Daily Times (Primos, PA)

AT A GLANCE

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LOOKAHEAD TO FRIDAY

With temperatur­es forecast to reach nearly 108 degrees, Rafael Nadal might have a sense of deja vu when he sees his opponent for his third-round match. It is Damir Dzumhur, and the only time they have played each other was at Miami in 2016 when Nadal was forced to retire due to extreme heat and humidity. Dzumhur was leading 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 when Nadal quit. The most anticipate­d match is one between local hope Nick Kyrgios and JoWilfried Tsonga. Kyrgios had a straightse­ts second-round win late Wednesday over Viktor Troicki; Tsonga was forced to come from 5-2 down in the fifth set to beat Denis Shapovalov. Kyrgios said Tsonga was one of his “idols.” In women’s play, second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki will be looking for a more routine match against Kiki Bertens. Wozniacki needed to come back from 5-1 down in the third set of her second-round match against Jana Felt. Another third-round match is an all-Ukrainian affair between 15-year-old Marta Kostyuk and fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina. The two have never played, and Stivolina says she knows little about the newest tennis prodigy from her country. “She has nothing to lose, so that’s why I know she goes just for everything,” Svitolina said. “You know, a little bit like headless chicken.”

THURSDAY’S RESULTS Men’s Second Round:

No. 2 Roger Federer beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(4); No. 4Alexander Zverev beat Peter Gojowczyk 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; No. 5 Dominic Thiem beat Denis Kudla 6-7 (6), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3; Julien Benneteau beat No. 7 David Goffin 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1, 7-6 (4); Tennys Sandgren beat No. 9 Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-1, 6-4; No. 12Juan Martin del Potro beat Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (0), 6-4; Marton Fucsovics beat No. 13Sam Querrey 6-4, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-2; No. 14 Novak Djokovic beat Gael Monfils 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3; No. 19 Tomas Berdych beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; No. 21Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Tim Smyczek 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (2); No. 25 Fabio Fognini beat Evgeny Donskoy 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1; No. 26 Adrian Mannarino beat Jiri Vesely 6-3, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3; No. 29 Richard Gasquet beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

No. 1 Simona Halep beat Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-2; Hsieh Su-Wei beat No. 3 Garbine Muguruza 7-6 (1), 6-4; No. 6 Karolina Pliskova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-1, 6-1; No. 8 Caroline Garcia beat Marketa Vondrousov­a 6-7( 3), 6-2, 8-6; Bernarda Pera beat No. 9 Johanna Konta 6-4, 7-5; Maria Sharapova beat No. 14 Anastasija Sevastova 6-1, 7-6 (4);

Women’s Second Round:

Naomi Osaka beat No. 16 Elena Vesnina 7-6 (4), 6-2; No. 17 Madison Keys beat Ekaterina Alexandrov­a 6-0, 6-1; No. 18 Ashleigh Barty beat Camila Giorgi 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; No. 20Barbora Strycova beat Lara Arruabarre­na-Vecino 6-3, 6-4; No. 21 Angelique Kerber beat Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-1; No. 26 Agnieszka Radwanska beat Lesia Tsurenko 2-6, 7-5, 6-3; Aliaksandr­a Sasnovich beat No. 28 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-3, 6-1; No. 29 Lucie Safarova beat Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-4.

STAT OF THE DAY 4:

number of aces in Madison Keys’ first service game.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I prefer to watch on TV. Or stay on the beach, drinking some beer” — Juan Martin del Potro says where he’d rather be instead of playing tennis extremely hot weather. in

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