US Open: Shang surges into third round to face Ruud
Juncheng Shang was victorious against Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (2). He’ll play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Chinese Juncheng Shang advanced to the third round of the US Open by beating Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (2) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.
Shang, ranked No 72, will next face Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, who defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils in another second round clash.
In the previous round of the US Open, the 19-year-old Chinese won against Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 27 seed (6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4).
Carballes Baena, ranked No 55, won against qualifier Jan Choinski (6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (5), 6-3) in the previous round of the US Open.
New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Max Purcell vs. Tommy Paul
- Mariano Navone vs. Daniel Evans
- Tristan Schoolkate vs. Jakub Mensik
- Arthur Fils vs. Gabriel Diallo
- Alex De Minaur vs. Otto Virtanen
- David Goffin vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Jack Draper
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Zizou Bergs
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Nuno Borges
- Jannik Sinner vs. Alex Michelsen
- Jordan Thompson vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roman Safiullin
- Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Korda
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Laslo Djere vs. Novak Djokovic
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Taylor Fritz
- Casper Ruud vs. Gael Monfils
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti: wednesday
- Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: wednesday
- Alexei Popyrin (28) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
- Ugo Humbert vs. Francisco Comesana: wednesday
- Andrey Rublev vs. Arthur Rinderknech: wednesday
- Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 6-1, 1-0 ret.
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
- 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
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