NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Highlights of the fourth day at the U.S. Open on Wednesday (times GMT):
1650 PEGULA DOMINATES
Third seed Jessica Pegula powered into the third round with a 6-3 6-1 victory over fellow American Sofia Kenin, setting up a meeting with Canada's Leylah Fernandez, who beat Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-4 6-1.
1640 SHNAIDER WINS
Diana Shnaider held off a second-set fightback from former U.S. Open finalist Karolina Pliskova to seal a 6-1 7-6 (4) win and reach the third round.
1630 PAOLINI THROUGH TO THIRD ROUND
Italian 19th seed Jasmine Paolini advanced to the third round with a comfortable 6-4 6-1 victory over compatriot Lucrezia Stefanini.
1600 TOWNSEND ADVANCES
American Taylor Townsend made quick work of Australia's Taylah Preston, earning a 6-1 6-1 victory to become the first player on the day to advance to the third round.
1500 PLAY BEGINS
Play began in New York under cloudy skies, with temperatures around 21 degrees Celsius.
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U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON WEDNESDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):
ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET)
3-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v Sofia Kenin (U.S.)
8-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Polina Iatcenko (Russia)
Jaime Faria (Portugal) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (1500 GMT/1100 ET)
7-Daniil Medvedev (Russia) v Sebastian Gorzny (U.S.)
11-Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) v Sloane Stephens (U.S.)
Rei Sakamoto (Japan) v 11-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.)
Lanlana Tararudee (Thailand) v 6-Linda Noskova (Czechia)
(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond and Toby Davis)
