 6.37pm BST

6.31pm BST

Ruse 6-4, 1-6, 6-6 Badosa* (*denotes server) We are heading to a tie-break in this third set!

Updated at 6.44pm BST

6.29pm BST

Svitolina 6-3, 2-5 Gauff* (*denotes server) Svitolina’s accuracy has gone off a touch, making it 30-15 for Gauff after a long forehand. The American then hits another backhand that her opponent misses and she takes the game after another long forehand from the Ukrainian.

Updated at 6.29pm BST

6.26pm BST

*Svitolina 6-3, 2-4 Gauff (*denotes server) Gauff hits the best backhand she has hit all day, with the power and positioning coming off perfectly to make it 15-15. You can hear a pin drop up until a Gauff hits a massive smash and then a forehand down the line. Big roar from Gauff, big roar from Arthur Ashe. A crosscourt forehand means she breaks. The American asks the crowd for more and they give it to her, gladly.

Updated at 6.31pm BST

6.21pm BST

Ruse 6-4, 1-6, 5-5 Badosa* (*denotes server) Survival. Badosa holds! She goes into the forehand side of Ruse and the Spaniard is still in this match, to the absolute delight of most of the crowd at Louis Armstrong.

Updated at 6.22pm BST

6.15pm BST

*Ruse 6-4, 1-6, 5-4 Badosa (*denotes server) What a way to break in those new balls – Ruse hits her first ace (and her fastest serve at 108 mph) and quickly gets to 40-0 after Badosa hits it out. But Ruse nets twice and all of a sudden it is deuce. Ruse takes advantage with another ace, this time at 111 mph and then holds. Can she break for the match?

6.10pm BST

Ruse 6-4, 1-6, 4-4 Badosa* (*denotes server) This is going to be a close one. Twenty-five games played, new balls introduced and we are down to the home stretch.

5.57pm BST

*Svitolina 6-3 Gauff (*denotes server) Svitolina is about to serve for the set … A winner down the line and then a Gauff long backhand makes it 30-0. It is silent on Arthur Ashe. A beautiful volley after a drop shot makes it 40-0 and Gauff’s forehand goes wide, giving the world No 28 the first set.

Updated at 6.04pm BST

5.50pm BST

Women’s doubles at the US Open or Spider-Man?

5.49pm BST

*Svitolina 4-3 Gauff (*denotes server) Gauff’s backhand looks so smooth, one of the best on the tour. But the forehand looks disjointed, something she has struggled with all year. But she is up 40-15 after Svitolina returns a forehand wide. However, her shots are not being sustained and we get to deuce after Gauff nets. The American shakes it off though and her backhand has Svitolina running and she strikes to get advantage. But back to deuce after Guaff nets a forehand and the Ukrainian holds.

5.42pm BST

Svitolina 3-3 Gauff* (*denotes server) Gauff faces another break point early on in the match but she puts up a big ace. At the fourth deuce, Svitolina nets a crosscourt forehand and Gauff’s forehand down the line earns her the game after her opponent misses.

Updated at 5.43pm BST

5.35pm BST

Ruse 6-4, 1-6 Badosa* (*denotes server) We go to a decider! It was one-way traffic in that second set with the Spaniard hitting three aces, 12 winners and three break points.

5.32pm BST

Zheng Qinwen beats Jule Niemeier 6-2, 6-1

What a match from the seventh seed! The Chinese earned three break points in the second set on Grandstand to ease into the fourth round and the second week.

Updated at 5.41pm BST

5.28pm BST

Svitolina 2-2 Gauff* (*denotes server) Gauff is under some pressure after struggling with her serve but she catches up to make it 30-40 with a big forehand. At deuce, the American hits a crosscourt backhand and sees out the game with a beautiful dropshot.

We can hear Gauff’s coach, Brad Gilbert, crystal clear on the feed and he tells her to “hit some height on her backhand”.

Updated at 5.29pm BST

5.24pm BST

Ruse 6-4, 1-4 Badosa* (*denotes server) Badosa’s serve in the second set has improved massively. Ruse just can’t deal with the power behind it. The Spaniard has now won 8/8 points from her first serve in the second set.

5.22pm BST

*Ruse 6-4, 1-3 Badosa (*denotes server) Badosa is keeping Ruse from stringing anything together at the moment. She takes the fourth game after going 40-0 and hitting a pinpoint backhand.

5.20pm BST

*Svitolina 1-0 Gauff (*denotes server) The Ukrainian holds after double faulting when her opponent hits it wide. Arthur Ashe is bouncing and ready to watch their favourite player in the American.

5.17pm BST

Ruse 6-4, 1-2 Badosa* (*denotes server) The Spaniard hits some beautiful aces to get to 40-15 but it’s deuce in a flash after netting a second serve. What looked like an easy game all of a sudden isn’t but a fantastic forehand after a longer rally wins her the game.

Updated at 5.18pm BST

5.12pm BST

*Ruse 6-4, 1-1 Badosa (*denotes server) Badosa came back guns blazing to take the first game and Ruse, despite a time-violation warning, shakes it off to take the second.

5.10pm BST

Coco Gauff will be getting underway on Arthur Ashe soon, the No 3 seed taking on Elina Svitolina. This will be Gauff’s first time facing a seeded player in her title defence. Svitolina is a three-time semi-finalist at grand slams and has reached at least the last eight in 11 slams.

5.05pm BST

Zheng Qinwen wins the first set 6-2 against Jule Niemeier. It started off quite even on Grandstand but the Olympic champion put together a commanding four game streak. Niemeier had a medical timeout before the final set.

Updated at 5.14pm BST

5.02pm BST

*Ruse 6-4 Badosa (*denotes server) It’s 30-0 to Ruse but that poor serve was bound to catch up to her eventually and a double fault makes it break point for Badosa. But she can’t see it out and the Romanian takes the set with a backhand.

