US Open: Griekspoor books spot in third round as Baez retires injured
Tallon Griekspoor benefited from the abandonment of Sebastian Baez (6-1, 2-0) and will face Grigor Dimitrov, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Tallon Griekspoor
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor reached the third round of the US Open when Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 21 seed, retired at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Griekspoor, ranked No 40, led 6-1, 2-0 when Baez, ranked No 23, pulled out on Wednesday evening at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
The Dutchman will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 9 seed, next.
Tallon Griekspoor defeated Indian Sumit Nagal (6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round of the US Open.
During the first round of the US Open, the Argentinian edged out Italian Luciano Darderi (6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-6 (4)).
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
- Ugo Humbert vs. Francisco Comesana
- Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Juncheng Shang
- Andrey Rublev vs. Arthur Rinderknech: wednesday
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Frances Tiafoe: wednesday
- Alexandre Muller vs. Alexander Zverev: wednesday
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Arthur Cazaux: wednesday
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Mitchell Krueger vs. Jiri Lehecka: wednesday
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: wednesday
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