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Novak Djokovic wins by walkover after Jiri Vesely withdraws
Seventh seeded Italian Vinci, defeated by compatriot Flavia Pennetta in last year’s final, eased past Christina McHale of the United States 6-1, 6-3.
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“It’s good, as I said, just to finish the match”.
For Harrison, a 24-year-old born in Louisiana and now based in Texas, this is his first trip to the third round at a Grand Slam tournament. He had been 0-6 in second-round matches. “There was a lot of nerves and stress”, said 25-year-old Raonic who claimed that the pain eventually spread to his back and arms and that, as a result, he was unable to carry his bags.
Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic, the Wimbledon runner-up, plays Ryan Harrison of the US.
“She knows how to play big matches on big courts”.
Angelique Kerber, the second-seeded Australian Open champion who could depose Serena Williams as world number one, faces 34-year-old Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. Konta said her heart was racing and she had trouble breathing. Temperatures were in the mid-80s on Wednesday. Please see our terms of service for more information. “I wish I could play”. You just practice, like, 45 minutes.
“I have more than enough happiness in my life and blessings to be a father and a husband”, he said.
So she stays in Manhattan, goes to get coffee, does a little shopping, puts in a bit of fitness work – and mostly rests up.
“I started cramping midway through the second set”.
The 120th-ranked Harrison won 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 and goes on to face Marcos Baghdatis for a place in the last 16 after pulling off the biggest upset of the tornament so far.
Elsewhere on the men’s side, American John Isner advanced in four sets in the second round.
Isner had a chance to close out the victory in the third-set tiebreaker but wasted four match points.
The 106th-ranked Darcis also faced the extra fatigue of going through qualifying to make the main draw. He had been 0-6 in second-round matches. He had 38 aces Wednesday, when he received treatment on his right knee and for blisters on his foot.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the third round of a major for the 33rd successive time on Wednesday without hitting a ball when his scheduled opponent pulled out with an injury.
Her ranking down to 74th after an ankle injury and on-court struggles, Wozniacki is unseeded at the U.S. Open for the first time since her debut in 2007.
Novak Djokovic will move on to the third round of the U.S. Open after his opponent withdrew before their match because of injury.
Roberta Vinci, the 2015 runner-up, and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova booked US Open third round spots Wednesday (Aug 31) as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal prepared for the latest tests of their battle-scarred seasons.
Two-time Wimbledon victor Petra Kvitova, the 14th seeded Czech who recorded her best performance in NY 12 months ago when she made the last-eight, beat Turkey’s Cagla Buyukakcay 7-6 (7/2), 6-3.
Muguruza needed three sets to see off Belgian qualifier Elise Mertens in a first-round tie which also saw her need a medical timeout after suffering heat exhaustion.
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Australian Open victor Kerber rifled home an ace to finish the first set against the free swinging, 34-year-old Lucic-Baroni, then won a see-saw second set in which each player was broken three times on the way to a tiebreaker. Then he beat Roger Federer in the semifinals at the All England Club in July to reach his first Grand Slam final, before losing to Andy Murray.