Men’s Results and Upcoming Schedule1 of 2<\/p>\n
Karen Khachanov def. No. 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2<\/p>\n
No. 5 Flavio Cobolli def. Tristan Schoolkate, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5<\/p>\n
Botic van De Zandschulp def. No. 6 Alex de Minaur, 7-4, 7-5, 6-2<\/p>\n
No. 9 Taylor Fritz def. Mattia Bellucci, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1<\/p>\n
Dane Sweeny def. No. 13 Lorenzo Musetti, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2<\/p>\n
No. 14 Learner Tien def. Gael Monfils, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3<\/p>\n
No. 17 Jakub Mensik def. Jurji Rodionov, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3<\/p>\n
No. 21 Luciano Darderi def. Dalibor Svrcina, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4<\/p>\n
No. 24 Francisco Cerundolo def. Jan-Lennard Struff, 5-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3<\/p>\n
No. 25 Alejandro Tabilo def. Alexei Popyrin, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-2<\/p>\n
No. 28 Alexander Blockx def. Marco Trungelliti, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1<\/p>\n
No. 31 Zizou Bergs def. Jesper de Jong, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2)<\/p>\n
Benjamin Bonzi def. No. 32 Ignacio Buse, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-0<\/p>\n
Michael Zheng def. Bu Yunchaokete, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3<\/p>\n
Arthur Gea def. Zachary Svajda, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2<\/p>\n
Taylor Fritz cruised to victory on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The 2024 US Open finalist played drop sets just two games against Mattia Bellucci.<\/p>\n
From the get-go, it was evident that Bellucci lacked the power to challenge the American.<\/p>\n
Fritz won 29 of 34 points on his first serve and recorded 28 winners, compared to just 22 unforced errors.<\/p>\n
The third round of the US Open begins Friday on ESPN, with all matches also being available on ESPN Unlimited.<\/p>\n
Below, you can find Friday’s schedule:<\/p>\n
Daniil Medevdev (7) vs. Arthur Rinderknech (26)<\/p>\n
Alexander Bublik (15) vs. Tommy Paul (20)<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz (2) vs. Wu Yibing<\/p>\n
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (27) vs. Mariano Navone<\/p>\n
Alex Michelsen vs. Daniel Merida<\/p>\n
Jiri Lehecka (18) vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/p>\n
Frances Tiafoe (11) vs. Valentin Vacherot (22)<\/p>\n
Ben Shelton (8) vs. Denis Shapovalov<\/p>\n
*\u00a0Predicted winner in bold<\/p>\n
Match of the Day: Ben Shelton (8) vs. Denis Shapovalov<\/p>\n
On Friday, Ben Shelton and Denis Shapovalov will face off in a highly anticipated match.<\/p>\n
Shelton enters the third round after defeating the always dangerous Hubert Hurkacz, while Shapovalov cruised past Luca Van Assche.<\/p>\n
Shelton has won all four of the previous encounters of the pairs, but these have all been close matches.<\/p>\n
Friday’s duel is expected to be no different.<\/p>\n
Shelton enters as the clear favorite considering his current form and momentum.<\/p>\n
If Shapovalov can find his aggressive tennis early, he has what it takes to pull off the upsets.<\/p>\n
However, the match could hinge on his mental fortitude and any lapses in concentration.<\/p>\n
Consider this: just last month Shapovalov had Spaniard sensation Rafael Jodar on the ropes at the Cincinnati Open, up 5-1 in the final set, before losing six straight games.<\/p>\n
Shelton should be able to do just enough with the crowd behind him.<\/p>\n
Prediction: No. 8 Ben Shelton def. Denis Shapovalov in 4 sets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Men’s Results and Upcoming Schedule1 of 2 Karen Khachanov def. No. 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-882715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}