US Open: Shelton books spot in third round against Mannarino

The American won against Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in the second round

Ben Shelton, US Open 2025 Image Credit: Imago / Psnewz

Tennis Majors

August 28, 2025

US Open •Second round • Completed

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B. SheltonvsP. Carreno Busta

American Ben Shelton, the No 6 seed, advanced to the third round of the US Open by beating Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in New York on Wednesday night.

Shelton, ranked No 6 and a semi-finalist here in 2023, will play Frenchman Adrian Mannarino next at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for a spot in the fourth round.

Earlier in the week, the 22-year-old American won against Peruvian qualifier Ignacio Buse (6-3, 6-2, 6-4).

Carreno Busta, ranked No 137, defeated qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz (7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2) in the first round of the tournament.

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90,000,000):

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)
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