Emirates News Agency – Flushing Meadows

New York, September 1, 2017 – Young Spanish tennis player Carlos Algarz stressed the importance of victory over South Africa’s Lloyd Harris to defend his title at the US Open (Flushing Meadows), the last of four Grand Slam tournaments. the season
The 20-year-old Algaraz defeated Harris 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 in the second round of the tournament this morning (UAE time), clearing his first tough test of the trip and qualifying for the third round. In defense of title. Harris played the match with great enthusiasm.
Algaras qualified for the second round without too much trouble in light of Germany’s Dominik Goeber withdrawing midway through his first round match due to injury.
Alcaraz, the youngest number one player in Flushing Meadows history, said: “I had a great game from start to finish… Maybe the third set was a little off and Harris took advantage of that. , but I played a great game… kept calm during the match and came back strong.” “This team… winning this tournament and going into the first round undefeated is very important to me. A collection.”
Algaraz was victorious to advance to the third round, avoiding a surprise-filled second round that saw him knock out more than one key player in the tournament yesterday.
Weeks after Algarez defeated Djokovic in his third English Open (Wimbledon) final in four Grand Slams, the current tournament has heated up the rivalry between Algarez and the tournament’s second-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic. Competitions.
In two other matches this morning, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev defeated Australia’s Christopher Connell 6-2, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2 and eighth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev of France 6-4, 6. The player also defeated Gael Monfils. -3, 3-6, 6-1. Both Russians advanced to the third round.
In the women’s second round highlights, tournament fifth seed Tunisian Ones Jaber defeated Czech Linda Noskova 7-6, 4-6, 6-3. Patricia Maria Teague 6-3, 6-1.