Khachanov's victory over Kuznetsov

For Russian fans, the match between Khachanov and Kuznetsov became one of the most anticipated in the second round of the US Open.

Although Karen was considered the favorite, Andrey could not be written off.

At the start of the tournament, he created a sensation, unexpectedly easily defeating American Sam Querrey.

This is despite the fact that for three years he did not play at the Grand Slam tournaments, and for the last two and a half years he could not play due to a hip injury.

Khachanov, on the contrary, has recently not been very confident in starting performances at Grand Slam tournaments.

After Roland Garros - 2019, there was not a single major in which the 16th racket of the world started confidently and avoided problems.

At last year's US Open, he completely lost in the first round to Vashek Pospisil, although at that time the Canadian was ranked 216th in the ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and in this tournament he spent five sets on Yannick Sinner.

It is noteworthy that until this moment fate brought compatriots together at tournaments only once.

It happened at Wimbledon in 2017, and Khachanov won in five games.

Karen proved to be stronger this time as well, acting confidently throughout all three games.

The 11th seed not only looked confidently on his serve (77% of points won), but also took someone else's six times.

At the same time, if at first Andrei still looked decent, then in the third set he frankly “floated”.

Starting with a 4: 4 score in the second game, he gave his compatriot seven games in a row.

The final score of the confrontation is 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 1.

“Moving on.

Round three!

Playing against your friend is never easy.

I am glad that Andrey Kuznetsov is back on the court - due to injuries, he missed 2.5 years.

I hope Andrey will get in shape very quickly and return to the previous level!

Good luck, "Khachanov wrote on Instagram after the victory.

On Saturday, Khachanov will try for the first time in his career to qualify for the fourth round of the US Open.

Trying to create problems for him will be 21-year-old Australian Alex de Minor, who forced Richard Gasquet to cover his racket.

Safety factor Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev also successfully solved the problem of reaching the third round of the competition.

The Russian defeated the Australian Christopher O'Connell in three games (6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 4).

The match on the Louis Armstrong court began with a delay due to the roof closure due to rain and lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Another unplanned pause occurred in the second set when the score was 4: 1 in favor of the Russian, when the Australian complained of a problem with his leg.

After a technical break, O'Connell added, but not enough to create serious problems for last year's finalist.

Medvedev made nine aces against four of his opponent, limited himself to one double mistake and won 84% of the points in the first serve.

At the same time, Daniel has something to add - he made 31 unforced mistakes.

This was the first meeting of tennis players in official tournaments.

At a press conference, the Russian athlete expressed satisfaction with the victory in three sets.

As Medvedev noted, since the match against the 116th racket of the world began quite late, he did not want to delay.

“I think I demonstrated good tennis.

I was opposed by a strong opponent who showed a high level of play.

But I am satisfied with my game, which allowed me to go further, "the Russian summed up.

In the next round, Medvedev will face 21-year-old Jeff Wolf, who is ranked 138th in the ATP rankings.

The American also did not expend much energy in the second round, having dealt with the Spaniard Roberto Carballes-Baena in three games.

Confident play of Rublev

Andrei Rublev did not experience any problems with qualifying for the next round.

On Thursday, he overcame the resistance of Gregoire Barrer in 1 hour 55 minutes - 6: 2, 6: 4, 7: 6.

The Russian played 13 aces, realized five out of six break points, successfully completed 11 out of 13 outings to the grid and recorded 36 actively won goals.

The presence of a tie-break in the third game should not mislead the fans of the Russian - starting from the score 5: 4 in favor of the Frenchman, he did not give his opponent a single serve.

The next opponent of the 14th racket of the world will be Salvatore Caruso.

Previously, the 27-year-old Italian has never gone beyond the third round in the Majors, which automatically makes the Russian a favorite.

However, Andrei should remember that it was the tennis player from the Apennine Peninsula Matteo Berretini who stopped his procession last year on New York courts.

It is noteworthy that tennis players can meet again at this stage in 2020.

True, for this Berrettini needs to beat the talented Norwegian Kasper Ruud.

Lost chance Gasparyan

The 117th racket of the planet Margarita Gasparyan completed her performance at the US Open after meeting with Serena Williams.

The match lasted 1 hour 35 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 2, 6: 4 in favor of the American, who made six breaks, seven aces and recorded 27 actively won goals.

The second set turned out to be more competitive than the first.

The Russian woman was able to impose a fierce struggle on the six-time winner of the US Open.

But at decisive moments, the experience of 38-year-old Williams affected.

Williams praised the defeated rival, noting that Gasparyan acted well at the reception.

However, she admitted that she cares exclusively about her own game.

“It feels like every day turns into a new adventure for me.

This applies to both this tournament and the year as a whole.

I feel great.

I feel like my adventure is leading me in the right direction.

I love the local fans, but I've been playing for a long time now and I love the new era where everything is digital!

There is something soothing about it, ”Williams revealed her emotional state.

In the third round, she will play with her compatriot Sloane Stevens, who broke the resistance of the Belarusian Olga Govortsova.

As Williams Jr. noted, this athlete acts smoothly and outwardly does not seem to spend a lot of energy, but explodes at the right moments.

The defeat of Kalinskaya and the delayed set of Alexandrova

Anna Kalinskaya lost to Karolina Mukhova.

After a failure in the first set, the Russian woman desperately tried to impose a fight in the second and even brought him to a tie-break, but she could not create a sensation.

The Czech surpassed her opponent in all key components, and the advantage in actively won balls turned out to be threefold - 30:10.

Ekaterina Aleksandrova in a duel with Katie McNally looked much better.

But if in the first set she managed to earn and realize the only break point, then in the second she did not use four chances to take the opponent's serve.

As a result, the parity in sets is 6: 4, 3: 6 and the transfer of the decisive game to Friday due to rain.

The winner of the pair will meet in the third round with Eliza Mertens or Sara Sorribes-Tormo, whose match was also interrupted.