1/4s done in New Haven, Winston-Salem

Results of quarter finals in USA Open lead up tennis tournaments have been:

WTA New Haven:

• Aryna Sabalenka defeated lucky loser Belinda Bencic 6-3 6-2
• Julia Goerges (5) defeated Ekaterina Makarova 6-4 6-2

• Carla Suarez Navarro defeated Petra Kvitová (3) 6-3 (retired)

A shoulder injury worried the Czech star, and with the US Open beginning on Monday, no risk was worth taking after dropping the opening set.

• Qualifier Monica Puig defeated Caroline Garcia (2) 7-5 1-6 6-2

Puig trailed 2-5 in set one before rattling off the next five games.  While Garcia dominated the second set, Puig again put pressure on Garcia in the decider, winning over half of the points on the French serve.

Semi finals

• Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Julia Goerges (5) (Germany)
• Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) v qualifier Monica Puig (Puerto Rico)

ATP Winston-Salem:

• Daniil Medvedev defeated Ryan Harrison 7-6(4) 6-4
• Taro Daniel defeated Nicolas Jarry (14) 4-6 6-2 6-1
• Steve Johnson (8) defeated wildcard Kyle Edmund (3) 6-1 6-2
• Pablo Carreno Busta (2) defeated Hyeon Chung (6) 6-3 6-4

Semi finals 

• Daniil Medvedev (Russia) v Taro Daniel (Japan)
• Steve Johnson (8) (USA) v Pablo Carreno Busta (2) (Spain)

US Open qualifying:

Women’s 

Patty Schnyder, former top ten player, now just months away from her 40th birthday, has won her third round match and made it to the main draw of the final major of 2018.

Schnyder defeated an American, Jessica Pegula, in the final round but two US women have qualified for the main draw so far - Nicole Gibbs and Francesca Di Lorenzo in her first US Open.

Two former Wimbledon finalists will be playing in the final round of qualifying - Vera Zvonareva and Eugenie Bouchard - Zvonareva also a former US Open finalist.

Men’s

So far the following have qualified for the main draw - 

Hubert Hurkacz, ranked 109, from Poland

Lloyd Harris, ranked 145, from South Africa 

Yannick Maden, ranked 125, from Germany

Dennis Novak, ranked 140, from Austria