4.57pm BST

Ruse 5-4 Badosa* (*denotes server) Ruse is visibly fired up now and the game takes a matter of moments as she puts Badosa on the back foot immediately. She now serves for the set.

4.53pm BST

*Ruse 4-4 Badosa (*denotes server) Nothing has been easy for either player in this first set so far and both are sliding up and down the scale of excellent play and erratic play. After a second deuce the Romanian manages the game with a short forehand that Badosa can’t get to.

Ruse, the qualifier, has won three points on her first serve. And it is 4-4. The Louis Armstrong effect, I guess?

Updated at 5.01pm BST

4.43pm BST

Ruse 3-4 Badosa* (*denotes server) Badosa is forcing Ruse to move a lot more and it is causing a lot of unforced errors for the Romanian – nine in total in this match so far. It is a nervy game though as the two alternate their points. Badosa is also struggling with first serves, only hitting 48% of them by the time we reach 40-40. Two aces earn the Spaniard the hold and she takes the lead.

4.38pm BST

*Ruse 3-3 Badosa (*denotes server) Ruse comes into this game having not won a single point off her first serve. Badosa takes advantage by moving away and hitting a couple of forehands that are hard for Ruse to read. A double fault from Ruse brings a break point for Badosa and Ruse nets a backhand. All tied up!

4.33pm BST

Ruse 3-2 Badosa* (*denotes server) We get to 40-15 and Badosa is clearly struggling. At this point, she has served 18 points and only won five of them. My limited Spanish comes in handy here. Her coach tells her to concentrate on making her first serve before a ‘Vamos’. She finally finds the first serve to bail herself out of trouble and makes it 40-40 before saving three break points.

Updated at 4.40pm BST

4.26pm BST

*Ruse 3-1 Badosa (*denotes server) Ruse’s second-serve is too short with very little spin or slice on it and Badosa pounces on it immediately. It is an obvious weakness in the Romanian’s game. But she manages to get to 40-15 after the Spaniard hits several forehand shots well out and she sees out the game.

4.22pm BST

Ruse 2-1 Badosa* (*denotes server) Badosa is a good mover but Ruse gets inside the court really quickly which eliminates time for the opponent and even someone as mobile as the Spaniard can struggle with some of those shots. Ruse gets the advantage with her firing backhand and then a forehand to see out the game. Three consecutive breaks of serve in this match. Are we living in some alternative universe on Louis Armstrong where players prefer to not serve?

Updated at 4.26pm BST

4.16pm BST

*Ruse 1-1 Badosa (*denotes server) Badosa manages to sprint towards a Ruse dropshot and hits a winner. She gets to 40-0 with an inch-perfect forehand and the players trade breaks after Ruse hits a shot well-wide. Ruse’s serve isn’t as accurate as it could be. It goes right in the middle, making it very easy for opponents to attack and putting her under pressure immediately.

4.13pm BST

Ruse 1-0 Badosa* (*denotes server) The 26th seed gets us underway and is immediately under pressure after going down 0-40. The Romanian then hits the game winner after Badosa hits it short, immediately pouncing and moving up from the baseline. Our first break!

Updated at 4.13pm BST

3.56pm BST

The weather is overcast in New York but we have confirmation that play should start in time. We start with Gabriela Rusev Paula Badosa on Louis Armstrong and Zheng Qinwen v Jule Niemeier on Grandstand.

Updated at 4.07pm BST

3.54pm BST

After the first two rounds in the men’s singles tournament, Andrey Rublev leads in the most winners hit with 111. The sixth seed fought back from two two sets down to beat Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. The match, which took place in grueling heat conditions, was completed in four hours and six minutes. He continues his campaign for a first slam title today against Jiri Lehecka.

3.44pm BST

Our Brit watch has proved to be a mixed bag. Katie Boulter suffered one of her most disappointing defeats of the season, crashing out 7-5, 7-5 to Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro despite being the favourite. But Jack Draper eased into the third round with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win over the Argentine Facundo Díaz Acosta and Dan Evans’s statement 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win over Mariano Navone came two days after he battled through the longest match in the history of the US Open, recovering from 0-4 down in the fifth set to defeat Karen Khachanov in five sets after five hours, 35 minutes.

Related: Katie Boulter crashes out of US Open as Jack Draper and Dan Evans march on

3.37pm BST

The Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp managed a massive victory against Carlos Alcaraz in a 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 win last night on Arthur Ashe.

Having established himself as such a reliable performer in the biggest tournaments, this defeat marks the first time that Alcaraz has lost to a player ranked outside of the top 15 at a grand slam since the French Open in 2021, when he was 18 years old and ranked 97th in the world. It is also his earliest loss at a grand slam since that same year.

With the win, Van de Zandschulp has become the fourth unseeded player in 2000s to defeat in straight sets a Top three seeded at the men’s singles US Open tournament.

Catch up on how it all went down with Tumaini Carayol’s report.

Related: Carlos Alcaraz crashes out of US Open in shock loss to world No 74 Van de Zandschulp

Updated at 3.41pm BST

3.30pm BST

Preamble

Hello all and welcome to our blog for day five of the 2024 US Open.

Day four was a tasty one. The world No 3 Carlos Alcaraz crashed out in straight sets while Britain’s Jack Draper and Dan Evans marched on.

And so much to look forward to today. The defending champion Coco Gauff and the Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen continue their campaigns as do Ben Shelton, Andrey Rublev, Paula Badosa and more.

Join me for all the build-up, news and action as we see who will reach the fourth round.

And, as always, if you have any thoughts, questions, queries, musings or predictions feel free to send me an email, which you can find at the top of this blog.

Updated at 3.33pm BST