US Open: Lehecka comes back from two sets to love down to reach third round

No 32 seed Jiri Lehecka advanced to the third round of the US Open by eventually beating American qualifier Mitchell Krueger 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.

Lehecka, ranked No 38, will play the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, and Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech next.

Jiri Lehecka benefited from the abandonment of Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-0) in the previous round of the US Open.

In the previous round of the US Open, Krueger, ranked No 179, edged out French qualifier Hugo Grenier (4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 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):

• 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
• Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Juncheng Shang: wednesday
• Ugo Humbert vs. Francisco Comesana: wednesday
• Andrey Rublev vs. Arthur Rinderknech: wednesday
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Frances Tiafoe: wednesday
• Alexandre Muller vs. Alexander Zverev: wednesday
• 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)
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: wednesday