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6-2 up, and out anyway Elsa Jacquemot is out of the US Open in the second round. Leylah Fernandez beat her 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a match that ended around 04h30 French time. The Frenchwoman could hardly have started better. Two breaks of serve, the opening set 6-2, everything working. Then Fernandez cleaned up her…

Down two sets, and he still won it Benjamin Bonzi is into the third round at Flushing Meadows. He beat Marcos Giron 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, finishing just before 11pm French time. The first hour was ugly. Bonzi barely touched Giron’s serve and lost both opening sets. The turn came at 5-5 in the…

One game in the second set Taylor Townsend is through to the third round of the US Open. She beat Jelena Ostapenko 7-5, 6-1, closing it out around 00h30 French time. The first set was a real fight. Ostapenko stayed with her to 5-5 and then lost the thread completely. Townsend won the next two…

Ranked 175th, and it did not matter Jerome Kym is through to the third round of the US Open. The Swiss qualifier beat Brandon Nakashima 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (8) in four and a half hours, finishing just before 9:30 p.m. French time. Kym came out of qualifying and sits 175th in the…

Same score, twice, at three in the morning 6-3 and 6-3. Ann Li knocked Belinda Bencic out of the US Open in the second round, closing it out around 03:15 local time. No tie-break, no real wobble, no way back for the Swiss. Bencic came into New York seeded 16th. She leaves after two matches.…

Decided at 7-all in the final breaker The clock in France had gone past 1am. Ugo Blanchet beat Jakub Mensik 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7), with the last tie-break sitting at 7-all before it broke his way. Mensik took the opener in a breaker. Blanchet answered with one of his own. The…

Nobody could hold on to a lead Five sets, and not once did either man win two in a row. Holger Rune is out of the US Open, beaten in the second round by Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. It finished just before 04h30 French time. Struff edged the opener in a…

Seeded 12th, gone in round two Four hours of tennis, and the seeding meant nothing by the end of it. Casper Ruud is out of the US Open, beaten in the second round by Raphael Collignon 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. The Belgian, who arrived in New York without a seeding next to his name,…

Zero for seven Hubert Hurkacz is 0-7 in the second round of the US Open. Seven appearances, seven losses, all at the same stage. He hit 47 winners Wednesday night, out-aced his opponent 14 to six, and saved eight of 11 break points. He is still going home. Ben Shelton is not. The No. 8…