No 17 seed Frances Tiafoe advanced to the third round of the US Open by edging out qualifier Martin Damm 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (8), 7-5 in New York on Wednesday.

Tiafoe, ranked No 17, will play German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff next at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. This is the sixth year in a row that he has made it to the third round in his home Grand Slam.

The American won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3) in the first round.

Earlier in the week, Damm, ranked No 431, beat wildcard Darwin Blanch (6-3, 6-4, 6-4).

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90,000,000):

Arthur Rinderknech beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (18): 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

Cameron Norrie beat Francisco Comesana: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 (4)

Benjamin Bonzi beat Marcos Giron: 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4



Taylor Fritz (4) beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-4

Raphael Collignon beat Casper Ruud (12): 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5

Tomas Machac (21) beat Joao Fonseca: 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3

Novak Djokovic (7) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1

Jiri Lehecka (20) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4

Jerome Kym (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (30): 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (8)

Nuno Borges vs. Tommy Paul

Alexander Zverev vs. Jacob Fearnley

Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Alex De Minaur

Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Daniel Altmaier

Roman Safiullin vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime

Alexander Bublik vs. Tristan Schoolkate

Gabriel Diallo vs. Jaume Munar

Jannik Sinner vs. Alexei Popyrin

Leandro Riedi vs. Francisco Cerundolo

Karen Khachanov vs. Kamil Majchrzak

Jenson Brooksby vs. Flavio Cobolli

Valentin Royer vs. Denis Shapovalov

Tristan Boyer vs. Andrey Rublev

Adam Walton vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong

Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin

Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta

Zizou Bergs beat Jack Draper (5): W/O

Mattia Bellucci vs. Carlos Alcaraz

Jordan Thompson vs. Adrian Mannarino

Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Holger Rune

Luciano Darderi vs. Eliot Spizzirri

Jakub Mensik vs. Ugo Blanchet