Karolina Muchova moved into the U.S. Open’s fourth round on Friday with a 7-6 (0), 6-3 victory over Taylor Townsend.
MORGAN RIDDLE dazzled on the cover of yesterday’s New York Times style magazine.
Daniil Medvedev took care of business in Round 2, as the third seed took down Australian Christopher O’Connell in four sets 6-2, 6-2, 6(6)-7(8), 6-3 to lock up a spot in the third round of the U.S. Open.
Two years ago, Jakub Mensik and his coach, Tomas Josefus, were in New York for the first time. Mensik qualified for the US Open boys’ singles event and reached the third round of the main draw. It was an invaluable experience, but one off-court memory sticks out.
The defending champion beat Lloyd Harris 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (4) Thursday night to reach the third round, where most of the top players in his half of the bracket remain.
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, was his dominant self on Thursday, taking down Lloyd Harris, of South Africa, in straight sets (6-3, 6-1, 7-6) in the second round of the U.S. Open.
Eighth-seeded Andrey Rublev took advantage of 13 double faults from Frenchman Gael Monfils en route to a 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory to advance past the second round of the U.S. Open.
Jannik Sinner advanced to the U.S. Open’s third round Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victory over fellow Italian Lorenzo Sonego.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open women’s doubles tournament with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 win over Lauren Davis of the United States and Czechia’s Anastasia Detiuc on Thursday.
