Overview
- Francisco Cerúndolo beat Jan-Lennard Struff in five sets, 5-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, in a match that lasted just under four hours and advanced him to the US Open third round.
- During the second set Cerúndolo produced a spectacular jumping winner that commentators compared to Roger Federer’s 2002 Basel shot, drawing a loud ovation and highlight reels.
- Cerúndolo will face American Taylor Fritz next, with Fritz having advanced decisively in his prior match and the winner moving on to the round of 16.
- Nadia Podoroska was eliminated by Iga Swiatek, 6-3, 6-2, in a one-sided second-round match in which Swiatek won roughly 79% of first-serve points and broke serve three times.
- Argentina now has three men in the third round—Cerúndolo, Mariano Navone and Tomás Etcheverry—with Navone and Etcheverry set to play each other for a guaranteed spot in the last 16.