US Open: Lehecka comes back from two sets to love down to reach third round
Jiri Lehecka eventually beat Mitchell Krueger 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, and Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech in the next round
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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
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