PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Pegula, Azarenka, Townsend and Andreeva to play on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday – U.S. Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Jessica Pegula, Victoria Azarenka, Taylor Townsend and Mirra Andreeva are going to compete on Friday at the U.S. Open on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

[SEE DRAW and ORDER OF PLAY]

Jessica Pegula vs. Victoria Azarenka

Head to head 3-3

Jessica Pegula will fight against Victoria Azarenka in the 3^rd round for the 7^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Jessica Pegula: ranking and results

Ranked no. 4, the American reached the 3^rd round after defeating Mayar Sherif 6-0 6-4 and Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-3.

Jessica has a 39-16 win-loss record in 2025, 24-9 on hard (See FULL STATS). Jessica’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Adelaide, Austin, Miami, Charleston and Bad Homburg.

Last year at the U.S. Open Jessica lost in the final 7-5 7-5 to Aryna Sabalenka.

Victoria Azarenka: ranking and results

Ranked no. 132, Victoria reached the 3^rd round after defeating Hina Inoue 7-6(0) 6-4 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 6-3.

The Belarussian has a 11-11 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open Victoria lost in the 3^rd round 6-4 3-6 6-1 to Yafan Wang.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 7^th time that Jessica Pegula and Victoria Azarenka clash against each other. Their actual head to head record is 3-3 for Pegula and Azarenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

Before, the last time they squared off, Pegula won 6-4 3-6 7-6(7) in the quarter in Charleston back in 2024.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.33
Victoria Azarenka -> 3.32

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Taylor Townsend vs. Mirra Andreeva

Head to head 1-0 for Andreeva

Taylor Townsend will play Mirra Andreeva in the 3^rd round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Taylor Townsend: ranking and results

Ranked no. 139, Taylor reached the 3^rd round after defeating Antonia Ruzic 6-4 6-4 and Jelena Ostapenko 7-5 6-1.

Townsend has a 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open Taylor lost in the 2^nd round 6-3 7-5 to Paula Badosa.

Mirra Andreeva: ranking and results

Ranked no. 5 (career high), Andreeva got to the 3^rd round after beating Alycia Parks 6-0 6-1 and Anastasia Potapova 6-1 6-3.

The Russian has a 38-12 win-loss record in 2025, 22-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)

. Andreeva’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Dubai and Indian Wells.

Last year at the U.S. Open Mirra had to surrender in the 2^nd round 6-1 6-4 to Ashlyn Krueger.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Taylor Townsend and Mirra Andreeva fight against each other. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Andreeva (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Before, the last time they played, Andreeva won 4-6 6-1 7-5

in the 1^st round in Madrid back in 2024.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mirra Andreeva who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mirra Andreeva is the pick to win this match.
Mirra Andreeva -> 4.3
Taylor Townsend -> 1.22

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Last Results

These are the last results of the U.S. Open

• Dennis NovakNovak – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-2 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Marcel GranollersGranollers – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 3-6 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Jason JungJung (7-6⁶ 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Antoine HoangHoang – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (6-1 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Go SoedaSoeda – Marius CopilCopil (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Lukas RosolRosol – Mikael YmerYmer (6-3 7-6⁴) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the U.S. Open

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (3-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Priscilla HonHon – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Diane ParryParry – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Cori GauffGauff (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Maria SakkariSakkari (4-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (2-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-1) – H2H – Prediction