Tiafoe through to fifth consecutive US Open third round

American Frances Tiafoe, the No 20 seed, reached the third round of the US Open when Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko retired at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.

Tiafoe, ranked No 20, led 6-4, 6-1, 1-0 when Shevchenko, ranked No 61, pulled out on Wednesday afternoon at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

The American will face the winner of the match between American Ben Shelton, the No 13 seed, and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut next.

Frances Tiafoe edged out Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5) in the previous round of the US Open.

In the previous round of the US Open, the Kazakh beat German Dominik Koepfer (6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2).

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Laslo Djere vs. Novak Djokovic
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Taylor Fritz
• Jordan Thompson vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roman Safiullin
• Mariano Navone vs. Daniel Evans
• Alex De Minaur vs. Otto Virtanen
• Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Korda
• David Goffin vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Jack Draper
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Zizou Bergs
• Tristan Schoolkate vs. Jakub Mensik
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Nuno Borges
• Max Purcell vs. Tommy Paul
• Arthur Fils vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Jannik Sinner vs. Alex Michelsen
• Casper Ruud vs. Gael Monfils
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Juncheng Shang: wednesday
• Ugo Humbert vs. Francisco Comesana: wednesday
• Andrey Rublev vs. Arthur Rinderknech: wednesday
• Alexandre Muller vs. Alexander Zverev: wednesday
• Brandon Nakashima beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Sebastian Baez (21): 6-1, 2-0 ret.
• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Francisco Cerundolo (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3