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Ons Jabeur of Tunisia congratulates Qinwen Zheng of China following their fourth-round match at the US Open on Monday. (Photo: Matthew Stockman / Getty Images)
World No 1 and defending US Open champion Carlos Alcaraz celebrates a point against Matteo Arnaldi of Italy in the fourth round on Monday. (Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)