German Alexander Zverev, number 6 in the world, was surprisingly eliminated in the second round of the US Open by Croatian Borna Coric (61st) on a poor Wednesday for Brazil, who saw Thiago Monteiro and Thomaz Bellucci bid farewell to the tournament.
The youngest of the 20-year-old Zverev brothers arrived in New York as a title favorite after winning five trophies in 2017, including two Masters 1000s in Rome and Montreal.
Zverev, however, could not deal with the consistency of the 21-year-old Coric's square bottom and another representative of the new generation of tennis, who won a four-set split, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 , 7-6, within two hours and
Coric, who had never reached the third round of the US Open, will now face experienced South African Kevin Anderson (32nd).
Earlier, world No. 8 Austrian Dominic Thiem and another possible title contender did not disappoint, debuting at the US Open with a quiet win over Australian Alex de Minaur (186th) in the final, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.
The match had begun on Tuesday but the incessant rain in New York forced the two tennis players to stop the duel after the second set, when Thiem already won by 2 sets to 0.
This Wednesday, the Austrian does not seem to suffer with the pause in the duel and resumed the game presenting the same level of the day, closing the last partial with new 6-1, in less than 30 minutes.
In the next round, Thiem, Roland Garros semifinalist this year, will face American Taylor Fritz (108th).
- Brazilians eliminated -
For Brazil, Wednesday was disappointing, with the elimination of the last two Brazilian players in singles.
In a 3-hour and 46-minute marathon, Thiago Monteiro was eliminated by Tunisian Malek Jaziri, adding to the frustration of the Brazilian team in the competition, which already had the falls of Rogério Dutra Silva and Bia Haddad on the first day of matches.
Thiago started very well the first set, decided in the tie-break in favor of the Tunisian, and crossed moments of oscillation in the game. Jaziri had two match points in the fourth set, but the Brazilian recovered and forced the fifth set.
Defeated and with the opponent very connected, Thiago ended up defeated, partial 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-4.
Thomaz Bellucci also failed to qualify. The Brazilian was easily dominated by German Dustin Brown, who won with partial dressers 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
"I was too late in the balls, I do not know what happened, and he played very aggressively," said Bellucci.
Australian Nick Kyrgios, nicknamed "ATP youngster", was defeated by compatriot John Millman at the US Open.
Kyrgios, 14th key to the competition, lost to the world number 235 by 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 and 6-1. The controversial 22-year-old suffered from right elbow pain from the third set.
The departure of Kyrgios makes it easier for Roger Federer to find him in the round of 16.
- Sharapova and Venus advance -
In the female key, the experienced Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams followed the good tennis presented in the debut and advanced to the third round.
Sharapova kept the foot in the return to the dispute of a Grand Slam tournament since returning from the suspension by doping and won by turning the Hungarian Timea Babos of turning in three sets, partial of 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-1.
In the next phase, the Russian will face the American Sofia Kenin.
Venus, the 9th seed and US Open champion in 2000 and 2001, passed the French Oceane Dodin in two sets, 7-5, 6-4.
The 37-year-old American, the most experienced player in the tournament, will take the lead in the third round with Greek Maria Sakkai (95th).
- Results this Thursday at the US Open:
Men's Singles (1st round):
Taro Daniel (JPN) x Tommy Paul (USA) 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) 6-2, 6-2, 6-0
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA / N.26) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Stefano Travaglia (ITA) vs. Fabio Fognini (ITA / N.22) 6-4, 7-6 (10/8), 3-6, 6-0
Viktor Troicki (SRB) vs. Norbert Gombos (SVK) 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) x Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
Tomás Berdych (CZE / N.15) x Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)
David Goffin (BEL / N.9) x Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Guido Pella (ARG) x Steve Darcis (BEL) 6-1, 6-2, 6-0
Donald Young (USA) x Maximilian Marterer (GER) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
Gaël Monfils (FRA / N.18) x Jérémy Chardy (FRA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 6-4
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) vs. Pablo Cuevas (URU / N.27) 7-5, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) vs. Nicolas Kicker (ARG) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
Andrey Rublev (RUS) x Aljaz Bedene (GBR) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL / N.7) x Václav Safránek (CZE) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) x Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) vs. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-2, 0-0 (left)
Feliciano López (ESP / N.31) vs. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (5/7), 6-2
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER / N.33) x Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Santiago Giraldo (COL) x Vincent Millot (FRA) 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4
Malek Jaziri (TUN) vs. Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
John Millman (AUS) x Nick Kyrgios (AUS / N.14) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
Roberto Bautista (ESP / N.11) x Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/1)
