Tennis News: Sinner and Swiatek under floodlights at US Open

The tennis-World number one Jannik Sinner is in the US Open After three clear victories, the first somewhat difficult task is ahead. In the round of 16 on Tuesday night (CEST), the favored Italian will face the American Tommy Paul, seeded 14th. The 23-year-old will be competing under floodlights for the first time this year at the Grand Slam tournament in New York.

The party is scheduled as the last match of the tennis day in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Before that, world number one Iga Swiatek from Poland will play against Russian Lyudmila Samsonova in the largest arena. Their round of 16 match begins at 7 p.m. local time (1 a.m. CEST/Tuesday). German professionals will not be playing in the singles on the eighth day of the tournament.

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