US Open—Flushing Meadows, New York
No. 5 seed Casper Ruud reached the quarterfinals of the US Open on Sunday, simply dispatching Corentin Moutet 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-2.
Needing three hours and 20 minutes to advance, Ruud struck 43 winners, hit 5 aces and broke serve on seven events. The French Open finalist will subsequent face No. 13 seed Matteo Berrettini, who defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Elsewhere, rising American Coco Gauff will look to advance to the quarterfinals of the yr’s closing Main when she faces Shuai Zhang. Gauff, who made the French Open closing earlier this yr, stays the favorite for lots of the oddsmakers.
Tonight’s evening session can be highlighted by prime seed Daniil Medvedev taking over No. 23 seed Nick Kyrgios. Kyrgios lately defeated Medvedev on the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal, Canada.
Tomorrow’s schedule of play in New York will function No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal dealing with No. 22 seed Frances Tiafoe and prime seed Iga Swiatek taking over Jule Niemeier.
Third-round outcomes:
(5) Casper Ruud Defeats Corentin Moutet 61 62 67(4) 62
(13) Matteo Berrettini Defeats Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 36 76(2) 63 46 62
