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Patna : Pablo Carreno Busta, 29, Spain, and Jack Sock, USA, won five-set matches on August 31, 2020, to enter men’s singles 2nd round of US Open at New York City, New York, USA.
Busta, the 20th seed, beat Yasutaka Uchiyama, 28, Japan, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round. Busta won 4 break points to 3 by Uchiyama. The Japanese though fired 14 Aces in the match to 5 by the Spaniard. Both the players committed 5 double faults each in the match.
Jack Sock defeated Pablo Cuevas, 34, Uruguay, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 in first round. Cuevas fired 12 Aces in the match to 10 by Sock. But, the American won 4 break points in the match to 3 by Cuevas. Sock also committed 10 double faults to 5 by Cuevas.
Alexander Zverev, Germany, beat Kevin Anderson, South Africa, a former US Open finalist, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 to enter 2nd round. The South African hammered 20 Aces in the match to 18 by the German. Anderson committed 7 double faults to 6 by Zverev. The German won 3 break points in the match to 2 by Anderson.