German Alexander Zverev, seeded No. 4, advanced to the fourth round of the US Open after defeating Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry 5-7, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Saturday night.
Zverev, who is ranked No. 4, is set to face American Brandon Nakashima in the next round.
The German previously defeated lucky loser Maximilian Marterer (6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2) and French wildcard Alexandre Muller (6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1) in the tournament.
In earlier rounds of the US Open, Etcheverry, ranked No. 33, defeated Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (6-4, 6-2, 6-3) and No. 29 seed Francisco Cerundolo (6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3).
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Alex De Minaur vs. Daniel Evans
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jordan Thompson
- Nuno Borges vs. Jakub Mensik
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Tommy Paul
- Jannik Sinner vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Jack Draper
- David Goffin vs. Tomas Machac
- Alexei Popyrin (28) beat Novak Djokovic (2): 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Brandon Nakashima beat Lorenzo Musetti (18): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-7 (1), 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Francisco Comesana: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
- Andrey Rublev (6) beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Ben Shelton (13): 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
