Efficient Sinner Eases Into Us Open Third Round

US Open 2025

Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September

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Defending champion Jannik Sinner hit world number 36 Alexei Popyrin successful consecutive sets to unafraid a safe transition done to information 3 of nan US Open.

The world number one, 24, had mislaid conscionable 4 games successful a ascendant first-round triumph complete Vit Kopriva.

And Sinner produced different businesslike show against Australian Popyrin, who upset Novak Djokovic successful nan 3rd information of past year's tourney but did not frighten a repetition here.

The Italian collapsed Popyrin's service early successful each of nan 3 sets and wrapped up a objective 6-3 6-2 6-2 triumph connected Arthur Ashe Stadium successful conscionable complete 2 hours.

"I felt for illustration we some didn't service awesome but I was returning very well, particularly connected nan 2nd serve," said Sinner, who progressed contempt only landing 51% of his first serves in.

"I'm very happy astir today. Obviously I'm aiming to amended nan service but, astir nan rest, I consciousness rather comfortable."

Sinner will look Denis Shapovalov, nan 27th seed from Canada, successful nan 3rd round.

Sinner has now won 23 matches successful a statement astatine hard-court Grand Slams, taking successful his triumph astatine Flushing Meadows past twelvemonth and 2 consecutive title triumphs astatine nan Australian Open.

He was besides victorious connected nan writer astatine Wimbledon successful July.

Sinner's ruthlessness was demonstrated midway done nan 2nd group when, serving astatine 3-2 up pinch a break, he saved 3 break points to unafraid an important hold.

In nan very adjacent game, Sinner collapsed to love, quashing immoderate dream of a Popyrin fightback.

There was a akin shape astatine nan commencement of group 3 erstwhile Popyrin grounded to capitalise from 15-40 connected Sinner's serve, and nan four-time Grand Slam victor again made his force salary pinch a break to emotion successful nan consequent game.

Russian Andrey Rublev came done a reliable four-set brushwood pinch American Tristan Boyer to subordinate Sinner successful information three.

Boyer, classed 113th successful nan world, extended nan lucifer by taking nan 3rd group earlier 15th seed Rublev completed a 6-3 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-4) triumph by winning a fourth-set tie-break.

Rublev's adjacent force will beryllium Coleman Wong, who backed up his history-making first-round triumph against Aleksandar Kovacevic pinch a four-set triumph complete Australia's Adam Walton.

Wong's first-round occurrence made him nan first antheral subordinate from Hong Kong to triumph a Grand Slam singles lucifer successful nan Open era.

The 21-year-old qualifier will adjacent look Rublev, who has appeared successful 10 Grand Slam quarter-finals without ever reaching nan past 4 of a major.

Elsewhere, Italian 10th seed Lorenzo Musetti was a 6-4 6-0 6-2 victor complete Belgian seasoned David Goffin.