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Osaka, Nadal headline Day Eight at U.S. Open

Defending champion Naomi Osaka will seek a spot in the U.S. Open quarter-finals when she returns to the court on Monday while second seed Rafa Nadal faces former winner Marin Cilic in last 16 action.

The Japanese 21-year-old has had an up-and-down year since her Australian Open win and she has her hands full against a rested Bencic, who enjoyed a walkover into the last 16. “I mean, for me playing her is always super challenging,” said Osaka, who beat Bencic in 2013 but lost to her this year at Indian Wells and Madrid.Nadal, who retired injured from last year’s New York semi-final with knee trouble, kicks off the evening session inside Ashe and will be rested and raring to go against the 2014 champion Cilic after smooth passage to the last 16.

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