Rain, Restart, and a Nine-Minute Comeback at the U.S. Open
Day 4 at the U.S. Open delivered a rain-swept sprint: Paula Badosa beat Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-4 after starting Tuesday night, was suspended overnight, and resumed more than nine hours later, a tense reminder of the mental grind of weather delays as she advances to face Coco Gauff in the second round; the day also forced reshuffled schedules across the grounds and included Medvedev's birds moment, plus notable results from Alcaraz, Sabalenka, Pegula, Shelton and Muchová.