Zverev plays Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No. 25 seed, in the third round.<\/p>\n
Halys made him work for the rest<\/p>\n
Halys, ranked No. 52, took the second set of this second round and then the fourth on a tiebreak, having already lost the third on one, which is a rare way to keep a match alive against the top seed. He had beaten Argentine Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-1 in the first round. Zverev broke early in the decider and closed it out 6-3.<\/p>\n
Zverev holds the No. 1 seeding here only because Jannik Sinner withdrew from the tournament with a knee problem, and he leads the ATP Tour in match wins this season.<\/p>\n
He is now one of the few high seeds left in a draw that has been emptying since the opening weekend. Novak Djokovic, the No. 4 seed, lost in the first round to Mariano Navone. Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No. 3 seed and last year\u2019s semi-finalist, went out to Karen Khachanov in the second.<\/p>\n
Arthur Fils, the No. 10 seed and Cincinnati champion, lost his opening match to Stefanos Tsitsipas. Rafael Jodar, the No. 12 seed, was beaten in straight sets by a lucky loser. Lorenzo Musetti, the No. 13 seed, lost to an Australian wild card ranked No. 123. Brandon Nakashima, the No. 16 seed, went out to Alex Michelsen.<\/p>\n
US Open 2026, men\u2019s singles second round<\/p>\n
A. Zverev [1] d. Q. Halys: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-3
A. Tabilo [25] d. A. Popyrin: 2-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3), 6-2
L. Darderi [21] d. D. Svrcina (Q): 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
D. Sweeny (W) d. L. Musetti [13]: 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
M. Zheng (W) d. Y. Bu (L): 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
A. Gea (L) d. Z. Svajda: 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Z. Bergs [31] d. J. De Jong: 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6(2)
B. Van de Zandschulp d. A. De Minaur [6]: 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
K. Khachanov d. F. Auger-Aliassime [3]: 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
B. Bonzi d. I. Buse [32]: 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-0
J. Mensik [17] d. J. Rodionov (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
L. Tien [14] d. G. Monfils (W): 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
T. Fritz [9] d. M. Bellucci: 6-0, 6-1, 6-1
F. Cerundolo [24] d. J. Struff: 5-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
A. Blockx [28] d. M. Trungelliti: 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
F. Cobolli [5] d. T. Schoolkate (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
D. Medvedev [7] d. S. Gorzny (W): 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
A. Rinderknech [26] d. J. Munar: 7-6(4), 6-2, 7-5
V. Vacherot [22] d. K. Majchrzak: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
F. Tiafoe [11] d. R. Sakamoto (Q): 6-3, 7-6(2), 7-5
A. Michelsen d. B. Nakashima [16]: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
D. Merida d. A. Rublev [23]: 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
T. Etcheverry [27] d. J. Fearnley (L): 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
M. Navone d. M. Berrettini: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4)
B. Shelton [8] d. H. Hurkacz: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-5
D. Shapovalov d. L. Van Assche: 6-0, 6-4, 7-6(7)
J. Lehecka [18] d. T. Samuel (Q): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
S. Tsitsipas d. L. Harris (Q): 6-7(1), 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-4
A. Bublik [15] d. A. Mannarino: 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
T. Paul [20] d. D. Prizmic: 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Y. Wu d. J. Duckworth: 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
C. Alcaraz [2] d. J. Faria: 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2<\/p>\n
US Open 2026, men\u2019s singles third round<\/p>\n
A. Zverev [1] vs A. Tabilo [25] \u2013 Saturday
L. Darderi [21] vs D. Sweeny (W) \u2013 Saturday
M. Zheng (W) vs A. Gea (L) \u2013 Saturday
Z. Bergs [31] vs B. Van de Zandschulp \u2013 Saturday
K. Khachanov vs B. Bonzi \u2013 Saturday
J. Mensik [17] vs L. Tien [14] \u2013 Saturday
T. Fritz [9] vs F. Cerundolo [24] \u2013 Saturday
A. Blockx [28] vs F. Cobolli [5] \u2013 Saturday
D. Medvedev [7] vs A. Rinderknech [26] \u2013 Sunday
V. Vacherot [22] vs F. Tiafoe [11] \u2013 Sunday
A. Michelsen vs D. Merida \u2013 Sunday
T. Etcheverry [27] vs M. Navone \u2013 Sunday
B. Shelton [8] vs D. Shapovalov \u2013 Sunday
J. Lehecka [18] vs S. Tsitsipas \u2013 Sunday
A. Bublik [15] vs T. Paul [20] \u2013 Sunday
Y. Wu vs C. Alcaraz [2] \u2013 Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zverev plays Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No. 25 seed, in the third round. Halys made him work for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-879452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}