US Open: O’Connell wins against Bellucci to reach set up Sinner clash

Australian Christopher O’Connell won against Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday evening.

O’Connell, ranked No 87, will play Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, next.

In the previous round of the US Open, the Australian beat Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 26 seed (6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3).

Bellucci, ranked No 101, defeated Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka (6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3) during the first 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):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Max Purcell vs. Tommy Paul
• Mariano Navone vs. Daniel Evans
• David Goffin vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Jack Draper
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Zizou Bergs
• Tristan Schoolkate vs. Jakub Mensik
• Arthur Fils vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Alex De Minaur vs. Otto Virtanen
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Nuno Borges: thursday
• Jannik Sinner beat Alex Michelsen: 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
• Jordan Thompson beat Hubert Hurkacz (7): 7-6 (2), 6-1, 7-5
• Matteo Arnaldi (30) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
• Tomas Machac beat Sebastian Korda (16): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Laslo Djere: 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 ret.
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Matteo Berrettini: 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-1
• Casper Ruud (8) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
• Lorenzo Musetti (18) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
• Ben Shelton (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Alexei Popyrin (28) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
• Juncheng Shang beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Francisco Comesana beat Ugo Humbert (17): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• 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)
• Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Francisco Cerundolo (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3