US Open: Impressive De Minaur breezes past Yibing Wu and into third round
Alex De Minaur defeated Yibing Wu 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. He’ll play the winner of the match between Nicolas Jarry and Alex Michelsen in the next round
Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 13 seed, moved into the third round of the US Open by defeating Chinese Yibing Wu 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
The Australian No 1 impressed in a clinical and one-sided performance against a dangerous opponent. Losing just four games in a lightning-quick second-round victory, De Minaur looks in fine form in New York.
The world No 13 will face the winner of the match between Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 23 seed, and American wildcard Alex Michelsen next.
The Australian edged out Kazakh qualifier Timofey Skatov (6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5) in the previous round of the Flushing Meadows tournament.
In the previous round of the Flushing Meadows tournament, Wu, ranked No 86, won against Serb Dusan Lajovic (3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 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: thursday
- Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Cameron Norrie: thursday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stan Wawrinka: thursday
- Arthur Fils vs. Matteo Arnaldi: thursday
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Matteo Berrettini: 6-4, 5-3 ret.
- Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
- Jack Draper beat Hubert Hurkacz (17): 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
- Michael Mmoh (WC) beat John Isner (WC): 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Jannik Sinner (6) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (12) beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- 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