NEW YORK – Five thoughts from Day 3 at the 2016 U.S. Open, through the day session.
• Caroline Wozniacki, a U.S. Open finalist in 2014, is not merely unseeded; she is ranked No. 74, midway though a dismal year. She’s a terrific athlete, a savvy tactician and way too defensive for a player who’s nearly six feet tall. Today she slugged the ball and played strikingly, uncharacteristically aggressive tennis and notched her best win of the year, taking out No. 9-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4, 6-4. Wozniacki knows that upsets come with this additional bonus. “If I beat a top player early,” she says, “it will open up the draw for me.