US Open: Qualifier Gojo beats Vesely in straight sets to make last 16

Croat qualifier Borna Gojo reached the last 16 of the US Open by beating Jiri Vesely 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Gojo, ranked No 105, will face the winner of the match between No 32 seed Laslo Djere and second seed Novak Djokovic next.

The Croat won against Hugo Dellien (6-3, 6-3, 6-1) and American Mackenzie McDonald (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Flushing Meadows tournament, Vesely, ranked No 437, won against French qualifier Enzo Couacaud (5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4) and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed (7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (6)).

New York (Grand Slam), other third-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Sebastian Baez
• Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Alex De Minaur
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Jannik Sinner
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Andrey Rublev
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Cameron Norrie
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniel Evans
• Michael Mmoh vs. Jack Draper
• Laslo Djere vs. Novak Djokovic
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Jakub Mensik (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-0
• Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Benjamin Bonzi (WC): 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
• Rinky Hijikata (WC) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Adrian Mannarino (22): 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Ben Shelton beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21): 6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3