Shelton into US Open third round for first time after Thiem retires

American Ben Shelton reached the third round of the US Open when Austrian Dominic Thiem retired on Wednesday afternoon at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Shelton, ranked No 47, led 7-6 (1), 1-0 when Thiem, ranked No 81, pulled out of the match with a stomach-related issue. The Austrian had vomited prior to the match, and was showing signs of discomfort between ends, having spoken with the physio already.

“I did a lot of things well today” – Shelton

Despite the limited time on court, Shelton said he was happy with his game on Wednesday. “I think I can take a lot of confidence based off how I was playing in the first set, how the first set went, because for the majority of it, pretty much the whole set, I didn’t notice any difference or dips in play. I thought that I was playing my game and I was playing well. I did a lot of things well today. I felt like I’ve built well off of my last match, the way I was playing two days ago. Yeah, so I think I’m happy with the way that I competed throughout the set. It’s always unfortunate when you have a match cut short. But the upside is that I’ll be more rested than having a five-hour battle come two days from now.”

The 20-year-old American will face Russian Aslan Karatsev next, who blasted his way past Carballes Baena with 83 winners earlier today.

In the previous round of the US Open, Ben Shelton edged out Argentinian Pedro Cachin (1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4). Thiem, on the other hand, won against Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 25 seed (6-3, 6-2, 6-4) in the first round of the Flushing Meadows tournament.

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Tennis Majors

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Lloyd Harris
• Gael Monfils vs. Andrey Rublev
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Andy Murray vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Michael Mmoh vs. John Isner
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Jannik Sinner
• Alexander Zverev vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Taylor Fritz
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Jack Draper vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Yibing Wu vs. Alex De Minaur
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Alex Michelsen
• Felipe Meligeni Alves vs. Sebastian Baez
• Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Cameron Norrie
• Arthur Fils vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Daniel Evans
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Casper Ruud vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Titouan Droguet vs. Jakub Mensik
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Tommy Paul vs. Roman Safiullin: wednesday
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Marton Fucsovics: wednesday
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Fabian Marozsan: wednesday
• Jiri Vesely vs. Francisco Cerundolo: wednesday
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
• Benjamin Bonzi (WC) beat Christopher Eubanks (28): 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Aslan Karatsev beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Laslo Djere (32) beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
• Borna Gojo (Q) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (7): 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-3