US Open 2026 Day Three Recap

Day 3 on the US Open was a type of rain-impacted Slam days the place the schedule struggled to meet up with itself.

Alexander Zverev got here inside a few factors of going out within the first spherical earlier than surviving Lorenzo Sonego in a close to five-hour battle, whereas Flavio Cobolli additionally needed to come again from two units right down to keep away from an early exit.

Elsewhere, Gael Monfils celebrated his fortieth birthday with a classic four-set win, Taylor Fritz cruised by way of with out an excessive amount of fuss, and Lorenzo Musetti made a strong begin.

The marginally ridiculous half is that we’re now 4 days into the match and there are nonetheless Spherical 1 matches left to be accomplished and even began.

Jodar–Bu, Choinski–Van de Zandschulp, Marozsan–Zheng and Guerrieri–de Minaur are nonetheless to return, whereas De Jong–Passaro, Bergs–Taberner and Molcan–Bonzi additionally stay unfinished.

So whereas the second spherical is already underway in components of the draw, the primary spherical nonetheless hasn’t utterly disappeared.

Right here’s a have a look at the finished Day 3 outcomes and the matches that stood out.

Day Three US Open 2026 Spherical of 128 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Alexander Zverev [1]
Lorenzo Sonego
6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-5

Lorenzo Musetti [13]
Arthur Fery
6-3, 6-3, 7-5

Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Arthur Gea
3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

Jan-Lennard Struff
Camilo Ugo Carabelli
6-4, 6-3, 6-3

Dane Sweeny
Corentin Moutet
7-6(7), 6-4, 3-0 RET

Taylor Fritz [9]
Darwin Blanch
6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Mattia Bellucci
Zsombor Piros
6-4, 6-2, 6-0

Tristan Schoolkate
Nishesh Basavareddy
7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Francisco Cerundolo [24]
Filip Misolic
6-4, 6-3, 7-5

Gael Monfils
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0

Flavio Cobolli [5]
Francisco Comesana
3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Key Match Recap

Alexander Zverev def. Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-4

Alexander Zverev got here inside a few factors of a disastrous first-round exit earlier than in some way getting previous Lorenzo Sonego in slightly below 5 hours.

I knew Sonego can be tough, however given Sascha had gained all six of their earlier conferences, I didn’t anticipate this to be as tight because it was.

Nonetheless, Sonego performed certainly one of his higher matches and regularly took the web away from the German.

After splitting the opening two units, Zverev had an opportunity to take the third-set tiebreak however double-faulted late and instantly discovered himself two units to at least one down.

The fourth was even messier. Zverev created a ridiculous variety of break possibilities with out taking them and was serving at 4-5, 30-30, simply two factors from defeat earlier than lastly discovering a means by way of.

As soon as he pinched the fourth 7-5, I fancied him to get it completed, though he did have to save lots of a break level in sport 4 earlier than he ultimately broke within the fifth to shut issues out at 1:55 a.m. after 4 hours and 53 minutes.

Flavio Cobolli def. Francisco Comesana 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Flavio Cobolli additionally made very exhausting work of his opening match, getting back from two units down for the primary time in his profession to beat Francisco Comesana.

For the primary hour, Cobolli was dreadful. He was flat, spraying errors, and appeared nothing just like the participant who reached the Roland Garros ultimate, however now we have seen this earlier than, as he’s had some loopy dropping streaks over the past couple of years due to this sort of tennis.

Apparently, the answer was a whole clothes change through the toilet break after the second set.

Cobolli instantly appeared sharper, began getting rather more out of his forehand and progressively dragged himself stage.

Even then, he went a break down at first of the fifth earlier than recovering once more and ultimately discovering the decisive break at 4-4.

Gael Monfils def. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0

Gael Monfils celebrated his fortieth birthday by producing yet another classic US Open efficiency in opposition to Adolfo Daniel Vallejo.

I stated in my draw put up that Gael often has a minimum of one respectable match in him, however after he dropped the primary set 6-2, it wasn’t precisely encouraging.

Nonetheless, from there Monfils utterly remodeled the match. He dropped simply three video games throughout the ultimate three units, hit 37 winners and even threw in a couple of of the leaping forehands and ridiculous defensive factors which have made him such an excellent look ahead to the final 20 years.

He’ll face Learner Tien subsequent, who I feel will simply be a bit too regular for him.

Taylor Fritz def. Darwin Blanch 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Taylor Fritz had not one of the drama Zverev and Cobolli skilled, making brief work of 18-year-old wildcard Darwin Blanch.

Blanch confirmed flashes of why he’s extremely rated (and receives wildcards galore), significantly on serve, however he additionally gave away far too many low cost factors with double faults and errors.

Fritz didn’t must do something significantly spectacular. He served extraordinarily nicely, profitable 91% of his first-serve factors, and mainly waited for the alternatives to reach.

Lorenzo Musetti def. Arthur Fery 6-3, 6-3, 7-5

Lorenzo Musetti made a strong begin with a straight-sets victory over Arthur Fery.

There wasn’t an enormous quantity of drama right here, and I assumed Fery would possibly make issues extra awkward as he performed nicely in Winston-Salem.

Musetti managed nearly all of the baseline exchanges, took the primary two units comfortably after which handled a barely extra aggressive Fery within the third.

Highlights

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