HIGHLIGHTS-Day five at the U.S. Open

Open tennis championships on Friday (all times GMT):

1911 KONTA CRUISES PAST BENCIC

Britain's Johanna Konta, seeded 13th, cruised into the fourth round with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, the women's 24th seed.

1907 SOCK SHOCKS CILIC IN STRAIGHT SETS

American Jack Sock, the men's 26th seed, stormed his way past seventh seed Marin Cilic in straight sets, winning 6-4 6-3 6-3 against the Croatian at the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

1901 TSURENKO STUNS CIBULKOVA IN THREE-SET THRILLER

Unseeded Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko stunned women's 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 3-6 6-3 6-4 to enter the fourth round of the women's singles.

1858 TSONGA SAYS SERVICE GAME HELPED HIM SEE OFF ANDERSON

"I am maybe also a good server, so was tough for him, too. It's always a big challenge because you never know what to expect. Sometimes they can serve and serve and serve and you never return, but anyway, today I did it well," said ninth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat big-serving South African Kevin Anderson in the third round.

1850 VINCI TALKS ABOUT HER LOVE OF THE DROP SHOT

"Is my style ... I play like this for a long time when I was young, so I love to play this kind of tennis. I don't have a two-hand backhand, so this is my tennis. I love to play like this," said women's seventh seed Roberta Vinci, who beat Germany's Carina Witthoeft 6-0 7-5 6-3.

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1757 TSONGA MOVES PAST ANDERSON IN STRAIGHT SETS

Men's ninth seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, beat big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-4 7-6(4) to reach the fourth round.

1752 KEYS ONE SET UP AGAINST OSAKA

American Madison Keys, the women's eighth seed, won her first set against Naomi Osaka of Japan 7-5.

1725 WOZNIACKI MADE TO WORK HARD BY NICULESCU

"I think it's fun (to play her) but also a little frustrating because she makes you feel like you can't play tennis," said a resurgent Caroline Wozniacki after the Dane brushed aside Romania's Monica Niculescu 6-3 6-1.

"You have to be ready to grind and it's not pretty but I got a good workout in there. She made me run a lot."

1700 VICTORIOUS VINCI SURVIVES WITTHOEFT FIGHTBACK

Women's seventh seed Roberta Vinci of Italy dropped a set against unseeded German Carina Witthoeft in their third-round encounter, but took the decider to reach the fourth round with a 6-0 5-7 6-3 win.

1650 SEVASTOVA BEATS BONDARENKO

Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova stormed into the fourth round with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko.

1647 WOZNIACKI DISPATCHES ROMANIA'S NICULESCU

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki made short work of Monica Niculescu, defeating the Romanian 6-3 6-1 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the fourth round.

1500 PLAY GETS UNDERWAY

Play gets underway on the main showcourts on a sunny day at Flushing Meadows.

ORDER OF PLAY ON THE MAIN SHOWCOURTS:

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1500 GMT/11 AM ET)

Monica Niculescu (Romania) v Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)

Not before 1700 GMT/1 PM ET

8-Madison Keys (U.S.) v Naomi Osaka (Japan)

1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Mikhail Youzhny (Russia)

Not before 2300 GMT/7 PM ET

4-Rafa Nadal (Spain) v Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia)

Catherine Bellis (U.S.) v 2-Angelique Kerber (Germany)

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/11 AM ET)

7-Roberta Vinci (Italy) v Carina Witthoeft (Germany)

26-Jack Sock (U.S.) v 7-Marin Cilic (Croatia)

14-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) v 22-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

Not before 2130 GMT/5:30 PM ET

20-John Isner (U.S.) v Kyle Edmund (Britain)

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GRANDSTAND (1500 GMT/11 AM ET)

9-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) v 23-Kevin Anderson (South Africa)

Not before 1700 GMT/1 PM ET

13-Johanna Konta (Britain) v 24-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)

10-Gael Monfils (France) v Nicolas Almagro (Spain) (Compiled by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)