US Open: Draper sails into third round, beats Diaz Acosta

No 25 seed Jack Draper advanced to the third round of the US Open by winning against Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday.

Draper, ranked No 25, will next face play Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, who stunned third seed Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets later on Thursday.

In the previous round of the US Open, Jack Draper benefited from the abandonment of Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (6-3, 6-0, 4-0).

Acosta, ranked No 64, defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston (6-1, 6-4, 6-2) 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
• Mariano Navone vs. Daniel Evans
• Max Purcell vs. Tommy Paul
• Tristan Schoolkate vs. Jakub Mensik: thursday
• Arthur Fils vs. Gabriel Diallo: thursday
• Alex De Minaur vs. Otto Virtanen: thursday
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Zizou Bergs: thursday
• David Goffin vs. Adrian Mannarino: thursday
• Nuno Borges beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Alex Michelsen: 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
• Jordan Thompson beat Hubert Hurkacz (7): 7-6 (2), 6-1, 7-5
• Matteo Arnaldi (30) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
• Tomas Machac beat Sebastian Korda (16): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Christopher O’Connell beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 ret.
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Matteo Berrettini: 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-1
• Casper Ruud (8) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
• Lorenzo Musetti (18) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
• Ben Shelton (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Alexei Popyrin (28) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
• Juncheng Shang beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Francisco Comesana beat Ugo Humbert (17): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
• 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