Luciano Darderi flies to the third round of the US Open. The Italian-Argentine, number 22 in the ATP ranking and seeded number 21 in the main draw, beats the Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina in four sets with a score of 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4, and now awaits the winner of the match between his compatriot Lorenzo Musetti and the Australian wild card Dane Sweeny.
Bellucci overwhelmed by Fritz
Mattia Bellucci instead bids farewell to the US Open. The Italian was overwhelmed in the second round of the Flushing Meadows Slam by the American Taylor Fritz, seeded number 9, in an hour and 38 minutes, with a score of 6-0 6-1 6-1.