US Open 2021: Barty v Tauson, Raducanu v Zhang and more – live!

Emma Raducanu has taken a double-break lead over Zhang Shuai on Court 10. Shuai only faced two break points in a slog of a fifth game that spanned 18 points in all, saving the first with a backhand winner from the baseline. But the opportunistic Raducanu stepped up and ripped a forehand return winner on the second, taking this opening set by the scruff. She will serve for a 5-1 lead after the change of ends.

Zhang Shuai is on the board, capping an easy hold of serve with an 88mph second-serve ace to follow her opening wobble. Raducanu then holds for 3-1.

Meanwhile on Ashe, Ashleigh Barty opened with a hold in her second-round matchup with Denmark’s Clara Tauson, then broke Tauson for a 2-0 lead after a marathon 24-point second game that spanned more than 13 minutes. Tauson saved nine break points before finally giving in on the 10th.

Raducanu has backed up the break for a 2-0 lead. After falling behind love-30 in her opening service game, the 18-year-old rattled off four quick points including a forehand volley winner and a 88mph second-serve service winner.

Well, well, well. Emma Raducanu has just broken China’s Zhang Shuai at love in the opening service game of their second-round match on Court 10, helped along by a double fault. A promising start for the young British standout.

Hello and welcome to Flushing Meadows for today’s day four of the US Open. Top-seeded Ashleigh Barty and emerging British star Emma Raducanu have just taken the court for their second-round matches on Ashe and Court 10, respectively, so we’ll dispense with the throat-clearing and keep you posted on the latest.