Only 2 out of 16 matches of the second round of the US Open 2022 men's singles held on the night of August 31 and the morning of September 1 (Vietnam time) were wrapped in 3 sets. That partly speaks to the difficult competition in this year's tournament.
The two matches took place in 3 sets with the presence of the number 1 seed, Daniil Medvedev, and the number 6 seed, Felix Auger- Aliassime. However, the results of the two players were not the same. Meeting French tennis player world-class 58, Arthur Rinderkneck, Medvedev only took 2 hours and 13 minutes to end the match with a score of 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 without missing a break.
On the contrary, rated higher than Jack Draper ranked 53rd in the world, Auger-Aliassime lost 3 consecutive sets with a score of 4-6. The Canadian tennis player made many mistakes when he hit himself and did not break the ball at one time.
In the remaining matches, the players who qualified for the next round need at least 4 sets. Nick Kyrgios, seed number 23, beat Bad Bonzi 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Pablo Careno Busta beat Alexander Bublik 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (75); Alex de Minaur beat Cristian Garin 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2; Karen Khachanov beat Thiago Monteiro 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
After surprisingly eliminating Stefanos Tsitsipas, DE Garin advanced to round 3 after 5 sets lasting nearly 4 hours with Jordan Thompson (6-2, 2-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3); Alejandro Davidovic Fokina even needed 4 hours and 11 minutes and a tie-break of 10 in the decisive set to overcome Marton Fucsovics 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (10-3).
Andy Murray came back to beat Emilio Nava 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0; similarly, Matteo Berrettini won 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (97); Casper Ruud also overcame the worried moments to beat Tim van Rijthoven 6-4 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, while Thomas Paul eliminated compatriot Sebastian Korda after 5 sets 6-0, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In the women's singles event, another shock occurred when the No. 3 seed, Maria Sakkari, was eliminated by Chinese tennis player Xiy Yang. Another Chinese player who was also in the third round was Zhang Shuai after a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. The Chinese tennis player left his mark at the 2022 US Open when in the men's singles tournament, Wu Ybing also made history by entering the third round.
Serena William proved his experience as the player who won the most Grand Slams in the open era by eliminating Anett Kontaveit - the second seed, after 3 sets with the scores of 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2.
The two American tennis players, Madison Keys and Coco Gauff, will have to eliminate each other in the third round. This round will also have seeds such as Ons Jabeur, Caroline Garcia, Veronika Kudermetova.
