The fifth seed, who took the first set, struggled with bouts of cramp and the world number 120 took full advantage, progressing to round three with a 6-7, 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 win.
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Long regarded as young American prodigy who would break through, the 24-year-old Harrison has made the third round of the Open for the first time.
“I’m still young, I’m 24”, said Harrison, once hailed as the next big thing in USA tennis.
“It’s mental maturity, a little bit of stabilization with everything around me that is allowing me to play with a sense of calm and also with excitement, ” said Harrison, who turned pro almost a decade ago and reached a top ranking of 43rd in 2012.
Two-time U.S. Open runner-up Caroline Wozniacki has defeated a top-10 opponent for the first time in almost a year, bouncing back from a horrid start to beat 2004 champ Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Third-seeded Muguruza, who has struggled in the aftermath of her breakthrough in Paris in June, slumped to a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova, the World No.48. At the time, Canada’s Raonic, a year and a half older than Harrison, already had cracked the top 15. This news story is related to Print/147126-Muguruza-Raonic-crash-out-of-US-Open/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
Raonic began to feel pain near his left wrist midway through the second set.
Djokovic was handed a walkover when Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic withdrew from their second round encounter suffering an inflammation of the left forearm. “I’m trying to stay in the moment, go through my routines tomorrow, I guess the rest of tonight, like I would any other match”.
The walkover provided the top-seeded defending champion with an extended break to improve his niggling left wrist injury before his next match against either Guido Pella of Argentina or Mikhail Youzhny of Russian Federation. “The coolest thing for me this year is that me and my brother are both playing in the main draw”.
Pospisil started the match with a break in the first game, but Anderson recovered with a break in the next game and won a back-and-forth first set in a tiebreaker.
Fourteen-time Grand Slam victor Rafael Nadal comfortably overcame Italian Andreas Seppi 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 under the roof at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Johanna Konta collapsed on court with heat sickness before defeating Tsvetana Pironkova.
“I’m a little embarrassed”. Nadal obliged, but couldn’t get the ball far enough, then said with a smile: “Impossible for me”.
American Jack Sock cruised past Mischa Zverev 6-1, 6-1, 6-2, setting up a matchup with former champion and seventh-seed Marin Cilic, who advanced with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky.
On the women’s side, second-seeded Angelique Kerber, the Australian Open champ, meets Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. “I don’t think hydration was an issue”, Raonic said.
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Kerber faces 17-year-old CiCi Bellis of the United States, for a place in the last 16.
