Full fourth-round schedule headlined by American Coco Gauff

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The 2022 US Open continued into the fourth round on Sunday with American Coco Gauff securing a dramatic win to advance to the quarterfinals. The 18-year-old continues to make her deepest run in the tournament. Meanwhile, Ajla Tomljanovic, the unseeded Australian who ranks No. 46 in the world, will be back on the court after ending Serena Williams’ magical U.S. Open run on Friday night.

Later on the men’s side, No. 1 Daniil Medvedev will run into No. 23 Nick Kyrgios in Arthur Ashe Stadium in primetime. No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz are still in the field and will play on Monday.

Follow along with Yahoo Sports as we recap the biggest moments throughout the seventh day of the U.S. Open.

Gauff advances to quarters with dramatic win over Zhang Shuai

In a matchup of the youngest and oldest remaining women, 18-year-old Coco Gauff secured her first trip to the US Open quarterfinals in a dramatic straight-sets win over China’s Zhang Shuai. The 12th-seeded American trailed Zhang, 5-3 in the second set, but broke her 33-year-old opponent twice en route to four straight games to clinch a 7-5, 7-5 win.

The first set was a nail-biter as well as Zhang and Guaff traded five service breaks before Gauff prevailed. Zhang struck first with a hold on her first serve and a break to take a 2-0 lead. But Guaff responded with a break before breaking Zhang again to take a 4-3 lead. Zhang responded in kind to tie the set at 4-4 before Guaff secured the final break of the set to take a 6-5 lead. She then held serve to secure the set.

Coco Gauff, of the United States, celebrates after defeating Shuai Zhang, of China, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) — Coco Gauff’s deepest US Open run will take her to the quarterfinals on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

The second set was less chaotic to start as each player held serve through the first seven games. Then Zhang scored an opportunistic break while leading 4-3 when Gauff couldn’t catch up to at backhand down the line. The break set her up with a serve for the set, but she wouldn’t win another game.

Gauff fended off set point, then secured the break with when a return from Zhang landed long to cut her deficit to 5-4. Gauff won the next three games that included a 12-ball rally on match point. She let out a yell in front of an ecstatic Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd to celebrate her win. Gauff and Zhang then shared a hug at the net.

Gauff advances to Tuesday, where she’ll take on France’s 17th-seeded Caroline Garcia. Garcia topped No. 29 seed American Alison Riske-Amritraj in straight sets earlier Sunday.

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Berrettini advances to second-straight quarterfinal

No. 13 seed Matteo Berrettini opened Sunday’s action with a five-set grind over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to advance to the quarterfinals. The Italian found himself down a set and a break in the second but rallied to score a 7-6 win in a tiebreak to tie the match at 1-1.

The pair then split the third and fourth sets before Berrettini took control of the match in the fifth to secure a 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win in 3:46. Davidovich Fokina appeared to be hampered by a knee injury sustained in the final set, but was able to finish the match. Berrettini advances to the quarterfinals for a second-straight year. He lost to finalist Novak Djokovic in the 2021 quarterfinals.

Ruud eliminates Moutet

Berrettini will next face No. 5 seed Casper Ruud on Tuesday. The 5th-seeded Norwegian topped unseeded Frenchman Corentin Moutet in four sets. Ruud cruised in the opening sets, 6-1 and 6-2 before Moutet bounced back for a 7-6 (7-4) win in the third to stay alive. But Ruud reasserted control in the fourth to complete the 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 win and set up a top-13 matchup with Berrettini in the quarterfinals.

Garcia sweeps American Riske-Amritraj

In a matchup of seeded players, France’s Caroline Garcia eliminated Alison Riske-Amritraj in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals. Garcia, seeded 17th, scored the first break of the match to take a 5-4 lead in the first set en route to a 6-4 win. She maintained control of the match from there with a dominant second set to defeat the 29th-seeded American, 6-4, 6-1.

Garcia’s win eliminated the possibility of an All-American quarterfinal. She’ll face Gauff on Tuesday.