US Open: Shang surges into third round to face Ruud

Chinese Juncheng Shang advanced to the third round of the US Open by beating Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (2) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.

Shang, ranked No 72, will next face Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, who defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils in another second round clash.

In the previous round of the US Open, the 19-year-old Chinese won against Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 27 seed (6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4).

Carballes Baena, ranked No 55, won against qualifier Jan Choinski (6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (5), 6-3) in the previous round of the US Open.

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Max Purcell vs. Tommy Paul
• Mariano Navone vs. Daniel Evans
• Tristan Schoolkate vs. Jakub Mensik
• Arthur Fils vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Alex De Minaur vs. Otto Virtanen
• David Goffin vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Jack Draper
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Zizou Bergs
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Nuno Borges
• Jannik Sinner vs. Alex Michelsen
• Jordan Thompson vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roman Safiullin
• Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Korda
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Laslo Djere vs. Novak Djokovic
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Taylor Fritz
• Casper Ruud vs. Gael Monfils
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti: wednesday
• Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: wednesday
• Alexei Popyrin (28) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
• Ugo Humbert vs. Francisco Comesana: wednesday
• Andrey Rublev vs. Arthur Rinderknech: wednesday
• Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Brandon Nakashima beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Sebastian Baez (21): 6-1, 2-0 ret.
• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Francisco Cerundolo (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3