US Open: Borges overcomes Tsitsipas-slayer Kokkinakis, through to third round
Nuno Borges won against Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between wildcard Tristan Schoolkate and Jakub Mensik next
Portuguese Nuno Borges advanced to the third round of the US Open by beating Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 on Thursday.
Borges, ranked No 34, will play the winner of the match between Australian wildcard Tristan Schoolkate and Jakub Mensik next.
The Portuguese won against Argentinian Federico Coria (6-2, 6-4, 6-1) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the US Open, Kokkinakis, ranked No 86, edged out Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 11 seed (7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5).
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: thursday
- Arthur Fils vs. Gabriel Diallo: thursday
- Alex De Minaur vs. Otto Virtanen: thursday
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Zizou Bergs: thursday
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Jack Draper: thursday
- David Goffin vs. Adrian Mannarino: thursday
- 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