The first four heads in action in action on Wednesday at US Open progressed in the third round in New York, while six seed players lost and another withdrew.
The second headache Carlos Alcaraz of Spain passed beyond Mattia Bellucci 6-1, 6-0, 6-0. N ° 4 Taylor Fritz produced a 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4 victory against Lloyd Harris in South Africa. N ° 7 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, quadruple champion of the American open, gathered in front of the American Zachary Svajda 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 and n ° 6 Ben Shelton threw Spain Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Meanwhile, the seeded n ° 5 Jack Draper was forced to withdraw due to an arm injury, while the Holger n ° 11 of Denmark, n ° 12 Casper Ruud de Norway, n ° 16 Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic, the head of the serial n ° 18 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain and N ° 30, Brandon Nakashima was all overturned.
Alcaraz, 2022 champion in New York, continues his sixth major title. The four games he lost Wednesday were the least in his 17 career open in the United States.
“I played very well at the start at the last ball,” said Alcaraz in his interview on the field. “I know the level of Mattia and today it was not his day, but I tried to get the most out of his mistakes, trying to be in the match to make a good pace.”
Alcaraz, who lost against Botic Van Zandschulp in the second round in 2024, will face 32 Luciano Darderi, Italy, in the third round.
Djokovic has reached the third round of the US Open for the 19th time in his career, a record that he now shares with Roger Federer. Djokovic, who has never lost in the first two laps at the New York tournament, the next will meet Cameron Norrie from Great Britain.
Shelton found 42 winners in his triumph and broke Carreno Busta in six of the seven opportunities. He will face Adrian Mannarino from France in the third round.
DRAPER, who did his deepest race of the Grand School in the semi-finals of the US Open last year, had been transparent to the idea of recovering from a bone bruise on his left arm. He announced the news on X before his match planned in the second round against Zizou Bergs in Belgium, who qualified for the third round via Walkover.
“I’m sorry to say that I will withdraw from the US Open,” said British No. 1 on X Wednesday. “I did my best to be here and give myself all the odds to play, but discomfort in my arm has become too much and I have to do what is good and take care of myself. Thank you for all the support.”
Raphael Collignon de la Belgique upset Ruud in a thriller that lasted 3 1/2. Collignon, which overcome 17 double faults and 61 uns forked errors, broke Ruud at 5-5 in the fifth set, then won the victory on his third match point to go to the third round of a Grand Colem for the first time in his career.
“It was difficult,” said Collignon. “Casper is one of the most difficult players in the world, and nothing was missing. My coach just told me to stay aggressive and try my luck when they came.”
Arthur Rinderknech in France eliminated Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. The result occurred a little more than two weeks after Rinderknech’s collapse in an open cincinnati match and was forced to retire.
The n ° 20 Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic beat Argentina Tomas Martin Etcheverry 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4, and will face Collignon in the third round.
The rune dropped a five set to the Struff of Jan-Lennard in Germany, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, in 3 hours, 25 minutes.
But that did not compare to the 4 -hour and 23 -minute marathon in which Mensik failed, falling towards Ugo Blanchet in France. In a wild scene on the courtyard 7, Blanchett, classified n ° 184, beaten Mensik, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7).
Nakashima also fell into a long match of five sets. Jerome Kym in Switzerland, classified n ° 175, beat the Californian, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (8).
N ° 17 Frances Tiafoe of the United States, n ° 21 Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic, and Darderi all qualified in the third round, just like Norrie and French Mannarino and Benjamin Bonzi.
– Field level media