Dustin Brown (GER) x Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Adrián Menéndez (ESP) vs. Patrick Kypson (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (11/9), 6-1
Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG / N.24) x Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA / N.30) vs. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) x Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4)
Taylor Fritz (USA) vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Dominic Thiem (AUT / N.6) x Alex De Minaur (AUS) 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
Men's Singles (2nd round):
Sam Querrey (USA / N.17) x Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
Radu Albot (MDA) x Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 6-2, 7-6 (9/7), 5-7, 0-6, 7-6 (7/2)
Mischa Zverev (GER / N.23) x Benoît Paire (FRA) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (3/7), 7-5
John Isner (USA / N.10) x Hyeon Chung (KOR) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) x Jordan Thompson (AUS) 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs. Gilles Muller (LUX / N.19) 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3
Kevin Anderson (RSA / N.28) vs. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
Borna Coric (CRO) vs. Alexander Zverev (GER / N.4) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/4)
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs. Steve Johnson (USA) 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs. Albert Ramos (ESP / N.20) 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Pablo Carreno (ESP / N.12) vs. Cameron Norrie (GBR) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
Lucas Pouille (FRA / N.16) x Jared Donaldson (USA) 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) vs. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
Diego Schwartzman (ARG / N.29) x Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
Marin Cilic (CRO / N.5) vs. Florian Mayer (GER) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Women's Singles (1st round):
Nicole Gibbs (USA) x Verónica Cepede (PAR) 6-0, 1-6, 6-1
Risa Ozaki (JPN) vs. Danielle Lao (USA) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5)
Shuai Zhang (CHN / N.27) x Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-0
Jennifer Brady (USA) vs. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Ana Bogdan (ROM) x Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Monica Niculescu (ROM) vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA / N.14) 6-3, 6-2
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL / N.10) x Petra Martic (CRO) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) x Sofya Zhuk (RUS) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3
Ons Jabeur (TUN) x Brienne Minor (USA) 6-1, 7-5
Coco Vandeweghe (USA / N.20) x Alison Riske (USA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Lucie Safárová (CZE) x Anett Kontaveit (EST / N.26) 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-4
Nao Hibino (JPN) x Catherine Bellis (USA) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Kurumi Nara (JPN) vs. Sara Sorribes (ESP) 6-1, 6-2
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS / N.8) x Markéta Vondrousová (CZE) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2)
Elina Svitolina (UKR / N.4) x Katerina Siniaková (CZE) 6-0, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3
Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) vs. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 7-6 (7/2), 6-1
Shelby Rogers (USA) x Kayla Day (USA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Daria Gavrilova (AUS / N.25) x Allie Kiick (USA) 6-2, 6-1
Elena Vesnina (RUS / N.17) x Anna Blinkova (RUS) 6-1, 6-3
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) vs. Madison Brengle (USA) 6-2, 6-3
Tatjana Maria (GER) x Ashley Kratzer (USA) 6-1, 6-1
Darya Kasatkina (RUS) x Qiang Wang (CHN) 6-7 (7/9), 6-2, 6-3
Christina McHale (USA) x Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS / N.19) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Kaia Kanepi (EST) vs. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
Denisa Allertová (CZE) x Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5)
Women's Singles (2nd round):
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) x Caroline Wozniacki (DEN / N.5) 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1
Carla Suárez (ESP) vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO / N.29) 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2
Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs. Arina Rodionova (AUS) 7-5, 6-3
Venus Williams (USA / N.9) x Océane Dodin (FRA) 7-5, 6-4
Petra Kvitová (CZE / N.13) x Alizé Cornet (FRA) 6-1, 6-2
Caroline Garcia (FRA / N.18) x Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Magdaléna Rybáriková (SVK / N.31) x Kristýna Plísková (CZE) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/3)
Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP / N.3) x Yingying Duan (CHN) 6-4, 6-0
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) x Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 6-3, 6-2
Julia Görges (GER / N.30) x Saisai Zheng (CHN) 6-2, 6-1
Ashleigh Barty (AUS) vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 6-1, 7-6 (9/7)
Sloane Stephens (USA) vs. Dominika Cibulková (SVK / N.11) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Anastasija Sevastova (LAT / N.16) x Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 6-4, 6-4
Donna Vekic (CRO) x Shuai Peng (CHN / N.22) 6-0, 6-2
Sofia Kenin (USA) x Sachia Vickery (USA) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/0)
Maria Sharapova (RUS) x Tímea Babos (HUN) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-1
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