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Fritz is coming off a semifinal run on the
grass of Wimbledon. He will be trying to replicate last year's
strong showing in this portion of the season, when he reached
his first Grand Slam final at the U.S. Open.
After getting a first-round bye, Fritz now will play in the
third round against Matteo Arnaldi, who eliminated No. 16
Lorenzo Sonego 7-5, 7-5.
Seeded men advancing included No. 7 Alex de Minaur, No. 8 Daniil
Medvedev, No. 9 Flavio Cobolli, and No. 11 Jiri Lehecka, but No.
5 Andrey Rublev was a 7-5, 6-2 loser against 19-year-old
American Learner Tien, and No. 10 Alexei Popyrin was defeated by
qualifier Wu Yibing 7-5, 5-7, 6-3. Tien has four wins over
opponents ranked in the top 10 this season.
Venus Williams' run in doubles with partner Hailey Baptiste
ended in the second round with a 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 loss in a
champion's tiebreaker to second-seeded Taylor Townsend and Zhang
Shuai. The 45-year-old Williams is competing at her first
tournament in more than a year — and first in doubles since 2022
— and she and Baptiste won their first-round match on Monday.
Williams will play her second-round singles match Thursday
against Magdalena Frech. On Tuesday, Williams became the
second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match, beating
Payton Stearns — who is 23 — in straight sets.
In women's singles play Wednesday, unseeded Anna Kalinskaya
eliminated No. 8 seed Magda Linette 6-4, 6-0, and No. 4 seed
Clara Tauson beat qualifier Caroline Dolehide 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
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