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Dalibor Svrcina defeated Valentin Royer 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-2 — US Open 2026 R128.
Dalibor Svrcina and Valentin Royer: Dalibor Svrcina leads 1–0 across 1 recorded meeting.
Fifteen double faults and a first serve that landed 50 percent of the time is normally a losing hand at a major. Royer, the No. 74 and the betting market's narrowest of favorites at 51 percent, fell anyway, undone behind his own second delivery: 40 percent of those points won against Svrcina's 53. The decider was settled inside four games, the qualifier breaking in game 2 for 2-0 and again in game 4 for 4-0, with Royer's only answer arriving at 2-5. Svrcina, whose last major ended with a first-round loss at Wimbledon, needed three hours and 56 minutes to reach the second round at the US Open.