The American Serena Williams was once again the great star of the day of the US Open, by delaying her farewell to tennis with an outstanding victory over the Estonian Anett Kontaveit (7-6, 2-6, 6-2), world number two, on a day when the Greeks fell Maria Sakkar and the canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimesemifinalists in 2021.
Auger, world No. 8 Jack Draper by a triple 6-4 and became another famously eliminated from the US Open after the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, surprised in his debut by Daniel Elahi Galán. Sakkari surrendered to the Chinese Wang Xiu by 3-6, 7-5 and 7-5.
The current female finalist, the Canadian Leyla Fernandezlost to Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 and 7-6 (3).
Medvedev released
Medvedev went on to win without a hitch, number one in the ATP rankings and reigning champion, defeating Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-2, 7-5, 6-3.
The Russian will face Chinese Yibing Wu in the next round, number 174 in the world ranking, the first player from his country capable of winning at least one ‘big’ match on the ATP circuit.
Among the surprises, he emphasized the elimination of Auger Aliassime, the work of the British Jack Drapera player of pure talent who at the age of 19 managed to stand in the third round.
It’s been 16 years since a Briton beat a player from the ‘top 10’ to a ‘big one’ of his age. The last to achieve was Andy Murray, who is still in contention after defeating American Emilio Nava on Wednesday.
After blowing the bell in the first round by eliminating Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, Colombian Daniel Galán beat Australian Jordan Thompson in five sets on Wednesday to fly into the third round of the US Open, where he will play in Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, winner of a battle against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.
Born in Bucaramanga in 1996 and number 94 in the world, Galán won 6-3, 2-6, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3 against Thompson, number 102, after a marathon that lasted four hours .
His rival was Davidovich, 39 in the world, who needed more than four hours to come back and overcome the tiebreaker ten points from the fifth quarter against Fucsovics.
The Spanish player, a finalist this year in the Masters 1,000 in Monte Carlo, won when he defeated Serbian Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 3-6, 6-0 and 7-6 (3). ) ).
Argentina’s Pedro Cachín came back from two sets down and won a three-hour, 45-minute marathon against Brandon Holt to fly into the third round.
The Argentine broke down in tears as he completed the comeback after taking a ten-point tiebreak from the fifth set against a Holt (n.303) who knocked out Taylor Fritz (n.12) in the first round.
An accessible third round awaits him, against Frenchman Corentin Moutet (n.112), who eliminated Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp, seeded 21st in the tournament.
Carreño and Carballés, forward
Spaniard Pablo Carreño eliminated Kazakh Alexander Bublik and stood in the third round, as did his compatriot Roberto Carballés, who won the Spanish derby against Jaume Munar.
Carreño, recent champion of the Masters 1,000 in Montreal, will have to work hard to beat Bublik and confirm the three wins he has achieved in previous matches.
The one from Gijón, a semifinalist in New York in 2020, won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 7-6 (5) and now awaits a third round against Australian Alex De Miñaur, who won the Chilean. Cristian Garín 6-3, 6-0, 4-6 and 6-2.
For his part, Carballés defeated Jaume Munar 6-1, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-2, to meet Canadian Denis Shapovalov, world number 21, who defeated Swiss Marc Andrea Husler in five sets.
Source: La Verdad
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