US Open: 17th seed Tiafoe through to third round for sixth year in a row
The American edged out Martin Damm 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (8), 7-5 in the second round on Wednesday
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No 17 seed Frances Tiafoe advanced to the third round of the US Open by edging out qualifier Martin Damm 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (8), 7-5 in New York on Wednesday.
Tiafoe, ranked No 17, will play German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff next at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. This is the sixth year in a row that he has made it to the third round in his home Grand Slam.
The American won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3) in the first round.
Earlier in the week, Damm, ranked No 431, beat wildcard Darwin Blanch (6-3, 6-4, 6-4).
New York (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90,000,000):
- 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)
- Nuno Borges vs. Tommy Paul
- Alexander Zverev vs. Jacob Fearnley
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Alex De Minaur
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Roman Safiullin vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Alexander Bublik vs. Tristan Schoolkate
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Jaume Munar
- Jannik Sinner vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Leandro Riedi vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Karen Khachanov vs. Kamil Majchrzak
- Jenson Brooksby vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Valentin Royer vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Tristan Boyer vs. Andrey Rublev
- Adam Walton vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
- Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Zizou Bergs beat Jack Draper (5): W/O
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Jordan Thompson vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Holger Rune
- Luciano Darderi vs. Eliot Spizzirri
- Jakub Mensik vs. Ugo Blanchet
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