US Open: Struff makes last 16, defeating Tiafoe
Jan-Lennard Struff won against Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7) on Friday
Jan-Lennard Struff, 2021 (Panoramic)
German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff reached the last 16 of the US Open by winning against American Frances Tiafoe, the No 17 seed, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Friday.
The 35-year-old German is in incredible shape as he has beaten Dane Holger Rune, the No 11 seed (7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5) and American Mackenzie McDonald (3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
Struff, ranked No 144, will face the winner of the match between Serb Novak Djokovic, the No 7 seed, and Englishman Cameron Norrie next.
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000, most recent results first):
- Alexander Bublik vs. Tommy Paul
- Alexander Zverev vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Alex De Minaur
- Kamil Majchrzak vs. Leandro Riedi
- Jannik Sinner vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Jaume Munar vs. Zizou Bergs
- Chak Lam Coleman Wong vs. Andrey Rublev
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Jerome Kym vs. Taylor Fritz
- Novak Djokovic vs. Cameron Norrie
- Ugo Blanchet vs. Tomas Machac
- Adrian Mannarino beat Ben Shelton (6): 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 ret.
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Luciano Darderi (32): 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Benjamin Bonzi: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
- Jiri Lehecka (20) beat Raphael Collignon: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
