The Austrian lost in four sets (7-5, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3) after entering the tournament by invitation
It is the first victory for the Spaniard in the eight times they have met
The Spanish Pablo Carrenotwelfth favorite at the US Open, won this Monday in his debut for 7-5, 6-1, 5-7 and 6-3 to Austrian Dominic Thiemchampion in 2020.
Carreño knocked out a Thiem who was accessing the main draw of the New York tournament with an invitation letter, after experiencing a process of profound involution that made him drop to position 211 in the world ranking. He needed three hours and 18 minutes to prolong his journey, on a day in which Spanish tennis also registered the victory of Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and defeats of Roberto Bautista and Bernabé Zapata.
Carreño achieved the first victory of his career against Thiem after losing the previous seven clashes, including one in 2016 precisely in New York. The one from Gijón, champion this year in Montreal, continued his path in a tournament in which he was a semifinalist in 2020, when he fell to the German Alexander Zverev and lost the opportunity to face Thiem precisely in the final. In the next round, Carreño will face the winner of the match between the Kazakh Alexander Bublik and the French Hugo Gaston.
The US Open takes place from Monday to September 11 in New York, with the Russian Daniil Medvedev defending the title. The Spaniards Rafa Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Paula Badosa and Garbiñe Muguruza will debut this Tuesday in the tournament, in which the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the German Alexander Zverev are absent.