Gauff, Osaka in 'deja vu' rematch, Sinner faces Bublik test at US Open
The U.S. Open's fourth round continues on Monday, with Coco Gauff set to face a resurgent Naomi Osaka and defending men's champion Jannik Sinner playing the tricky Alexander Bublik.
Felix Auger-Aliassime, who beat third seed Alexander Zverev, battles the odds again as he faces Andrey Rublev.
TOP WOMEN'S MATCH: NAOMI OSAKA V COCO GAUFF
Gauff was a 15-year-old wild card on a dream run at the U.S. Open in 2019 when she first played Osaka, the defending champion at the time. Unsurprisingly, Osaka crushed the American in the third-round clash.
Gauff avenged her defeat months later at the Australian Open, where her straight-sets win over Osaka further confirmed her immense potential.
While four-times Grand Slam champion Osaka is still slowly rediscovering her best form following her 16-month maternity break, Gauff is a double major winner.
Just as 27-year-old Osaka has new wind in her sails, reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in over four years, she faces Gauff again but the young wild card from six years ago is now among the top contenders in New York.
"I remember just knowing that she was going to be a really great player, which I was right," Japan's Osaka said about their first match. "She's like the main star of the U.S. Open."
Third seed Gauff said their rematch can go either way.
"It would be a cool kind of deja vu type of situation, but hopefully it will be a different result," the 21-year-old said.
TOP MEN'S MATCH: JANNIK SINNER V ALEXANDER BUBLIK
Defending champion Sinner dropped his first set in the tournament in his third-round clash with Denis Shapovalov, but the world number one rallied to win the next three to ease any concerns that fans may have had.
"It's normal, you know. You cannot always go...