Carlos Alcaraz broke into the third round of the US Open with a victory of straight sets on Wednesday when Novak Djokovic exceeded an early scare to advance.
Alcaraz, who could meet Djokovic in the semifinals in Flushing Meadows if the raffle follows the sowings, Mattia Bellucci of Italy 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 flew in just an hour 36 minutes in the main court of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The second 22 -year -old Spanish seed deployed a current of 32 winners in a dominant exhibition against Bellucci in 65th position, whose best performance in a Grand Slam arrived with a race at the third round in Wimbledon earlier this year.
“I played great to be honest, from the beginning to the last ball,” said Alcaraz, who will face another Italian seed and 32 Luciano Darderi, in the next round.
“The less time passes in court, the better for me, to go to bed early,” he added.
On the other hand, on Wednesday, the Serbian legend Djokovic maintained his dream of a Grand Slam Singles record title alive after a defeat of four sets of the American qualifier Zachary Svajda.
However, Djokovic was forced to dig deeply after losing the first set before claiming a 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Djokovic, 38, said that while it is not possible, he hopes to play himself as the tournament progresses.
“That is what I hope, the deeper in the tournament, the better I feel of my game,” he said.
The victory of Djokovic sees it in the third round in the US Open.
In other male actions on Wednesday, the 12th Norwegian sown Casper Ruud, the finalist of the 2022 United States Open, left Belgium Raphael Collignon, losing 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
The fourth seed Taylor Fritz advanced safely, surpassing Lloyd Harris in South Africa 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2, 6-4, while the American compatriot Frances Tiafoe, sown 17, also progressed with a defeat of four sets of the Martin Damm qualifier.
Tiafoe won 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (8/10), 7-5.
‘There is no class’ rant
Meanwhile, in the female raffle, the defense champion and number one in the world, Aryna Sabalenka, moved to the next round with an exhibition as a worker to send to the Russian Polina Kudermetova 7-6 (7/4), 6-2.
Sabalenka began slowly, but after taking the first set in a tiebreaker, he said his control to get away in the second. The Belarusian will play Leylah Fernández de Canada in the third round.
“The first set was super modern, super aggressive. I was glad I could handle that pressure and return to it. In the second set I felt much better in the game back.”
On the other hand, the Safe 25 of Latvia on Wednesday, Jelena Ostopenko, was annoying 7-5, 6-1 by Taylor Towsend before unleashing a furious diatribe on the court in the American.
Towsend said Ostapenko accused her of lacking “class” during his pern.
“She told me that I had no education or class, and to see what happens if we play ourselves outside the United States,” Towsend said.
“He was unfortunate, but, you know, it’s something I can put in my Tiktok.”
Ostopenko said on Instagram that he had been angry at Towsend’s failure to recognize a net cord in his favor during the game.
In other games, Emma Raducanu of Great Britain continued her solid start for the tournament after sending the Indonesian qualifier Janice Tjen in corrido sets, winning 6-2, 6-1.
Tjen had become the first Indonesian player to reach the main raffle of a Grand Slam in 21 years and followed him with the first round of the Sow 24, Veronika Kudermetova.
But Raducanu hit her comfortably, which aims to recover the title of the US Open that he won as a 18 -year qualifier in 2021. Raducanu will face the ninth seed Elena Rybakina in the next round.
While Tjen went to the departure, another Southeast Asian player, Alexandra Eala de Philipinas, also saw his tournament come to an end.
Eala, the first Philippines player to win a Singles Grand Slam match with his defeat of the 14th Seed Clara Tauson on Sunday, was defeated 6-4, 6-3 by Cristina Bucsa from Spain.
The fourth seed Jessica Pegula is also in the third round after beating Anna Blinkova Russian 6-1, 6-3.
There was also a victory for the veteran Victoria Azarenka, the twice champion of the 36-year-old Australia Open of Belarus, which defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova by Russia Russia 6-3, 6-3.
