HIGHLIGHTS-Day eight at the U.S. Open

Open tennis championships on Monday (all times GMT):

1600 HALEP RACES TO ONE-SET LEAD

Women's fifth seed Simona Halep of Romania broke 11th seed Carla Suarez Navarro thrice in the first set to win it 6-2 against the Spaniard.

1600 DEL POTRO WINS FIRST SET AGAINST THIEM

Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, won the first set 6-3 with an ace against men's eighth seed Dominic Thiem of Austria.

1500 PLAY GETS UNDERWAY ON MAIN SHOWCOURTS

Play gets underway on the main showcourts on a partly cloudy day in Flushing Meadows.

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ORDER OF PLAY

ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (Play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET)

8-Dominic Thiem (Austria) v Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)

Not before 1630 GMT/12:30 PM ET

10-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) v 6-Venus Williams (U.S.)

1-Serena Williams (U.S.) v Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan)

Not before 2300 GMT/7 PM ET

22-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) v 2-Andy Murray (Britain)

4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) v Ana Konjuh (Croatia)

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (Play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET)

11-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) v 5-Simona Halep (Romania)

Illya Marchenko (Ukraine) v 3-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)

Not before 1900 GMT/3 PM ET

6-Kei Nishikori (Japan) v 21-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)