US Open - round two catch up (2)

Thursday was a relief for organisers of the 2019 US Open - they awoke to ok weather. On the other hand, time was the enemy, as almost all of the second round matches from the top of men’s singles draw, and the bottom of the women’s singles draw, needed to be contested.  Not only that, but all of the second round for the bottom half of the men’s and top half of the women’s, would be played, because that was actually how the tournament was originally scheduled for Thursday, assuming no interference.

Here is what happened on a day of non stop high quality tennis, and some more high profile exits.

Second round mens singles

Completion of top half

Results of matches featuring seeded players (or players who defeated seeds in the first round)

- Denis Kudla defeated Dusan Lajovic (27) 7-5 7-5 0-6 6-3

- Stan Wawrinka (23) defeated Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3

- Nikoloz Basilashvili (17) defeated qualifier Jenson Brooksby 3-6 7-6(3) 7-5 6-2

- Feliciano Lopez defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6-7(7) 6-0 6-4 6-4

- Daniil Medvedev (5) defeated Hugo Dellien 6-3 7-5 5-7 6-3

- Daniel Evans defeated Lucas Pouille (25) 6-4 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4

- Pablo Carreño Busta defeated Ricardas Berankis 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 6-0

- David Goffin (15) defeated qualifier Gregoire Barrere 6-2 6-2 6-2

- Alex de Minaur defeated Cristian Garín (31) 6-3 7-5 6-3

Bottom half

Results of matches featuring seeded players (or players who defeated seeds in the first round)

- Andrey Rublev defeated Gilles Simon 6-2 (retired)

- Nick Kyrgios (28) defeated wildcard Antoine Hoang 6-4 6-2 6-4

- Matteo Berrettini (24) defeated Jordan Thompson 7-5 7-6(5) 4-6 6-1

- Alexei Popyrin defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 2-6 7-5 6-3 6-2

- Gaël Monfils (13) defeated Marius Copil 6-3 6-2 6-2

- Denis Shapovalov defeated Henri Laaksonen 6-4 7-6(2) 6-2

- Pablo Andujar defeated Lorenzo Sonego 6-2 6-4 6-2

- Alexander Bublik defeated Thomas Fabbiano 6-7(3) 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-3

- Alexander Zverev (6) defeated Frances Tiafoe 6-3 3-6 6-2 2-6 6-3

- Aljaz Bedene defeated Benoit Paire (29) 4-6 6-7(3) 6-2 7-5 7-6(4)

- Diego Schwartzman (20) defeated qualifier Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-2 6-0

- Tennys Sandgren defeated Vasek Pospisil 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4

- John Isner (14) defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5)

- Marin Cilic (22) defeated Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3

- Qualifier Hyeon Chung defeated Fernando Verdasco (32) 1-6 2-6 7-5 6-3 7-6(3)

- Rafa Nadal (2) was handed a walkover by wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis