De Jong is the number of eighty in the world. This year he made the second round on Roland Garros and Wimbledon and was in the Swedish Bastad last month for the first time in the final of an ATP tournament. De Jong joins Tallon Griekspoor and Botic van de Zandschulp in the main tournament of the Grand Slam in New York.
The Haarlemmer had to work for the win in the first set. He handed in his service game twice at Krueger, but won the American’s storage three times. In the second set, De Jong was supreme and awarded his opponent only one game.
The US Open starts tomorrow.