No. 17 Frances Tiafoe continued a powerful begin with American males on the US Open, defeating Japan’s Yoshiko Nishino, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3 on Monday to achieve the second spherical at Flushing Meadows.
Tiafoe, a two-time semi-finalist in New York, has gained 15 US Open matches since 2022, passing Jannik Sinner amongst most males throughout that interval. He’s the one man within the final three years to achieve greater than the quarterfinals.
“It is at all times nice to play on this courtroom,” Tierfour stated after successful in entrance of the gang at Arthur Ash Stadium. “The perfect match on this planet. I am so completely happy to be again.”
Tiafoe scored 84% of his first serve factors, together with an ideal 12-12 within the third set towards Nishikawa, who misplaced 13 of his remaining 14 tour-level matches because the starting of March.
Tiafoe joined No. 4 Taylor Fritz and No. 6 Ben Shelton to achieve the second spherical. For him, the subsequent one can be a nationwide matchup towards Martin Dam, who defeated 17-year-old Darwin Department 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Blanch, who trains on the JC Ferrero Academy in Spain and practices quite a bit with Carlos Alcaraz, was given a wild card to the match by successful this yr’s USTA Nationwide Boys ’18s in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Tiafoe has had an enormous success enjoying his fellow countrymen on the US Open, beating Sinner (7) in 5 wins over the Individuals since 2021.
In different males’s singles outcomes, Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca, who turned 19 on Thursday, gained his US Open debut, beating Miomir Kekumanovic 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) and 6-3 in entrance of a large crowd of his nation.
No. 5 Jack Draper performed his first match after shedding to Marin Cilic at Wimbledon and subsequently being identified with bone cunt in his left arm, battling previous qualifying Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2.
Additionally on Monday, No. 28 seed American Alex Michaelsen misplaced 4 units to Argentina’s Francisco Camerana, whereas France’s No. 22 Ugo Humbert fell 6-4, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-1 to Australia’s Adam Walton.
Wimbledon quarterfinalist No. 24 Flavio Koboli needed to go far, however reached the second spherical with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Italian Francesco Passaro.
Additionally, the winner in 5 units was American Jenson Brooksby, with Alexander Vukic defeating 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
No. 11 seed Holger Rune scored 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) towards Botic van des Ardschulp, who stunned Carlos Alcaraz within the second spherical of final yr’s US Open.
ESPN analysis and Related Press contributed to this report.
