US Open: Medvedev needs four sets to beat O’Connell and reach third round

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, beat Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-2, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-2 to advance to the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday night.

Medvedev, ranked No 3, will play Argentinian Sebastian Baez next.

The Russian won against Hungarian Attila Balazs (6-1, 6-1, 6-0) ahead of his win today.

In the previous round of the Flushing Meadows tournament, O’Connell, ranked No 69, edged out Max Purcell (6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5)).

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44,700,000, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Lloyd Harris: 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Sebastian Baez beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 ret.
• Daniel Evans (26) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 1-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

• Andrey Rublev (8) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
• Nicolas Jarry (23) beat Alex Michelsen (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie (16) beat Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q): 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
• Stan Wawrinka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30): 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur (13) beat Yibing Wu: 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Arthur Fils: 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Matteo Berrettini: 6-4, 5-3 ret.
• Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
• Jack Draper beat Hubert Hurkacz (17): 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
• Michael Mmoh (WC) beat John Isner (WC): 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Jannik Sinner (6) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (12) beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Casper Ruud (5): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik (Q) beat Titouan Droguet (Q): 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Roman Safiullin: 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata (WC) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
• Ben Shelton beat Dominic Thiem: 7-6 (1), 1-0 ret.
• Adrian Mannarino (22) beat Fabian Marozsan: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
• Jiri Vesely beat Francisco Cerundolo (20): 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (6)
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
• Benjamin Bonzi (WC) beat Christopher Eubanks (28): 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Aslan Karatsev beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Laslo Djere (32) beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
• Borna Gojo (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (7): 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-3

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