Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov advanced to the third round of the US Open, after defeating world number four Felix Auger-Aliassime 6:7 (5), 6:3, 6:2, 6:2.
Khachanov, ranked 50th in the world, defeated the Canadian player in three hours and 17 minutes.
Auger-Aliassime, last year's US Open semifinalist, started the match with an early break in the second game.
Khachanov responded in the fifth game, and the Russian reached a break point in the seventh game.
Auger-Aliassime broke back in the very next game, and the set was then decided in a tie-break, in which the Canadian won 7:5.
In the next three sets, Khachanov dominated the court. A break in the second game was enough to win the second set, while in the third set he made breaks in the first and fifth games.
With early breaks in the first and third sets, Khachanov gained a key advantage to win the fourth set and advance to the third round of the last Grand Slam of the season.
In the third round, he will await the winner of the match between Peruvian Ignacio Buse (30th on the ATP list) and Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (97th in the world).
And tenth on the ATP list, Taylor Fritz advanced to the 3rd round after defeating Italian player Mattia Bellucci 6:0, 6:1, 6:1.
The American player and 2024 US Open finalist defeated the 95th ranked tennis player in the world in an hour and 38 minutes.
Fric dominated throughout the match, dropping only two games to his rival.
In the third round of the New York Grand Slam, he will face Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (25th on the ATP list), who defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff (44th) 5:7, 7:5, 4:6, 6:2, 6:3.
Italian Luciano Darderi (22nd in the world) also advanced to the 3rd round, defeating Czech Dalibor Švrčina (134th) 6:3, 6:7 (5), 6:4, 6:4.
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