You have to come from good house to beat Djokovic in a tiebreak. Certainly on grand slam tournaments, he can consult excellent figures. But Qualifier Svadja cleverly succeeded on Wednesday and that as number 145 in the world.
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Djokovic then picked up well against the American and ran away fairly easily. Spread over the third and fourth set, he even put down a series of eight -won games in a row. Eventually had Nole The game after a good two and a half hour tennis in the bag.
Djokovic hunts in New York on his 25th grand slam title. In the third round he has to deal with the Brit Cameron Norrie, who beat Francisco Comesaña from Argentina.
Carlos Alcaraz is only four games
Carlos Alcaraz had a lot less trouble reaching the third round. The number two in the world at a rapid pace made short work of Mattia Bellucci.
The Italian is not the least player on the ATP Tour, but had nothing to crumble against Alcaraz. He didn’t stand a chance and could pack his things again after 96 minutes: 6-1 6-0 6-3.
Alcaraz will find an Italian again in the next round. It is in line with the expectation that Luciano Darderi will certainly make it a little more difficult for him.
Aryna Sabalenka makes no mistake
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Polina Kudermetova from Russia in two sets: 7-6 (4) 6-2. The Belarusian number 1 in the world ranking had a difficult set against the Russian number 67 of the WTA ranking. She still struck in the tiebreak.
Sabalenka won the storage of Koedermetova twice in the second set and ended the party at her first match point. In the third round she takes on the Canadian Leylah Fernandez, who lost the final in New York in 2021.
Jack Draper withdraws with injury
Jack Draper has withdrawn from the US Open. The fifth Brit placed is not fit enough to take action against the Belgian Zizou Bergs, who has therefore reached the third round without playing. Draper won in the first round in four sets of the Argentinian Federico Gómez.
“The pain in my arm has become too much for me. I have to do what is good and take good care of myself. Thank you for all the support,” Draper wrote on X.
Last year the now 23-year-old Draper on the US Open reached the semi-finals. In it, the Italian Jannik Sinner, who won the tournament, was too strong.