US Open: Altmaier loses all-German clash with Zverev

No 12 seed Alexander Zverev advanced to the third round of the US Open by winning against Daniel Altmaier 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Zverev, ranked No 12, will play the winner of the match between Andy Murray and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 19 seed, next.

Alexander Zverev beat Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Flushing Meadows tournament, Altmaier, ranked No 53, won against Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 6-2).

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Lloyd Harris
• Gael Monfils vs. Andrey Rublev
• Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Sebastian Baez
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Daniel Evans
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Alex Michelsen
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Cameron Norrie
• Yibing Wu vs. Alex De Minaur
• Arthur Fils vs. Matteo Arnaldi: thursday
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Arthur Rinderknech: thursday
• Andy Murray vs. Grigor Dimitrov: thursday
• Jack Draper beat Hubert Hurkacz (17): 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
• Michael Mmoh vs. John Isner: thursday
• Jannik Sinner (6) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (9) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Casper Ruud (5): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
• Jakub Mensik (Q) beat Titouan Droguet (Q): 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Roman Safiullin: 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata (WC) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
• Ben Shelton beat Dominic Thiem: 7-6 (1), 1-0 ret.
• Adrian Mannarino (22) beat Fabian Marozsan: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
• Jiri Vesely beat Francisco Cerundolo (20): 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (6)
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
• Benjamin Bonzi (WC) beat Christopher Eubanks (28): 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Aslan Karatsev beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Laslo Djere (32) beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
• Borna Gojo (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (7): 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-3