Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz reached the quarter-finals at the US Open

On the 8th day of the tournament in New York, Aryna Sabalenka, the women's singles number 1 and the champion of the last two years in the US Open, faced the USA's Taylor Townsend, number 96 in the world class.

Sabalenka, who beat her opponent 2-0 with sets of 6-4 and 6-3, made her name among the last 8 rackets.

American tennis player Jessica Pegula (3) eliminated Romanian Sorana Cirstea (16) with 6-3 and 6-4, and Czech Linda Noskova (6) eliminated Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (11) from the tournament with sets of 5-7, 7-5 and 6-4.

In the quarter-finals, the pairings of Aryna Sabalenka-Linda Noskova and Jessica Pegula-Emma Navarro took place.

Alcaraz in the last 8 without giving up a set

Last year's champion, Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz (2), defeated American Tommy Paul (21) 3-0 with sets of 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4.

2021 champion Russian racket Daniil Medvedev (7) bid farewell to the tournament in the last 16 rounds, losing 3-0 to American Frances Tiafoe (11) with sets of 7-6, 6-4 and 7-6.

American Ben Shelton (8) beat Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas with sets of 6-2, 6-3 and 6-4.

In the men's singles quarter-finals, Carlos Alcaraz-Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe-Alex Michelsen were paired.