American Sebastian Korda had never faced a No. 1 ranked player before Sunday. He rose to the occasion, holding off top seed Carlos Alcaraz in three sets to shake up the third round of the men’s event.
The upset opens up this half of the draw, in particular for Korda’s countrymen Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, who were both victorious Sunday. WTA third round play saw a trio of upsets, with Hailey Baptiste defeating No. 9 Elina Svitolina, Jaqueline Cristian downing No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova and Australian qualifier Talia Gibson defeating No. 18 Iva Jovic.
The entire women’s Round of 16 is slated for Monday while the men’s third round will conclude. Nine of the Top 16 seeds have reached the WTA fourth round, with one all-Top 10 battle on tap between World No. 9 Victoria Mboko and No. 10 Mirra Andreeva.
The teenagers – Andreeva is 18 and Mboko, 19 – who teamed up for a doubles win Sunday, have met twice already this season, with each recording a victory. On the men’s side, defending champion Jakub Mensik will take on American Frances Tiafoe plus two of the top three seeds – No. 2 Jannik Sinner and No. 3 Alexander Zverev – will be in action.
ORDER OF PLAY – Monday, March 23, 2026
Stadium – start 12:00 PM
ATP – [18] Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) vs [9] Daniil Medvedev
Not Before 1:00 PM
WTA – Sorana Cirstea (Romania) vs [4] Coco Gauff (USA)
WTA – [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs [23] Qinwen Zheng (China)
Night Session – Not Before 7:00 PM
ATP – [30] Corentin Moutet (France) vs [2] Jannik Sinner (Italy)
Not Before 8:30 PM
WTA – [3] Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) vs [Q] Talia Gibson (Australia)
Grandstand – start 11:00 AM
WTA – [13] Karlina Muchova (Czechia) vs [31] Alexandra Eala (Philippines)
ATP – [7] Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) vs Terence Atmane (France)
ATP – [19] Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs [12] Jakub Mensik (Czechia)
Not Before 4:00 PM
ATP – Marin Cilic (Croatia) vs [3] Alexander Zverev (Germany)
Not Before 7:00 PM
WTA – [6] Amanda Anisimova (USA) vs [12] Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
Butch Buchholz – start 11:00 AM
ATP – Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan) vs [31] Ugo Humbert (France)
WTA – [8] Miira Andreeva vs [10] Victoria Mboko (Canada)
WTA – Hailey Baptiste (USA) vs [25] Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
WTA – [34] Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) vs [5] J. Pegula (USA)
ATP – Quentin Halys (France) vs Kamil Majchrzak (Poland)
Court 1 – start 11:00 AM
ATP – Kevin Krawietz (Germany) / Neil Oberleitner (Austria) vs [WC] Benjamin Kittay (USA) / Ryan Seggerman (USA)
ATP – Alexander Erler (Austria) / Robert Galloway (USA) vs [5] Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) / Mate Pavic (Croatia)
ATP – [6] Guido Andreozzi (Argentina) / Manuel Guinard (France) vs Austin Krajicek (USA) / Nikola Mektic (Croatia)
Not Before 4:00 PM
ATP – Alejandro Tabilo (Chile) vs Alex Michelsen (USA)
ATP – [7] Simone Bolelli (Italy) / Andrea Vavassori (Italy) vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina) / Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
Court 7 – start 11:00 AM
WTA – Xinyu Jiang (China) / Yifan Xu (China) vs Marie Bouzkova (Czechia) / Tereza Valentova (Czechia)
WTA – [1] Sara Errani (Italy) / Jasmine Paolini (Italy) vs Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) / Olivia Nicholls (Great Britain)
WTA – Miyu Kato (Japan) / Zhaoxuan Yang (China) vs [6] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Erin Routliffe (New Zealand)
WTA – [4] Elise Mertens (Belgium) / Shuai Zhang (China) vs [WC] Jennifer Brady (USA) / Caty McNally (USA)
Court 5 – start 11:00 AM
ATP – Robert Cash (USA) / JJ Tracy (USA) vs [8] Hugo Nys (Monaco) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)
ATP – Sadio Doumbia (France) / Fabien Reboul (France) vs [WC] Constantin Frantzen (Germany) / Robin Haase (Netherlands)
ATP – Orlando Luz (Brazil) / Rafael Matos (Brazil) vs Maximo Gonzalez (Argentina) / Andres Molteni (Argentina)
ATP – Petr Nouza (Czechia) / Patrik Rikl (Czechia) vs [2] Julian Cash (Great Britain) / Lloyd Glasspool (Great Britain)
