US Open: Djere breezes past Gaston to move into third round
Djere beat Gaston 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. He’ll face the winner of the match between Zapata Miralles and Serb Novak Djokovic, the second seed, in the next round
Serb Laslo Djere, the No 32 seed, won against French qualifier Hugo Gaston 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Djere, ranked No 38, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Serb Novak Djokovic, the second seed, next.
In the previous round of the Flushing Meadows tournament, the Serb beat American Brandon Nakashima (7-5, 6-4, 6-4).
Gaston, ranked No 99, defeated Japanese qualifier Sho Shimabukuro (6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (4)) in the first round of the Flushing Meadows tournament.
New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):
- Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Taylor Fritz
- Gael Monfils vs. Andrey Rublev
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Jack Draper vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Michael Mmoh vs. John Isner
- Yibing Wu vs. Alex De Minaur
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Alex Michelsen
- Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Sebastian Baez
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Jannik Sinner
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Andy Murray vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Alexander Zverev vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Cameron Norrie
- Arthur Fils vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Daniel Evans
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Lloyd Harris
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Casper Ruud vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Dominic Thiem vs. Ben Shelton
- Titouan Droguet vs. Jakub Mensik
- Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Jiri Vesely vs. Francisco Cerundolo: wednesday
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Novak Djokovic: wednesday
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Christopher Eubanks: wednesday
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: wednesday
- Borna Gojo (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Dominic Stricker: wednesday