NEW YORK -- Сверхсеededный Александр Зверев another early scare четверг вечером Advance на третий раунд US Open, но ничего about его второй матч не было легко. Зверев нуждался в пяти set и более 4 с половиной hours, чтобы defeat Quentin Halys 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-3 в ночном матче, который затянулся well в Friday morning. Зверев hoped для an easier time after needing five sets to edge Lorenzo Sonego on Tuesday. Вместо этого, он стал first top-seeded man to play back-to-back five-set matches to start a major in the Open Era, which dates to 1968.

Pro spending more than nine hours on the court through two rounds, Zverev avoided the earliest exit by a No. 1 seed since Andre Agassi в 2000. Concluding at 2:15 a.m., it is the second-latest second-round finish in U.S. Open history. Not as lucky in their second-round matches were No. 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime, who became the highest-seeded player knocked out of the tournament thus far, and No. 6 Alex de Minaur. With their losses, four of the top 10 seeded men's players have been eliminated before the third round. Auger-Aliassime said he was feeling dizzy and seeing spots and couldn't recover, falling to Karen Khachanov 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.