(Reuters) – Order of play on the main show courts on the fifth day of the U.S. Open on Friday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding):
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1600 GMT/12 PM ET)
18-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v 9-Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) v 3-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Leylah Fernandez (Canada) v 3-Naomi Osaka (Japan)
5-Andrey Rublev (Russia) v Frances Tiafoe (U.S.)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM
19-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v 12-Simona Halep (Romania)
Pablo Andujar (Spain) v 2-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
16-Angelique Kerber (Germany) v Sloane Stephens (U.S.)
18-Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) v 12-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
26-Danielle Collins (U.S.) v 2-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
(Compiled by Anuron Kumar Mitra in Bengaluru)