2023-08-31 20:22:45
Italy’s No. 6 seed Jannik Sinner and women’s number two from Belarus Aryna Sabalenka effortlessly advanced to the third round of the US Open on Thursday. Sinner didn’t give his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego a chance at 6:4.6:2.6:4 in 2:05 hours. Sabalenka also had a short day’s work against Britain’s Jodie Burrage in a 6:3,6:2.
With some effort, Alexander Zverev also prevailed in the German encounter with Daniel Altmaier. The number 12 of the tournament needed 3:43 hours for the 7:6(1),3:6,6:4,6:3 victory. Zverev now meets Grigor Dimitrow. The Bulgarian clearly won the sentimental duel between two veterans against the three-time major winner Andy Murray 6:3.6:4.6:1.
On the Grandstand, John Isner made a fitting farewell to professional tennis: the 38-year-old American made history with his marathon record victory over Nicolas Mahut (FRA) in Wimbledon in 2010: The match lasted no less than 11:05 hours , which ended 70-68 in the fifth set and dragged on for three days. Isner lost his last match himself in five sets. After a 2-0 set lead, the 2.08-m giant lost to his compatriot Michael Mmoh after 3:57 hours 6:3.6:4.6:7(3),4:6,6:7(7 /10).
From an Austrian point of view, the last doubles player was also eliminated on Thursday: Sebastian Ofner lost in his major doubles debut with Frenchman Alexandre Muller against the Americans Vasil Kirkov and Denis Kudla 5:7,1:6.
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