Alexander Zverev advanced to the third round of the US Open with a straight-set win over Jacob Fearnley.
Zverev, who has been a finalist in every Grand Slam except Wimbledon and is seeking his first major title, broke Fearnley’s serve in the first game of each set to secure a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory.
Zverev broke the Brit in the first game and rode that out to a first-set win as Fearnley had five double faults, 14 unforced errors and treatment for an ailing right shoulder.
It was rinse-and-repeat in the second set as Zverev broke in the first game, but unlike the first set, he surrendered his advantage. Then Zverev broke in the sixth game, the difference in the set, US Open reports.
Fearnely lifted his game in the final frame, but his upset hopes were extinguished when Zverev converted his sixth match point.
Zverev next faces No. 25-seeded Feliz Auger-Aliassime, who defeated Roman Safiullin.
Alex de Minaur defeated Shintaro Mochizuki in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, to reach the US Open’s third round for the seventh time.
The Aussie leads the ATP Tour in hard-court match wins in 2025 with 26, and has reached at least the third round in each of his last nine appearances at hard-court majors.
De Minaur will bid to reach Round 4 in Flushing Meadows for the third consecutive year when he faces Daniel Altmaier in the third round.
Altmaier, however, is through to the third round of the US Open for the first time in four appearances in Flushing Meadows thanks to a 7-6(5), 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 upset of 26th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece.
Altmaier smacked a career-best 24 aces in his first-round win over Medjedovic, and added 15 more on Thursday night against Tsitsipas.
Gauff survives Vekic test; Swiatek fends off Suzan, Osaka prevails in the third round
Coco Gauff overcame a dangerous opponent Donna Vekic to reach the third round of the 2025 US Open. Shr survived a physically draining first set against the former world No. 17 before going on to win 7-6(5), 6-2.
Gauff has progressed to the third round at the US Open for the fourth consecutive year and has now won 79% of her main-draw matches in New York, thanks to an impressive 19-5 win-loss record.
The 2023 champion will aim to repeat her fourth-round run last year when she next faces 28th seed Magdalena Frech.
Earlier, world No. 2 Iga Swiatek after being dominant in the opening exchanges fend off a gallant fightback from world No. 66 Suzan Lamens to register 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 ein to reach the third round.
Swiatek dominated the opening set agains. Lamens, winning 6-1 at, but Lamens fought back to win the second set, before Swiatek ultimately prevailed in the third set 6-4.
The world No. 2, bidding to become the first woman to win Wimbledon and US Open singles in the same calendar year since Serena Williams in 2012, will next face No. 29 seed Anna Kalinskaya in Round 3, who she toppled in straight sets just 13 days ago en route to WTA 1000 glory in Cincinnati.
Meanwhile, Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka continued to sparkle in a 6-3, 6-1 win against American Hailey Baptiste.
For Osaka, next up is a clash with No. 15 seed Daria Kasatkina, who defeated Kamilla Rakhimova in a dramatic back-and-forth contest, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
Later, Amanda Anisimova advanced to the third round with a 7-6(2) 6-2 win over Maya Joint.
The American equals her best result at her home Slam, where she will next play Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian.
Anisimova moved into the third round of the US Open for just the second time in her career, and the first time in five years.