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US Open Tennis 2020: TV Schedule, Start Times for Wednesday Night Draw
Frank Franklin/Associated PressThe No. 4 seeds in the two U.S. Open singles draws hit Arthur Ashe Stadium under the lights Wednesday. Naomi Osaka is looking for an easier path to victory in the second round after she was pushed to three sets in Monday’s opening round.Stefanos Tsitsipas did not have any trouble in his first match…
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The No. 4 seeds in the two U.S. Open singles draws hit Arthur Ashe Stadium under the lights Wednesday.
Naomi Osaka is looking for an easier path to victory in the second round after she was pushed to three sets in Monday's opening round.
Stefanos Tsitsipas did not have any trouble in his first match at the USTA National Tennis Center, and a similar result is expected to get him into the third round.
Osaka and Tsitsipas will try to continue the perfect record of seeded players in night matches at Ashe Stadium—4-0 through two days.
U.S. Open Wednesday Night Schedule
TV: ESPN2 (7-11 p.m. ET)
Live Stream: Watch ESPN or ESPN app
Full schedule of play can be found on USOpen.org.
Picks
No. 4 Naomi Osaka over Camila Giorgi
Osaka was not as dominant as the other top seeds Monday, as she needed three sets to beat Misaki Doi.
The one area she must clean up Wednesday against Camila Giorgi is unforced errors, as she committed 38 in her opening match.
The 2018 U.S. Open champion also needs to refine the accuracy of her first serve. Only 46 of her 91 first serves were called in against Doi.
If she is more accurate with that part of her game, Osaka should make quick work of Giorgi since she won points on 76 percent of her first serves.
Giorgi also experienced some struggles on serve in her three-set victory, as 49 percent of her first serves were called in and she won 61 percent of those points.
The unseeded Italian player was broken early by Alison Van Uytvanck before recovering to win the second and third sets.
If Osaka is able to break Giorgi early, she could be on the way to a fairly easy victory.
No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas over Maxime Cressy
Tsitsipas appears to have an easy path to the final eight in the men's draw.
The two seeded players in his portion of the bracket, Cristian Garin and Borna Coric, did not make it past the second round of last year's U.S. Open and have two fourth-round Grand Slam appearances between them.
Tsitsipas lost four games to Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the first round and was on court for an hour and 38 minutes. In the straight-set win, the Greek won 90 percent of his first-serve points, recorded 38 winners and took 13 of 17 net points.
Maxime Cressy should not pose too much of a threat to Tsitsipas, even if the American produced 59 winners in his opening match.
If Tsitsipas continues to be strong on his serve and excels at the net again, he could have a second straight three-set victory in the bag.
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Statistics obtained from USOpen.org
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