World number one Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to a US Open rematch with Italy's Jannik Sinner on Thursday, Aug. 31, as Grand Slam winners Aryna Sabalenka and Marketa Vondrousova booked their places in the third round.
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain returns a ball to Lloyd Harris of South Africa during their second round US Open Tennis tournament match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday, Aug. 31.
After their performances on Thursday, few would bet against a repeat of last year's heavyweight slugfest in this year's quarterfinals. Sinner will play 2016 US Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the third round on Saturday. Wawrinka, 38, rolled back the years to eliminate Argentine No.30 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6 , 6-7 , 6-3, 6-2.
Medvedev looked to be heading for a comfortable straight sets win before a wobble -- double-faulting on match point and set point -- took it to a fourth set. While Murray tumbled out, fellow Briton Jack Draper advanced to the third round, upsetting Polish 17th seed Hubert Hurkacz 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 to set up a third round meeting with American wild card Michael Mmoh, who defeated John Isner 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 , 6-4, 7-6 in what was the final game of the big-serving veteran's career.
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