US Open: Nakashima backs up Rune upset, beats Cazaux to make third round

American Brandon Nakashima won against Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 to move into the third round of the US Open.

Nakashima, ranked No 50, will play the winner of the match between Serb Miomir Kecmanovic and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 18 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the American beat Dane Holger Rune, the No 15 seed (6-2, 6-1, 6-4).

Cazaux, ranked No 91, defeated Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta (6-1, 6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the US Open.

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
• 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
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: wednesday