US Open: Zverev through to the last 16
Alexander Zverev won against Tomas Martin Etcheverry 5-7, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 in fourth round He’ll face American Brandon Nakashima next
German Alexander Zverev, the No 4 seed, reached the last 16 of the US Open by winning against Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry 5-7, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Saturday night.
Zverev, ranked No 4, will play American Brandon Nakashima next.
The German defeated lucky loser Maximilian Marterer (6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2) and French wildcard Alexandre Muller (6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the US Open, Etcheverry, ranked No 33, won against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (6-4, 6-2, 6-3) and No 29 seed Francisco Cerundolo (6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3).
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Alex De Minaur vs. Daniel Evans
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jordan Thompson
- Nuno Borges vs. Jakub Mensik
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Tommy Paul
- Jannik Sinner vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Jack Draper
- David Goffin vs. Tomas Machac
- Alexei Popyrin (28) beat Novak Djokovic (2): 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Brandon Nakashima beat Lorenzo Musetti (18): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-7 (1), 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Francisco Comesana: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Ben Shelton (13): 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3