If you are not sure what match at the to watch at the 2015 US Open, today on TV or if you are lucky enough to attend the tournament, then we at Tennis Served Fresh can help you a hand. We have handpicked the best matches to keep an eye on for you on the eighth day of the 2015 US Open.

Day 8, 2015 US Open match ups

[24] Sabine Lisicki (GER #24) vs. [2] Simona Halep (ROU #2) – Halep leads 3-1
[5] Petra Kvitova (CZE #4) vs. [Q] Johanna Konta (GRB #97) – First meeting
Varvara Lepchenko (USA #46) vs. [20] Victoria Azarenka (BLR #20) – Azarenka leads 3-1
[22] Samantha Stosur (AUS #22) vs. [26] Flavia Penneta (ITA #26) – Pennetta leads 6-0

Quick facts of the 2015 US Open round of 16 women’s singles

Sabine Lisicki (GER #24)

• Making eighth appearance at the 2015 US Open; is through to R16 for the second time. Prior to this year, advanced to R16 in 2011 and reached 3r in 2013-2014
• 2015 US Open marks 29th Grand Slam main draw appearance
• Bidding to reach the QF stage at the 2015 US Open for the first time (0-1 in R16 matches here). Wimbledon is currently the only Grand Slam where she has previously reached the last eight
• Owns a 5-2 win loss record in Grand Slam R16 matches. Her most recent Grand Slam QF appearance came at 2014 Wimbledon, when she lost to Halep, her opponent today

 

Simon Halep (RO #2)

• Making sixth appearance at US Open. Has equaled best result here by reaching the R16 for a second time (also 2013, l. Pennetta). Made 3r in 2014 and 2r in 2011-12 
• Bidding to advance to the QF for the first time in New York. This remains the only major where she is yet to reach QF or better 
• Has a 4-1 record in Grand Slam R16 matches; lost her first such match at 2013 US Open, since then, has a perfect 4-0 record 
• A win today would make her the first Romanian to reach the QF at US Open since Irina Spirlea advanced to the SF in 1997 
• Seeded No.2 at a Grand Slam for second time in her career; other occasion came at 2014 US Open and ended in 3r upset at hands of qualifier Lucic-Baroni

Varvara Lepchenko (USA #46)

• Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open. Through to R16 here for the first time. Best previous showings were 3r runs in 2012, 2014. Reached 2r on debut here in 2006, fell in 1r on three occasions and in qualifying five times 
• One of four Americans through to R16 – best showing by US women at home Slam since 2004 (SF: Davenport, Capriati; QF: S.Williams; R16: V.Williams) 
• Bidding to become the first American not named Williams to reach the QF here since Oudin in 2009 
• 2015 US Open marks 29th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Has one other R16 result to her name, also reaching that stage at 2012 Roland Garros (d. Jankovic and Schiavone en route, l. Kvitova)  
• One of five unseeded players to reach R16 (Konta, Kontaviet, Lepchenko, Mladenovic, Vinci) – the second year in a row this has happened. Before 2014, the last time five or more unseeded players made the R16 here was 2009 (6)

Victoria Azarenka (BLR #20)

• Making 10th consecutive appearance at the US Open. Two-time runner-up, in 2012 (l. S.Williams in 3s in F) and 2013 (l. S.Williams in 3s in F) 
• Two-time Grand Slam champion, at 2012 Australian Open (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 Australian Open (d. Li in F) 
• US Open junior champion in 2005; bidding to become only the second player after Lindsay Davenport to win both the girls’ singles and women’s singles title at the US Open (1992/1998) 
• At No.20, this is her lowest seeding at US Open; was first seeded here in 2008 (No.14) 
• One of eight active players to achieve more than 100 Grand Slam main draw wins (113-35 after 3r win over Kerber)

Samantha Stosur (AUS #22)

• Making 11th main draw appearance at US Open. Champion here in 2011, defeating S.Williams in the final. One of only three women who have been able to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova) 
• Also a two-time quarterfinalist here, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Clijsters) and 2012 (l. eventual runner-up Azarenka)
• One of three former US Open champions through to the R16 at the US Open (other two are S.Williams and V.Williams) 
• Has reached two Grand Slam singles finals, winning the 2011 US Open title and finishing runner-up at 2010 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone in F)

Flavia Pennetta (ITA #26)

• Making 11th main draw appearance at US Open. Achieved her best Grand Slam singles result to date when she advanced to SF in 2013 (ranked No.83 at the time, l. Azarenka). Has advanced to at least QF at Flushing Meadows in five of the past six years, falling at this stage in 2008 (l. Safina), 2009 (l. S.Williams), 2011 (l. Kerber) and 2014 (l. S.Williams). Prior to 2008, did not advance past 2r 
• Playing 49th Grand Slam main draw at 2015 US Open 
• As well as being a one-time US Open semifinalist and four-time quarterfinalist here, reached QF at 2014 Australian Open. Best result at Roland Garros is reaching R16 on three occasions, and has advanced to R16 at Wimbledon three times as well 
• Is 6-7 in Grand Slam R16 matches; most recently losing to Muguruza at 2015 Roland Garros