Tsitsipas ends Grand Slam season without a third round appearance as he crashes out of US Open

German Daniel Altmaier defeated Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 26 seed, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday to advance to the third round of the US Open.

In a four-hour-26-minute marathon, momentum swung both ways, but Altmaier sneaked through in the end after saving a match point.

Tsitsipas hit 17 aces, 72 winners and converted one more break point than the German (4) but couldn’t cash in when the opportunity came. He earned a match point on return in the 10th game of the decider, only for it to be saved by Altmaier.

The loss meant Tsitsipas ended his Grand Slam season for 2025 without a third-round appearance. He suffered a shock first-round defeat at the hands of Alex Michelsen at the Australian Open in January, followed by a brutal loss against Matteo Gigante at Roland Garros in May.

He was forced to quit his opening battle at Wimbledon against Valentin Royer after losing the first two sets in June.

Altmaier in the us open third round for the first time

On the contrary, it is the first time Daniel Altmaier has qualified for the US Open third round. He made his main draw debut in New York in 2022 but was unable to win. This followed a run to the second round in 2023 and another first-round exit last year.

Tsitsipas pressed Altmaier hard in the fifth set, creating four break points but the German saved them all to go through.

“It’s difficult to describe right away, you know, how you feel,” Altmaier said in his on-court interview. “A big relief, honestly, I just tried to be in the match. Tennis is like a sport, you have someone in your head all the time, talking so it was more of a battle against myself. My body, ‘Ah, you’re struggling physically!’, then there was the heart saying, ‘No, no, I’m going to push through!’ That was a constant battle in the head.”

Altmaier, ranked No 56, will play Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the German won against Serb Hamad Medjedovic (7-5, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4).

Tsitsipas, ranked No 28, edged out Frenchman Alexandre Muller (4-6, 6-0, 6-1, 7-6 (5)) 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 90.000.000, most recent results first):

• Nuno Borges vs. Tommy Paul
• Alex De Minaur beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (25) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-1, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Alexander Zverev (3) beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat Tristan Schoolkate (WC): 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
• Jaume Munar beat Gabriel Diallo (31): 7-5, 6-3, 7-5
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
• Flavio Cobolli (24) beat Jenson Brooksby: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
• Leandro Riedi (Q) beat Francisco Cerundolo (19): 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Kamil Majchrzak beat Karen Khachanov (9): 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Denis Shapovalov (27) beat Valentin Royer (WC): 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (15) beat Tristan Boyer (WC): 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Chak Lam Coleman Wong (Q) beat Adam Walton: 7-6 (5), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (10) beat David Goffin: 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
• Ben Shelton (6) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Zizou Bergs beat Jack Draper (5): W/O
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Mattia Bellucci: 6-1, 6-0, 6-3
• Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Holger Rune (11): 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
• Adrian Mannarino beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3
• Luciano Darderi (32) beat Eliot Spizzirri (WC): 6-0, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (17) beat Martin Damm (Q): 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (8), 7-5
• Ugo Blanchet (Q) beat Jakub Mensik (16): 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (18): 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Francisco Comesana: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 (4)
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Marcos Giron: 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (4) beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-4
• Raphael Collignon beat Casper Ruud (12): 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Tomas Machac (21) beat Joao Fonseca: 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (7) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Jiri Lehecka (20) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
• Jerome Kym (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (30): 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (8)

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