US Open Day 3 schedule: Gauff, Zverev lead star-studded line-up

The first round of the 2026 US Open reaches its final day on Tuesday, September 1, with several of the tournament’s biggest names finally kicking off their campaigns. Coco Gauff, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys headline a busy third day at Flushing Meadows.

Already on the second day, he gave the tournament a lot to talk about. Carlos Alcaraz returned after a four-month layoff due to a wrist injury with a straight sets victory over Roman Safiullin, while the defending champion Aryna Sabalenka also got off to a winning start, defeated Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-4 to extend her US Open winning streak to 14 matches.

Iga Swiatek was equally convincing, beat Wang Xiyu 6-2, 6-3, while last year’s winner Amanda Anisim celebrated her birthday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Ashlyn Krueger. Both advanced to the second round without losing a set.

Now the focus of the first round shifts towards the players who are still waiting to enter the tournament. The Arthur Ashe Stadium will receive star treatment, with Gauff, Zverev, Fritz and Keys all playing, while Elena Rybakina, Mirra Andreeva, Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Gael Monfils and Alexandra Eala star elsewhere.

GAUFF, ZVEREV LEAD THE WAY

Coco Gauff comes into her home Grand Slam with some momentum behind her after a strong run through the North American hardcourt swing. The 2023 US Open champion will begin her campaign against Zeynep Sonmez at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, her match scheduled for September 2 at 4:30 IST.

Gauff will be looking to make the most of the next race in New York after her breakthrough title here three years ago. Sonmez, meanwhile, has the rather unenviable job of opening the tournament against one of the home crowd’s biggest favourites.

Alexander Zverev follows Gauff on the Ashes and begins his campaign as the top seed. The German arrives as the reigning Roland-Garros champion and will face Italy’s Lorenzo Sonega in his opening match.

Ahead of them, Taylor Fritz takes on Darwin Blanch, while Australian Open winner Madison Keys opens today’s match against Alina Korneeva.

There is plenty of heavyweight action from Ash as well. Second seed Elena Rybakina takes on Thea Frodin in the Grandstand, fifth seed Mirra Andreeva meets Janice Tjen at Louis Armstrong Stadium, while Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Gael Monfils and 17th seed Alexandra Eala are also in action.

US OPEN 2026 DAY 3 FULL SCHEDULE

Arthur Ashe Stadium — 9:00 PM IST

21:00: Madison Keys (22) vs. Alina Korneeva
Next: Taylor Fritz (9) vs Darwin Blanch
4:30, September 2: Zeynep Sonmez vs Coco Gauff (4)
Next: Alexander Zverev (1) vs Lorenzo Sonego

Louis Armstrong Stadium — 8:30 PM IST

20:30: Francisco Comesana vs Flavio Cobolli (5)
Next: Mirra Andreeva (5) vs Janice Tjen
4:30 p.m., Sept. 2: Adolfo Daniel Vallejo vs. Gael Monfils
Next: Mary Stoiana vs Alex Eala (17)

Grandstand — 8:30 PM IST

20:30: Thea Frodin vs. Elena Rybakina (2)
Next: Arthur Fery vs Lorenzo Musetti (13)
Next: Iva Jovic (14) vs Magdalena Frech
Not before 5:30, September 2: Andrea Guerrieri vs Alex de Minaur (6)

Stadium 17 — 20:30 IST

20:30: Yulia Putintseva vs. Belinda Bencic (12)
Next: Daria Kasatkina vs. Paul Bados
Next: Rafael Jodar (12) vs Thanasi Kokkinakis
Not before 5:00 a.m., Sept. 2: Marcos Giron vs. Ignacio Buse (32)

Court 17:00 – 20:30 IST

Filip Misolic vs Francisco Cerundolo (24)
Next: Anastasia Potapová (24) vs Tereza Valentová
Next: Kaitlin Quevedo vs Elise Mertens (23)
Next: Jan Choinski vs Botic van de Zandschulp

Court 18:00 – 20:30 IST

Gabriela Knutson vs Eva Lys
Lucie Havlickova vs Anna Bondar
Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs Arthur Gea
Magda Linette vs Francesca Jones

Trial 19:00 – 20:30 IST

Dane Sweeny vs Corentin Moutet
Darja Vidmanova vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Arantxa Rus vs Leolia Jeanjean

Judgment 22:30 – 20:30 IST

Mattia Bellucci vs Zsombor Piros
Jesper de Jong vs Francesco Passaro
Nikola Bartunková vs Mayar Sherif

Court 11 — 20:30 IST

Nishesh Basavareddy vs Tristan Schoolkate
Tatjana Maria vs Jelena Ostapenko (30)
Fabian Marozsan vs Michael Zheng

Court 12 — 20:30 IST

Maria Sakkari (32) vs. Robin Montgomery
Zizou Bergs (31) vs. Carlos Taberner
Zachary Svajda vs Daniel Altmaier
Oleksandra Oliynykova vs Reese Brantmeier

Court 13 — 20:30 IST

Yuliia Starodubtseva vs Ella Seidel
Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs Jan-Lennard Struff
Alex Molcan vs Benjamin Bonzi

Court 15 — 20:30 IST

Anhelina Kalinina vs Himeno Sakatsume
Aoi Ito vs Oksana Selekhmeteva
Dalibor Svrcina vs Valentin Royer

Note: Matches marked ‘Next’ will start after the previous match at that ground has finished, so they do not have a fixed start time. The above session times have been converted from New York local time to IST.

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Issued by:

Debodinna Chakraborty

Published on:

01 Sep 2026 10:56 IST