US Open day five

NEW YORK, Sept 3 : Highlights of the fifth day at the U.S. Open on Thursday (times GMT):

2104 MUSETTI SHOCKED BY SWEENY

The Italian 13th seed, Lorenzo Musetti, suffered a second-round exit at the hands of Australian Dane Sweeny, who claimed a 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 victory. 

1954 EALA TRIUMPHS OVER OLIINYKOVA

Philippine 17th seed and Washington Open champion Alexandra Eala secured a spot in the third round after beating Oleksandra Oliinykova from Ukraine 6-1 6-4.

1948 FRITZ ADVANCES

American ninth seed Taylor Fritz cruised past Mattia Bellucci 6-0 6-1 6-1 to advance to the third round. The Washington Open winner will face Argentinian 24th seed Francisco Cerundolo who survived a five-set thriller against German Jan-Lennard Struff to clinch a 5-7 7-5 4-6 6-2 6-3 win in a nearly four-hour contest.

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1842 ANISIMOVA BEATS TAGGER 

American 10th seed Amanda Anisimova was taken the distance before defeating Austrian Lili Tagger 6-3 3-6 6-1.

1827 AUGER-ALIASSIME OUT

Canadian third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime,  a semi-finalist last year, was stunned by Karen Khachanov as the Russian recovered from losing the first