Casper Ruud and Dominic Thiem say goodbye to the US Open

In the last Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season, the US Open, fifth-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud was knocked out in the second round.

The second round matches played on the third day of the tournament held in New York City have been completed.

Last year’s finalist Ruud faced 67th ranked Chinese Zhizhen Zhang. Defeating his opponent 3-2 with sets of 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 0-6 and 6-2 , Zhang wrote his name in the third round.

Austrian Dominic Thiem, the 2020 tournament champion, withdrew from the second-set match against American Ben Shelton due to discomfort.

American Taylor Fritz (9th seed) defeated Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas 6-1, 6-2, 6-2, American Frances Tiafoe defeated Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-1, 6- American Tommy Paul beat the Russian Roman Safiullin 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 and 6-3 3-2 in sets that finished 4 and continued on his way.

The Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21), the French Adrián Mannarino (22) and the Serbian Laslo Djere (32) of the seeded tennis players defeated their opponents in the third round, and the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (20) and the American Christopher Eubanks (28) could not. avoid being eliminated.

RYNAK TOUR

Last year’s Wimbledon women’s singles champion Kazakh Elena Rybakina (4) reached the third round after Australian world number 127 Ajla Tomljanovic withdrew from the tournament before the match due to injury.

At the Australian Open, the Danish Caroline Wozniacki, the 2018 champion, took the lead with a 2-0 (7-5, 7-6) victory over the two-time Wimbledon champion, the Czech Petra Kvitova (11).

The Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (18), two-time Grand Slam champion, who played three times in the US Open final, lost 2-0 to the Chinese Lin Zhu and the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (19) was eliminated after losing 2-0 against Taylor Townsend of the United States.

The Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (20), the Romanian Sorana Cirstea (30) and the Belgian Elise Mertens (32) among the women’s tennis seeds, while the Polish Magda Linette (24) said goodbye to the tournament. (AA)