{"id":102411,"date":"2025-08-28T04:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T04:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/102411\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T04:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T04:15:08","slug":"tennis-atp-us-open-2025-struff-sees-off-rune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/102411\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis, ATP \u2013 US Open 2025: Struff sees off Rune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>35-year-old German qualifier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennismajors.com\/people\/jan-lennard-struff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jan-Lennard Struff<\/a> advanced to the third round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennismajors.com\/us-open-news\/dates-tickets-defending-champions-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-2024-us-open-but-never-had-the-time-to-find-out-773702.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">US Open<\/a> by beating Dane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennismajors.com\/atp\/10-questions-holger-rune-getting-to-know-danish-604290.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Holger Rune<\/a>, the No 11 seed, in a five-set tussle in New York on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Struff won the high-quality contest 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in a second round clash.<\/p>\n<p>The German, who peaked at No 21 in the rankings in 2023 but is now ranked No 144, will face No 17 seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennismajors.com\/atp\/us-open-semi-finalist-sierra-leone-10-questions-you-might-have-about-frances-tiafoe-624081.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Frances Tiafoe<\/a> next.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old won against American Mackenzie McDonald (3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3) in his first round main draw match.<\/p>\n<p>In the previous round, Rune, ranked No 11, defeated Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp (6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)).<\/p>\n<p>New York (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90,000,000):<\/p>\n<p>Zizou Bergs beat Jack Draper (5): W\/O<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickmouratoglou.com\/en\/champion-mindset-pre-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mx-auto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756279207_700_Banner-Social-Media-Facebook-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"aspect-3-1 mx-auto max-w-full overflow-hidden object-cover md:max-w-xl\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Mattia Bellucci: 6-1, 6-0, 6-3<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Mannarino beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3<\/p>\n<p>Luciano Darderi (32) beat Eliot Spizzirri (WC): 6-0, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Frances Tiafoe beat Martin Damm (Q): 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (8), 7-5<\/p>\n<p>Ugo Blanchet (Q) beat Jakub Mensik (16): 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)<\/p>\n<p>Arthur Rinderknech beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (18): 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Norrie beat Francisco Comesana: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 (4)<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Bonzi beat Marcos Giron: 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Fritz (4) beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Raphael Collignon beat Casper Ruud (12): 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5<\/p>\n<p>Tomas Machac (21) beat Joao Fonseca: 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3<\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic (7) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1<\/p>\n<p>Jiri Lehecka (20) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Jerome Kym (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (30): 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (8)<\/p>\n<p>Nuno Borges vs. Tommy Paul<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Zverev vs. Jacob Fearnley<\/p>\n<p>Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Alex De Minaur<\/p>\n<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Daniel Altmaier<\/p>\n<p>Roman Safiullin vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Bublik vs. Tristan Schoolkate<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Diallo vs. Jaume Munar<\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner vs. Alexei Popyrin<\/p>\n<p>Leandro Riedi vs. Francisco Cerundolo<\/p>\n<p>Karen Khachanov vs. Kamil Majchrzak<\/p>\n<p>Jenson Brooksby vs. Flavio Cobolli<\/p>\n<p>Valentin Royer vs. Denis Shapovalov<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Boyer vs. Andrey Rublev<\/p>\n<p>Adam Walton vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"35-year-old German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff advanced to the third round of the US Open by beating Dane 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