TEAM USA POSTS Strong Results on US Open Day 3

Day 3 of the 2017 US Open saw a solid day of tennis for Team USA, with 11 Americans advancing on Wednesday.  

Seeded American men John Isner and Sam Querrey made light work in their matches.  No. 17 seed Querrey secured his ticket into Round 3 with a quick and clean 80-minute victory over Dudi Sela, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4, hitting 35 winners to Sela’s 12. His compatriot Isner, meantime, leveraged his booming serve to defeat Hyeon Chung, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. He never faced a break point, blasting 30 aces. 

"I felt really good with my serve from the opening game," the No. 10-seed Isner told the fans in the temporary Louis Armstrong Stadium court. 

With both top American men playing at their peak, there is a possibility of a fourth-round, home-turf tussle between the two tennis titans. 

ATP NextGen contender Taylor Fritz earned his first Grand Slam win on Wednesday, cruising past world No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Court 10. His win will edge him back into the Top 100 rankings, and makes the wild-card entrant a strong contender for the title.  

Other men to earn their keep on the courts Wednesday include 28-year-old Donald Young, who topped German qualifier Maximilian Marterer, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4; and wild card Bjorn Fratangelo upset world No. 38 Ivo Karlovic for his first US Open victory, 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6.

On the women’s side, six American women went toe-to-toe. World No. 60 Shelby Rogers topped wild card Kayla Day, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; No. 20 seed CoCo Vandeweghe slogged through a three set match with Alison Riske before finally defeating her, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; and Sofia Kenin edged Sachia Vickery, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6.

No. 9 seed Venus Williams beat Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin, 7-5, 6-4, in the marquee night match on Ashe. In her next match, the two-time US Open champion will face off against Germany’s Maria Sakkari. 

Other women to advance on Day 3 were Jennifer Brady, who defeated Germany’s Andrea Petkovic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Nicole Gibbs, who topped Veronica Cepede Royg, 6-0, 1-6, 6-1; and Christina McHale, who took out No. 19 seed Anastastic Pavyluchenkova, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Day 4 will be another day of exciting American play, with Donald Young facing No. 18 seed Gael Monfils, and Fritz playing Dominic Thiem.