Emma Navarro and Coco Gauff unable to avoid each other ahead of US Open showdown

I lost in the first round the last two years and now to be making the quarterfinals is pretty insane,

This is the city I was born in so it is always pretty special playing here. Coco is a special player and I know she is going to come back and win here again here."

Mentally and emotionally, I gave it my all,

I really enjoy playing here,

I’m at the point now where I’m still happy to make quarterfinals, but I wouldn’t be happy with it ending here,

said Fritz, who has yet to reach a Grand Slam semifinal

I used to hit the ball off a wall dreaming about playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium where the Williams sisters won and where [Roger] Federer won like a million times,

It was so humid I thought I was going to die,

I'm still very motivated,

I like to play in the night session. Here in New York it’s my first time,

said Zheng in front of a few hundred spectators in the 24,000-capacity Arthur Ashe Stadium

Had a little bit of a lull there, ... but I was able to regroup ... and come into the third set with a fresher mindset.”

I feel like that match at Wimbledon I think I mentally just literally collapsed on the court,

I felt like physically and mentally ready, but for sure I think in Toronto and Cincy (Cincinnati) it was a little bit mentally draining, those tournaments having to switch surfaces (from claycourt to hard),

Gauff said

That was an amazing match. I expect a tough battle – it always is when I face Taylor,

And I think because you are so special, you have the honour of wearing this jacket during the opening ceremony and being a flagbearer with LeBron James,

I like the variety in Emma’s game,

Williams said in an interview with ESPN during the first set

Coco was clearly off. I have never seen her serve as badly as in this match."

ESPN analyst Chris Evert said

I've been out on big courts before where I just felt totally overwhelmed and almost like it's an out-of-body experience, but I didn't feel like that today,

I feel like she has a good serve,

Williams said

I hope to have the American fans behind me,

Everyone knows how to play great tennis, it comes down to a few points here and there and that's what actually happened (against Rublev),

Dimitrov said

I don't want to lose matches like this anymore,

Gauff said, attributing her serving problems to a mix of mechanical issues and mental ones

The way the nomination process worked is all the players were emailed and told you could nominate someone on the team. I knew I wanted to nominate her but I wanted to check with her first. I don't wanna put you in something you didn't wanna do,

It looks so amateurish having matches going on at 2,3, 4am. Sort it out,

the Scot added, tagging the governing bodies of the sport

I think I'm totally different, definitely, as a player. I play more aggressive, every part of my game has improved. Also I just play with more confidence and more belief,

I was very frustrated, and she played well,

We shared kind of like apartment, dorm-style apartment at the Olympic Village,

The tennis scheduling situation is a total mess,

Murray wrote on social media platform X

I definitely want to get other opinions. Also I think it's sometimes more of an emotional, mental thing because if I go out on the practice court right now, I would make 30 serves in a row. I've done it before,

Most of you guys know Coco and I have been close from a really young age. So I'm sure she's very excited to be here at her first Olympics. It's a pretty special moment,

In my own head I’ll probably always be under the radar just because I don’t like social media and that kind of stuff too much,

I think it's huge to have the right people around you. I have great people around me,

As soon as I stepped on the court, I felt like I was in control,

We played each other in Rome earlier this year on clay. She beat me there. But I think it's definitely valuable to have played on Ashe once. I hope to have the American fans behind me,