Key quotes from the third day of the US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in Flushing Meadows on Tuesday:
"I always love to play where the pressure is high ... I feel good when I'm on court like this, when the court is full, when the crowd is for my opponent."
– Italy's Flavio Cobolli, the French Open finalist who rallied from two sets down for the first time in his career to beat Francisco Comesana in five sets in an Arthur Ashe Stadium thriller.
"We didn't know if I'm going to be able to play here or not. I was not playing for the full week, so seven days no tennis and basically not too much gym I could do movement-wise. So it's a great result after 10 days from that kind of injury."
– World No 2 Elena Rybakina after her first-round win over wild card Thea Frodin.
"Maybe consistency on the toss, not throwing it too far in front so I'm not falling too much. I think maybe not curling my wrist as much. Honestly, it's been a gradual change with the serve. I don't even realise how much it looks different until someone posted a video of me serving even in Miami Open this year – and my serve looks different now."
– Two-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff on the improvements to her serve after her struggles last year.
"It's normal, as I said, to have some nerves coming out. As a top American, you have a lot of expectations. It's normal to be nervy."
– Ninth-seeded American Taylor Fritz when asked about countrymen Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe and their struggles to get past lower-ranked players in the first round.
"I think that today is obviously tough, because you go back on the court where you had a really tough loss, and to go back out and play another first round, it's always hard. To have that kind of lingering memory is tough."
–American Madison Keys, who lost in the first round in 2025 on Arthur Ashe Stadium, after surviving the first round with a 7-5 6-4 win over Alina Korneeva of Russia.
"I'm just trying to finish high school, see where the rest of this year takes me. I'm not rushing into making a decision with all that ... it was a fun experience to see how the best players int he world how they hit their balls and their shots. Hopefully the next time I meet her, if I do, I can be more experienced, see what I can do."
– Thea Frodin, the 17-year-old American who fell to world No 2 Elena Rybakina in the first round.