Last week, Harrison and his sibling Christian, 22, became the first brothers to both qualify for the U.S. Open.
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Wimbledon runner-up and fifth seed Milos Raonic was a big casualty at the US Open, ousted by American Ryan Harrison in the second round.
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.
“I’m very, very disappointed right now”, said 23-year-old Vesely who was also forced to pull out of his quarter-final in Winston-Salem last week with the same injury.
Raonic, who said he can’t recall “a single time” when he lost a match due to cramping, received vigorous massage treatment on his left leg during changeovers, but struggled to make grip changes at times due to cramping in his hand.
South African 23rd seed Kevin Anderson beat Canada’s Vasek Pospisil in straight sets, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 6-4, but a trio of seeded players departed.
American teen CiCi Bellis is sticking around a little longer at the U.S. Open this time. Cilic blew out Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 in his second-round match Wednesday.
Flushing Meadows has been the toughest major challenge for the 25-year-old Canadian.
For the first time, the ATP World Tour’s No. 120-ranked player finds himself in the third round of a Grand Slam event.
No. 3 Garbine Muguruza, the French Open champion, made 38 unforced errors and bowed out 7-5, 6-4 against Anastasija Sevastova at night.
“As kids growing up, playing each other you always dream of playing in the Open and we both got to do it this year”. Temperatures were in the mid-80s on Wednesday.
Konta gasped for breath as she sat down on a towel with bags of ice under her arms before the trainer arrived.
The 26-year-old Dane recovered from 0-4 down in the first set to record a seventh win in eight meetings and third in NY over the ninth-seeded Russian.
‘This is a big win for me.
So she stays in Manhattan, goes to get coffee, does a little shopping, puts in a bit of fitness work – and mostly rests up.
Harrison’s countryman John Isner advanced in four over Steve Darcis as did Jack Sock who steamrolled Mischa Zverev.
Conversely Pouille came from two sets down to defeat Swiss journeyman Marco Chiudinelli 4-6 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 6-0.
The Canadian was noticeably limping in the fourth set, which turned out to be his final one at this year’s U.S. Open.
The defending champ moved on to the third round of the U.S. Open when his opponent withdrew before their match Wednesday.
Baghdatis earned his spot against Harrison with a 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over 32nd seed Benoit Paire of France.
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The Raonic serve is his biggest weapon but he could not use it to its full capability, at one point hitting a serve of just 77mph, around half the speed of his fastest ever effort of 155mph.
