US Open: Tiafoe recovers to edge out Mannarino and move into the last 16
Tiafoe edged out Mannarino 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6). He’ll play Rinky Hijikata in the next round
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American Frances Tiafoe, the No 10 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the US Open by edging out Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the No 22 seed, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Tiafoe, ranked No 10, will play Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata next.
The American won against wildcard Learner Tien (6-2, 7-5, 6-1) and Austrian Sebastian Ofner (6-3, 6-1, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Mannarino, ranked No 35, edged out Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5) and defeated Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1).
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Sebastian Baez
- Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Alex De Minaur
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Jannik Sinner
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Andrey Rublev
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Cameron Norrie
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniel Evans
- Michael Mmoh vs. Jack Draper
- Laslo Djere vs. Novak Djokovic
- Jakub Mensik vs. Taylor Fritz
- Borna Gojo vs. Jiri Vesely
- Dominic Stricker vs. Benjamin Bonzi: friday
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Rinky Hijikata: friday
- Ben Shelton beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
- Tommy Paul (14) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21): 6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