ATP – Sander Arends (Netherlands) / John-Patrick Smith (Australia) vs Yuki Bhambri (India) / Michael Venus (New Zealand)
COURT 3 – start 1:00 PM
WTA – Sofia Kenin (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova vs Ingrid Neel (Estonia) / Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia)
Not Before 3:00 PM
WTA – Ekaterina Alexandrova / Fanny Stollar (Hungary) vs [3] Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) / Luisa Stefani (Brazil)
RESULTS – Saturday, March 21, 2026
WTA Singles Third Round
[1] Aryna Sabalenka d Caty McNally (USA) 64 62
[3] Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) d [27] Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) 63 64
[5] Jessica Pegula (USA) d [26] Leylah Fernandez (Canada) 62 62
[25] Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) d [7] Jasmine Paolini (Italy) 57 62 75
Hailey Baptiste (USA) d [9] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 63 75
[34] Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) d [11] Ekaterina Alexandrova 63 46 76(5)
[23] Qinwen Zheng (China) d [15] Madison Keys (USA) 46 62 64
[Q] Talia Gibson (Australia) d [18] Iva Jovic (USA) 62 62
ATP Singles Third Round
[32] Sebastian Korda (USA) d [1] Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 63 57 64
[6] Taylor Fritz (USA) d Reilly Opelka (USA) 63 64
[Q] Martin Landaluce (Spain) d [14] Karen Khachanov 63 76(2)
[21] Jiri Lehecka (Czechia) d Ethan Quinn (USA) 63 76(6)
[22] Tommy Paul (USA) d Raphael Collignon (Belgium) 62 36 76(5)
[24] Valentin Vacherot (Monaco) d Matteo Berrettini (Italy) 76(5) 64
[28] Arthur Fils (France) d Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 60 61
[29] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina) d [Q] Rafael Jodar (Spain) 75 64
WTA Doubles Second Round
[2] Katerina Siniakova (Czechia) / Taylor Townsend (USA) d Eri Hozumi (Japan) / Fang-Hsien Wu (Chinese Taipei) 63 60
WTA Doubles First Round
[3] Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) / Luisa Stefani (Brazil) d Linda Noskova (Czechia) / Diana Shnaider 63 61
[4] Elise Mertens (Belgium) / Shuai Zhang (China) d Hao-Ching Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Janice Tjen (Indonesia) 63 64
[6] Asia Muhammad (USA) / Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) d [WC] Leylah Fernandez (Canada) / Venus Williams (USA) 63 36 13-11
Mirra Andreeva / Victoria Mboko (Canada) d [8] Ellen Perez (Australia) / Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) 76(7) 63
Marie Bouzkova (Czechia) / Tereza Valentova (Czechia) d Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 57 76(2) 10-5
Ekaterina Alexandrova / Fanny Stollar (Hungary) d [WC] Alycia Parks (USA) / Sloane Stephens (USA) 62 62
Storm Hunter (Australia) / Jessica Pegula (USA) d Ann Li (USA) / Magda Linette (Poland) 62 62
Sofia Kenin (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova d [ALT] Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy) / Antonia Ruzic (Croatia) 61 63
Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) / Olivia Nicholls (Great Britain) d Sorana Cirstea (Romania) / Jaqueline Cristian (Romania) 61 75
ATP Doubles First Round
[1] Marcel Granollers (Spain) / Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) d Francisco Cabral (Portugal / Lucas Miedler (Austria) 64 57 10-5
[3] Christian Harrison (USA) / Neal Skupski (Great Britain) d Alex de Minaur (Australia) / Rinky Hijikata (Australia) 62 63
[4] Harri Heliovaara (Finland) / Henry Patten (Great Britain) d Andre Goransson (Sweden) / Alex Michelsen (USA) 63 62
[7] Simone Bolelli (ITA) / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) d Romain Arneodo (MON) / Rajeev Ram (USA) 57 76(2) 13-11
Theo Arribage (France) / Albano Olivetti (France) d Luke Johnson (Great Britain) / Jan Zielinski (Poland) 64 76(2)
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina) / Alejandro Tabilo (Chile) d [WC] Martin Damm (USA) / Marcelo Demoliner (Brazil) 36 63 10-6
Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico) / David Pel (Netherlands) d Luciano Darderi (Italy) / Fernando Romboli (Brazil) 67(3) 62 10-8
Evan King (USA) / John Peers (Australia) d Marcelo Melo (Brazil) / Alexander Zverev (Germany) 46 76(5) 10-4
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