The most important thing from the night of the last Grand Slam tournament of the year in Flushing Meadows, short and crisp.
Rybakina prevails against top talent
Tereza Valentova – Jelena Rybakina 3: 6, 6: 7
18 years old is Tereza Valentova and one can say with fug and rightly: This Czech should be expected in the future. The youngster was able to win two Challenger tournaments this year, before the US Open she played through the qualification without any major problems and finally won the first round. Also in the second-round match against Jelena Rybakina, the 18-year-old often showed her talent, played powerfully, brave and keen to risk, and brought the favorite Rybakina more than just brooding, especially in the second set.
When Valentova already led 5-2 in the second round, he showed who (still) had more routine from the two. The Rybakina, set to number nine, demonstrated nerve strength, forced the tie -break and then also got the match. The Kazakhin is in the third round, soon we should see Czech Valentova there.
Zverev-Schreck Rinderknech in third round
Arthur Rinderknech – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6: 4, 3: 6, 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
German tennis fans and Germany’s number one, Alexander Zverev, know the name Arthur Rinderknech only too well since the Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon. Since the Frenchman was ranks in the first round in five sets for over two days and gave the German an extremely painful defeat. The South French now also demonstrated that Rinderknech is an expert in five-set matches in New York.
In his second-round match, the Zverev frightened to the number 18 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and once again went over the full distance. After a good three hours, Rinderknech had the Spaniards and is now in round three. The soothing for Alexander Zverev: Rinderknech is on the other side of the Draw, a reunion is excluded (except in the final, well).
Ruud loses against Belgian no-name
Casper Ruud – Raphael Collignon 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 4: 6, 5: 7
Do you know Raphael Collignon? No? This is how many people are doing. The Belgian, usually on Challenger tournaments, is more of a name for absolute tennis experts. Til today. Because since his second-round match against Casper Ruud, number 12 on the seed list, the current number 107 of the world rankings should know significantly more people. And also Casper Ruud himself-because he surprisingly lost his second-round match against the no-name from Belgium.
Collignon, who was in Wimbledon for the first time this year at a Grand Slam tournament in the main field, got the first sentence, but then it looked as if the game was going to go. Ruud, behind which there is a mixed year 2025, got two and three passages and was actually in rhythm. After the Belgian had trimmed back in sentence four, the match was completely open. At 5: 5, Collignon then won the decisive break. Even though he produced three (!) Double errors in the following, he was allowed to celebrate the greatest success of his career shortly afterwards.
Fritz continues after a bumpy start
Taylor Fritz – Lloyd Harris 4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
It doesn’t always run smoothly, not even if, like Taylor Fritz, you are the great hope of the Americans in the men’s competition at the US Open. In the second round, the local hero was dealing with the South African Lloyd Harris and needed something to get at the operating temperature in the Louis Armstrong stage. Fritz lost the first set directly with 4: 6, in the second round he was about to be at the back with 0: 2 sets.
But the American hit himself at the right time, managed to compensate for 1-1 in the Tiebreak and then finally took the handbrake out of his game. The rest of the game is quickly told. Sentence three and set four each went 6: 2 to Fritz, who in the end reached the third round relatively confidently.