{
  "id": 5509428,
  "title": "Night-owl Zverev goes distance to advance as upsets rock US Open",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/night-owl-zverev-goes-distance-to-advance-as-upsets-rock-us-open",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-04T06:45:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-champ-swiatek-eases-us-172340794.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov advanced to the third round of the US Open after defeating third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime in a five-set match. Top-seeded Alexander Zverev also made progress, edging out sixth-seeded Alex de Minaur in a grueling five-set encounter that lasted until 2:15 am Friday. Other notable upsets include the loss of fifth-seeded Alex de Minaur to Botic van de Zandschulp and the defeat of 13th-seeded Lorenzo Musetti by 123rd-ranked Dane Sweeny. Women's top contenders such as Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, and Naomi Osaka also advanced to the third round.",
  "summary": "Top-seeded Alexander Zverev kept his bid for a first US Open title on track with a gritty five-set victory over Quentin Halys, staying the course as a spate of upsets rocked the men's draw on Thursday.Swiatek, whose six Grand Slam titles include the 2022 US Open, had things mostly her own way against Podroska, a former top-40 player now 449th in the world.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "Zverev survives near 5-hour marathon at US Open",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/zverev-survives-near-5-hour-marathon-at-us-open",
        "published": "2026-09-03T08:24:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}