Alexander Blockx def. Flavio Cobolli 6(4)-7(7), 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 — US Open 2026 R32

Match recap

Alexander Blockx defeated Flavio Cobolli 6(4)-7(7), 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 in the R32 of the US Open 2026.

Ten holds from 18 service games is not a number a fifth seed survives, and Cobolli went out on it, broken eight times with 46 unforced errors against 26 winners. Blockx didn't lose a point behind his first serve in the third set, breaking in game 2 for 2-0 and again in game 4 for 4-0, and Cobolli went the middle two sets without earning a single break point. Bet365 had it near a coin flip at 53 percent for Cobolli, who had won their Cincinnati meeting three weeks earlier. Two hours 44 minutes later, Blockx has his second win of the season over a top-six opponent, after Auger-Aliassime at Madrid in April, and a place in the Round of 16.

Match stats

Alexander Blockx: 17 aces, 41 winners, 57% first serves, 4 double faults, 8/21 break points. Flavio Cobolli: 5 aces, 26 winners, 57% first serves, 5 double faults, 2/7 break points.

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Head-to-head

Alexander Blockx and Flavio Cobolli have met 3 times, with Alexander Blockx leading the head-to-head 2–1.

• Cincinnati Open 2026 R32 — Flavio Cobolli won 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
• Monte-Carlo Masters 2026 R32 — Alexander Blockx won 6-3, 6-3

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