Canada’s Raonic, the fifth seed, struggled physically as American qualifier Ryan Harrison – the world number 120 – won 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-5 6-1.
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McEnroe had nicely guided Raonic to his Wimbledon success – the first Canadian to ever make a Grand Slam singles final.
Harrison, a former teen standout, has never been ranked higher than 43rd in 2012. At one point, during the second set, he required medical treatment for the cramps, which had visibly affected him all match.
In the latest outburst by Bernard Tomic, the Australian muttered at a heckler during his U.S. Open match that he was going to perform a lewd act on that person.
Britain’s Johanna Konta, the 13th seed, collapsed on court with heat sickness before completing a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 win over Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova.
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.
The third was a hard one with Raonic calling a medical timeout for his wrist during another marathon set, which saw his service percentage drop to 38.
The loss leaves Milos Raonic as the lone Canadian left in the tournament. He will face American Ryan Harrison later Wednesday afternoon.
Eugenie Bouchard lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 on Tuesday to 72nd-ranked Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic. All four of Muguruza’s U.S. Open appearances have ended in the first or second round.
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. Both rallied from two sets down in the first round: Isner spent 3 hours, 27 minutes on court Monday, while Darcis needed 4 hours, 11 minutes. Stan Warwrinka also plays on Thursday, in a second-round match expected to begin about 5:30 p.m. ET.
But this isn’t the first time Raonic has lost to Harrison. “I’m trying to approach it, you know, just like I would any other match right now”. For Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked player, he needs no favors to go far in the slams, but will be more than happy to take the gift of a walkover from Jiri Vesely, who retired due to inflammation in his left arm.
2015 U.S. Open runner-up Roberta Vinci cruised into the third round for the sixth straight year.
The woman who surprised Serena Williams in the semifinals on the way to a runner-up finish in 2015, Roberta Vinci, moved into the third round for the sixth consecutive year, defeating Christina McHale of the us 6-1, 6-3. After two grueling sets of back-and-forth tennis, Raonic appeared to be battling some injuries as he simply couldn’t move well enough later in the match keep up with Harrison and his punishing forehand.
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Rafael Nadal had little problem in defeating Andreas Seppi to enter US Open third round. 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.
