American Ben Shelton, the No 6 seed, advanced to the third round of the US Open by beating Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 in New York on Wednesday night.

Shelton, ranked No 6 and a semi-finalist here in 2023, will play Frenchman Adrian Mannarino next at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for a spot in the fourth round.

Earlier in the week, the 22-year-old American won against Peruvian qualifier Ignacio Buse (6-3, 6-2, 6-4).

Carreno Busta, ranked No 137, defeated qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz (7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2) in the first round of the tournament.

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

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

Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Mattia Bellucci: 6-1, 6-0, 6-3

Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) beat Holger Rune (11): 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5



Adrian Mannarino beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3

Luciano Darderi (32) beat Eliot Spizzirri (WC): 6-0, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4

Frances Tiafoe (17) beat Martin Damm (Q): 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (8), 7-5

Ugo Blanchet (Q) beat Jakub Mensik (16): 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)

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