Felix mauls Murray
Nagal too bows out; Medvedev makes 3rd round
New York, Sept. 4: Andy Murray said he would keep trying to win Grand Slams after crashing out of the US Open second round in straight sets to
15th seed Felix AugerAliassime in the men’s draw on Thursday.
The former world number one was demolished by the 20-year-old Canadian 6
2, 6-3, 6-4 inside Arthur Ashe Stadium in 2hr 8min.
The 15th seed Canadian smashed 24 aces and 52 winners in a one-sided affair that saw Murray muster just two and nine respectively.
In early men’s matches, second seed Dominic Thiem celebrated his 27th birthday with an easy straight-sets win against India’s Sumit Nagal.
The Austrian triumphed
6-3, 6-3, 6-2 against Nagal, who became the first Indian man since 2013 to reach the second round of a Grand Slam.
Thiem will play 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic for a place in the fourth round after the Croatian advanced in four sets against Slovakia’s Norbert Gombos.
Third seed and beaten finalist last year Daniil Medvedev made light work of Australia’s 116thranked Christoper O’Connell, easing into round three 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
Elsewhere, sixth seed Italian Matteo Berrettini brushed aside France’s Ugo Humbert 6-4, 6-4, 7-6
(8-6) while Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut progressed against Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.
Also, 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov tumbled out of the US Open at the secondround stage on Thursday. Fucsovics downed Dimitrov 6-7 (5/7), 7-6
(7/4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in four hours and 50 minutes.
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