US Open 2026 Day Five Recap

Day 5 produced a number of extra casualties within the males’s draw, though Alexander Zverev averted changing into one, coming via one other endurance occasion.

The highest seed wanted one other 5 units and greater than 4 and a half hours to get previous Quentin Halys, that means he has now spent over 9 hours on courtroom via two rounds. He’s nonetheless alive, however not the beginning you need should you’re planning on being there subsequent weekend.

Elsewhere, Dane Sweeny produced the largest upset of the day by knocking out Lorenzo Musetti, whereas Botic van de Zandschulp delivered once more in New York with a straight-sets win over Alex de Minaur.

Felix Auger-Aliassime additionally went out after struggling badly with dizziness and imaginative and prescient issues in opposition to Karen Khachanov, whereas Taylor Fritz had the exact opposite expertise, dropping simply two video games in a demolition of Mattia Bellucci.

Gael Monfils’ ultimate Grand Slam look additionally got here to an finish, with Learner Tien proving far too regular for the 40-year-old on Louis Armstrong.

Right here’s a take a look at all of the Day 5 outcomes and the matches that stood out.

Day 5 US Open 2026 Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Alexander Zverev [1]
Quentin Halys
6-4, 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-7(3), 6-3

Alejandro Tabilo [25]
Alexei Popyrin
6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2)

Luciano Darderi [21]
Dalibor Svrcina
6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4

Arthur Gea
Zachary Svajda
5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Dane Sweeny
Lorenzo Musetti [13]
3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

Michael Zheng
Yunchaokete Bu
6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Zizou Bergs [31]
Jesper de Jong
7-5, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6(2)

Botic van de Zandschulp
Alex de Minaur [6]
6-4, 7-5, 6-2

Karen Khachanov
Felix Auger-Aliassime [3]
6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Benjamin Bonzi
Ignacio Buse [32]
6-2, 7-6(4), 6-0

Jakub Mensik [17]
Jurij Rodionov
6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

Learner Tien [14]
Gael Monfils
6-3, 6-4, 6-3

Taylor Fritz [9]
Mattia Bellucci
6-0, 6-1, 6-1

Francisco Cerundolo [24]
Jan-Lennard Struff
5-7, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Alexander Blockx [28]
Marco Trungelliti
6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Flavio Cobolli [5]
Tristan Schoolkate
3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

Key Match Recap

Alexander Zverev def. Quentin Halys 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-3

Alexander Zverev is taking the scenic route at this 12 months’s US Open, opting to play 5 hours each different evening.

Two days after needing 4 hours and 53 minutes to beat Lorenzo Sonego, the highest seed was dragged into one other five-setter by Quentin Halys, finally getting via after one other 4 hours and 33 minutes.

Once more, Zverev wasn’t notably convincing. His usually dependable backhand wasn’t firing, the serve went via patches the place it wasn’t doing sufficient harm, and Halys did a superb job of maintaining the match on his racquet at any time when he may.

Zverev edged the essential third-set tiebreak however couldn’t end issues in 4, with Halys taking part in a powerful fourth-set breaker to power a decider.

The German lastly discovered the break he wanted within the fifth and closed it out at 2:15 a.m. In order that’s 9 hours and 26 minutes on courtroom via two rounds, which isn’t precisely splendid preparation for attempting to win seven matches.

Alejandro Tabilo is subsequent, which I don’t suppose shall be easy both.

Dane Sweeny def. Lorenzo Musetti 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

One of many greater surprises of the day got here from Dane Sweeny, who knocked out Lorenzo Musetti in 4 units.

Musetti began usually sufficient and took the opener 6-3, however the match utterly modified from there.

The Italian started struggling bodily within the second and had apparent motion points by the beginning of the third, finally leaving the courtroom for a medical timeout. I haven’t heard precisely what it was, with many saying warmth stroke.

Sweeny deserves credit score, although. It’s not all the time straightforward to play somebody who’s struggling bodily, however he stored making Musetti work, defended extraordinarily nicely, and didn’t give him any low-cost route again into the match.

The Australian is ranked outdoors the highest 100 and had by no means even performed US Open qualifying earlier than this 12 months, but he’s now into the third spherical of a Slam for the primary time.

Botic van de Zandschulp def. Alex de Minaur 6-4, 7-5, 6-2

Botic van de Zandschulp produced one other one among his glorious US Open performances to knock out sixth seed Alex de Minaur in straight units.

Botic reached the quarter-finals right here as a qualifier in 2021 and famously knocked out Alcaraz two years in the past, so he can definitely hearth in New York.

Regardless of that, I believed Alex de Boulter would simply outrun him as he’d crushed Botic in all 4 of their earlier conferences, however the Dutchman served extraordinarily nicely, dropped serve simply as soon as and was in a position to dictate much more rallies than you’d anticipate in opposition to somebody as tough to hit via as De Minaur.

After pinching a decent second set 7-5, he ran away with the third.

A really poor outcome for De Minaur, who’s in a little bit of a stoop of type post-marriage.

Karen Khachanov def. Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Karen Khachanov took out one of many highest remaining seeds, though this grew to become much less about tennis as soon as Felix Auger-Aliassime started feeling unwell.

Felix received a decent opening set, however round halfway via the second, his degree dropped dramatically.

Afterwards, he mentioned he’d turn out to be dizzy, was seeing spots and couldn’t get better between factors. He additionally made 99 errors throughout the match, which makes it clear how removed from regular he was.

Khachanov nonetheless needed to cope with the scenario professionally, and he did. As soon as he levelled the match, he stored Felix shifting, attacked the second serve and received the ultimate two units 6-2, 6-2.

It’s Khachanov’s first top-10 win of the season and a helpful outcome after a reasonably poor run, and Felix isn’t any actual loss to the event, as his tennis is the blandest factor on the menu.

Taylor Fritz def. Mattia Bellucci 6-0, 6-1, 6-1

The efficiency of the day got here from Taylor Fritz, who completely demolished Mattia Bellucci in 98 minutes.

Fritz is my American decide to win the event, and he was aggressive with out changing into reckless, dominated behind his serve and transformed eight break factors whereas saving all three he confronted.

Dropping two video games in a best-of-five match is as complete because it will get, and Fritz has now spent little or no time on courtroom via his opening two rounds.

Francisco Cerundolo is subsequent, which earlier this 12 months might need been a take a look at, however the Argie isn’t taking part in nicely, and I see Fritz dominating.

Learner Tien def. Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4, 6-3

Gael Monfils’ ultimate Grand Slam match ended with a straight-sets defeat to Learner Tien, however he obtained the farewell he deserved on Louis Armstrong.

As I predicted, Tien was too regular. Monfils nonetheless produced flashes of the ridiculous shotmaking he’s able to, however sustaining that degree in opposition to somebody 20 years youthful was all the time going to be tough.

Gael had the gang on his aspect, however the American repeatedly absorbed Monfils’ assaults, stored his error depend low and located a break in every set.

I nonetheless see La Monf as Clownfils, as he spent most of his prime clowning round on courtroom. I keep in mind watching him round 2009-2012 shedding simply winnable matches, so yeah, enjoyable in patches attributable to his athleticism. He undoubtedly got here good when he received these back-to-back Rotterdam titles, however nah.

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