Taylor Fritz vs Francisco Cerundolo — R32 — US Open

An 83 percent favorite with the betting market, ninth-seeded Fritz won the second-serve exchange 55 percent to 33 and the total points count 150-146, and went out anyway. Six breaks of his serve across 24 service games covered the difference, and his last four break chances — three of them in the fifth set — produced nothing. Cerundolo needed one, and took it in game 9 for 5-4 before serving out a three-hour, 39-minute win built in the forecourt, where he finished 19 of 23. Their two meetings on record had both come on clay, one apiece; the 24th seed has the hard-court answer now, and a fourth-round place at the US Open.